BIG BEND BENDER!!

This is Twisted shoe campsite at the National park

 

Rincon 1 campsite at the state ranch some of the campsite have a shelter and you can have fires

 

Nice!

After looking over every single campsite, I just online reserved Rincon 1 for the fun of getting there and Guale Vista 02 ("This is the most remote, and by far the most spectacular campsite in the entire park. Guale 2 has it all — millions of years of volcanic geology to study, views into Mexico, solitude that is deafening and sunrises and sunsets that will change the way you think about color forever."). Was going to grab Chorro Vista but it was booked. Maybe next time.

As for bugs, we have this if needed.

 

I’m here til the 3rd or 4th. Look for my white tundra with gold wheels and softopper

 

I recommend staying in Chisos if you can. Pine canyon, robbers roost - that area is decent but everything else is hot as shit at night.

 

This is the dry creek bed you take to Rincon 1. It’s kinda confusing the first time to know if your on the correct trail. Lol. We got lost a few times. I didn’t have my Gaia maps downloaded.

 

Trip Report:

So I plan to do a full write up to detail the trip for someone who might stumble across this thread in the future looking for details about Big Bend. Forum posts across the net, really helped me out. Im thinking of doing a video format as well. Im still not exactly sure how I want to do this, but in the mean time, here are some pictures.

 

These are amazing pictures! I have some plans to take the family out there one of these days.

 

DO IT!!

 

Did you have time to make the drive from Lajitas to Presidio?

 

Absolutely. And it will be part of the "required portion" of my trip report...pic from an overlook on the route. I have a lot more pictures and content to put here.

 

@Levidale08 unfortunately we had to avoid Rincon 1 the last night due to bad weather. On the list for next time.

 

My only downfall will be lack of 4wd so we will be limited as to how far we can go but I think it would be a great experience regardless.

 

Place is awesome. Been once. One national park that is off the beaten path, that's for sure. Gotta spend two nights!

 

Hey guys, going to put the video trip report over in a new thread, thought the video would get lost here.

New thread here.

 

Go to Lajitas Golf Resort and get a hamburger and beer. So good

 

Better believe we stopped at the golf resort. Im originally from East Tx. We love trees....bc they are everywhere. I went several days in BBNP without trees. So when we rolled by the golf resort with all the greenery and trees, we had to stop. Its also why I took this photo in the BBRSP. I would have loved to camp in this spot, but sadly it was not designated as a campsite....I think it will be in the future.

 

I stay there in the condo units every time I go since it opened. That's where the goat Mayor of Lajitas used to reside. The PETA people pressured them in getting rid of him after seeing him drinking beer out of a bottle. It was customary to buy him a beer when you were at the bar there. There were 3 or 4 of them over time... but they all drank beer like nobody's business! LOL

https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2013/11/19/west-texas-tour-november-2013

 

Did you see the Indian pictographs just right across from there?

 

Yeah, very cool, I think the wife got a photo on her phone. Ill see if I can find it.

 

There’s still some goats there and I drunkenly gave one my beer

 

Awesome... I gave Clay I and Clay Ii a few "allegedly" also. Saw Clay I at the old Trading Post and Clay II at the Lajitas Resort. Clay I could drink anyone under the table! LOL