Our road trip Southwest Texas Part2
Written by danyricher
We are heading to the Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park after a week in Seminole Canyon State Park. On our way, we had an incident. Our first incident in almost one year full time RVing. We never got any signs that could happened that day.
A blow out on the Jeep. We were lucky to have the alarm on the TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System), at least we saved our rim. After being stopped on the road for about 1 hour, find a garage to buy another tire, about 3 hours later we were finally back on the road.
Along the way, going deeper in desert, we were impressed to see a wilderness wonderland of breathtaking beauty! We were trying to look everywhere to make sure we did not miss anything! Let me tell you that at that point, we totally forgot the stress we got with the blow out.
More than 800,000 acres
Encompassing more than 800,000 acres of mountain cliffs, desert expanses and towering river canyons, Big Bend National Park is the King of Texas’ National Public Area. Being there for only 7 days, we needed to choose our adventure. This is the reason why we have decided to go to Maverick Ranch RV Park in Lajitas. Lajitas is not only a small town but it’s also a historic river crossing on the Rio Grande, famous as US cavaltry outpost durint the Mexican Revolution AND it is loccated between the Big Bend National Park and the Big Bend Ranch State Park. This way we were able to visit both parks and also small towns around.
At the beginning of April the temperature was hot and dry and already near 100F during the day. We needed to get ready early in the morning to go hiking with plenty of water because there was a high heat warning. Hikers should stay OFF trails in the afternoon. We did enjoy the pool of the RV Park in those hot days.
The Resort also have a hotel, golf, zip line, Equestrian Center, General Store, Bakery, Pizzeria (by the way the pizza is excellent!) and much more! Go visit their website to learn more!
Big Bend Ranch State Park
Visiting the Big Bend Ranch State Park and contemplating the magnificent view and thinking about profound changes over the past 600 million years of Earth’s history – Changes born of water and fire. A deep ocean, the Ouachita Basin, covered the Big Bend and much of the southeastern United States some 570 million years ago, long before the age of dinosaurs.
On our way, we discovered a magical place near the Rio Grande river. We stopped and walk down to the river. On the other side of the river it is Mexico. Did you know that if you are crossing the border by the Rio Grande you might have a $5000 fine? There are signs mentionning the fine, just so you know.
Driving in those mountains, we found another area with a small building and the view all around is amazing. This is the site where a part of the Mini Series Streets of Laredo has been filmed in 1995.
Big Bend Ranch State Park
Visiting the Big Bend Ranch State Park and contemplating the magnificent viewand thinking about profound changes over the past 600 million years of Earth’s history – Changes born of water and fire. A deep ocean, the Ouachita Basin, covered the Big Bend and much of the southeastern United States some 570 million years ago, long before the age of dinosaurs.
On our way, we discovered a magical place near the Rio Grande river. We stopped and walk down to the river. On the other side of the river it is Mexico. Did you know that if you are crossing the border by the Rio Grande you might have a $5000 fine? There are signs mentionning the fine, just so you know.
Driving in those mountains, we found another area with a small building and the view all around is amazing. This is the site where a part of the Mini Series Streets of Laredo has been filmed in 1995.
Big Bend Ranch State Park
Visiting the Big Bend Ranch State Park and contemplating the magnificent viewand thinking about profound changes over the past 600 million years of Earth’s history – Changes born of water and fire. A deep ocean, the Ouachita Basin, covered the Big Bend and much of the southeastern United States some 570 million years ago, long before the age of dinosaurs.
On our way, we discovered a magical place near the Rio Grande river. We stopped and walk down to the river. On the other side of the river it is Mexico. Did you know that if you are crossing the border by the Rio Grande you might have a $5000 fine? There are signs mentionning the fine, just so you know.
Driving in those mountains, we found another area with a small building and the view all around is amazing. This is the site where a part of the Mini Series Streets of Laredo has been filmed in 1995.
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