Big Bend Big Blog

We started a 24-day fall tour on Nov 15th.  Fall 2024 Trip RouteThe first destination was Big Bend National Park. We broke the 600-mile drive into two days. At one of our stretch breaks, we stopped at a park in Early, TX. They had a really cool Sound Garden with a variety of items to make...

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Summer Trip 2024 - Wrap Up

Once again, we used our Winnebago Travato camper van as a heat/humidity escape pod from DFW. Our plan was a 5-week route through NM and CO to escape some of the summer heat. We departed on Monday, July 8th and returned home on Saturday, August 10th. Obviously, we didn’t stay long enough, because it...

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Maroon Bells and Buckskin Pass

We scored three nights at a rare campsite inside the Maroon Bells wilderness area. Being inside the gate allows you to come and go to Maroon Lake as you please, and we would just drive down to the lake parking lot before dawn and stay there until sunset each day.The Maroon Bells at sunriseEight years...

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