Marathon, Texas After 5 weeks in the Big Bend area of Texas, we finally moved on. Marathon, Texas is the first town we passed through and stopped to stretch our legs. It’s named after Greece because Albion Shepard, a...
Emory Peak and Laguna/South Rim Hikes, Big Bend National Park
Emory Peak Trail Hike Back when we were at Guadalupe Mountains National Park we hiked to the highest peak in Texas, Guadalupe Peak. Today we hiked Emory Peak which is the highest point in Big Bend National park at ...
Lost Mine and Pine Canyon Hikes, Big Bend National Park
Lost Mine Trail Hike Lost Mine Trail is one of the jewels of the park and has been listed as a top 10 hike in the country. I’m not sure exactly what the criteria was for that ranking, but...
Marufo Vega Trail Hike
Wow, what a tough hike. Marufo Vega is a less popular hike probably because it’s long and challenging. It can be done as an out and back to shorten it a couple miles, but we wanted to do a...
Boquillas del Carmen, Mexico
Having lived in San Diego, both Derek and I have been to Mexico before so this wasn’t a first, but it was our first time visiting Boquillas. This port of entry is for foot traffic only; you can’t drive...
Rio Grande Nature Hike & Hot Springs Trail
We really wanted to stay at a primitive back-country site in the park but they were all reserved by the time we were in cell reception range to try to get one. So, we are spending a couple weeks...
Big Bend National Park West
Exploring Big Bend National Park takes time as it’s huge! We took one day and drove out the gravel Old Maverick Road to Santa Elena Canyon Trail, and then around on Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive. Santa Elena Road is...
Cattail Falls and The Window
Cattail Falls This hike isn’t on the Big Bend National Park map, partly to protect the fragile environment. It starts uneventfully on a gravel road that is closed to vehicles, and then after a mile or so the trail...
Upper Burro Mesa and Ward Spring Hikes
After a couple weeks in Big Bend Ranch State Park, we moved on to explore Big Bend National Park for a few weeks. We’re camped in Study Butte for a week to explore the west side of the park...
Fort Leaton, Hoodoos, and Closed Canyon
Fort Leaton On our way to our new spot we stopped at Fort Leaton. Established in 1848 as a border trading post by a former Indian bounty hunter, it is an massive adobe fortress. The fort served as a...