Big Big Big Bend

It is Texas after all. Land of the BIG!

As I mentioned in the previous post, we opted to leave San Antonio a couple days early to be sure we were settled into the next campground before the big storm (Fern) came crashing down.

I’m not afraid of cold, snow, ice. But I am afraid of Texans on the road in cold, snow, ice! Just sayin’.

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Roadrunner Travelers RV

We opted to not camp in Big Bend National Park and instead found an RV park just to the west of it in the tiny town of Terlingua, TX. Roadrunner Travelers RV park is a newer park that is still being expanded.

Custom-made fire pits even!

Ironically, the spot we chose had 50amp power and sewer, but no water. They hadn’t finished hooking up the water lines. 🤦‍♂️

But it turned out OK. We have a big water tank in this rig. Thank you, Brinkley!

Hi Clifford! Hi Brinkley!

The storm rolled in the next couple of days. It was gross: grey, rainy, cold.

Ug. Blech.

But no snow! We were enough south to avoid that. ✅

We had lovely fondue, a lovely sunset, and a lovely Broncos game.

Lovely!

Closed Canyon

One of the fun hikes we did was one of the few dog-friendly hikes in the area: Closed Canyon Trail. It was really quite cool!

Big Bend National Park

We also did a drive around/through Big Bend via the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive. We would have spent more time, but they don’t allow pets! Even on leash, they don’t want you to bring your dog. I tried to understand it, but Tom, a fellow RV-er, offered this brilliant insight: “There are mountain lions in the area. Having your dog on leash is just you saying to the mountain lions: ‘Here’s a treat on a leash for you!’”. Yikes! 🫣

We even managed to sneak in a charcuterie board for lunch. Because, yes!

Yeah, so let’s just do a drive through it… including the 20+ miles of seriously back-country (and washboard-y) road.

I hope Clifford can make it. 😎

More Site Seeing

Along the way for this 9 days we saw some other fun things, such as beautiful vistas of the Rio Grande…

Left side: Texas. Right side: Mexico

A cool Tee-Pee themed rest stop…

This weird futuristic resort with 3-sided “rooms” with these air-bubble thingies?

Kinda starting to be run-down, though.

And the Terlingua Ghost Town…

Honestly, not very spooky. 🤷

Also, an honest-to-goodness Texas Longhorn. Crazy big horns!

Woah!

It was a nice place to be while the rest of most of the US was socked in by Storm Fern. Whew! And the lack of water was fine. I was able to hook up a bunch of hoses and just make it to one of the working spigots across the way so I could fill up the tank near the end. We did fine. 🚰

Choose Joy indeed (and God Bless America!)

The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy. Psalm 65:8

Dan & Melissa & Penny & Clifford & Brinkley

❤️