For the last two weeks we have been social distancing in San Angelo State Park. We’re at a campground with ginormous spots; biggest I’ve ever seen at a campground! We aren’t campground people, but in Texas there isn’t a whole lot of public land for primitive camping. The park has over 50 miles of trails, …
San Antonio Mission Trail Ride It’s been awhile since we’ve posted so here’s a recap. We had plans for quite a long time in the San Antonio and Austin area but we curtailed them and are headed further from population centers and to parks that aren’t closing. Living full time in an rv has added …
Del Rio Walkabout San Felipe Creek runs through old Del Rio, fed by one of the largest artesian springs in Texas. A green corridor of parks with walking paths stripe the banks. It was a fairly windy day and not wanting to battle the winds paddleboarding Lake Amistad again, we walked all the way from …
Our inflatable paddle boards are getting a lot of use this winter. It’s been warm here in Del Rio, Texas which makes water sports ideal. We spent two days paddling this past week. Rough Canyon Amistad National Recreation Area is huge. It is a shared dam with Mexico including 1.81 miles of the damn in …
Devils River Natural Area State Park is remote and that’s just what we like. We drove some 22 miles down a dirt road to get there. There are some trails in the park, though the river is the draw. I did a 13 or so mile mountain bike ride that had around 1000′ of climbing. …
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 former sea captain who bought land there in 1882 said the terrain reminded him of the …
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 7832’. Our hike was around 11 miles with 2529’ of climbing. This trail starts right from …
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 this was a pretty neat hike. The trailhead parking lot is tiny and the rangers recommend …
Old Ore Road Bike Ride Old Ore Road was 28 miles with 2200’ of climbing. Old Ore Road is a primitive, rough 4X4 gravel road that doesn’t get much use from what we could see. We rode out 14 miles and came back and only saw one truck, two border patrol agents, and a group …
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 loop and see both forks of the canyon. We read reviews that made it sound like …