Luckytibbs
LuckyTibbs
This was a great adventure for the group which considers themselves "Old Farts". You can tell we don't take ourselves seriously, too much of that going on anyway.
We started our adventure in Marathon Texas, all meeting up at the Marathon Motel and RV Park.
Our first day, we traveled to Big Bend's Old Ore Road. It used to be the road traveled when shipping Ore from Boquillas area to Marathon Texas. We stopped at some Tinajas which are just natural rock basins that hold the water for wildlife. The road was rough but not too bad.
We traveled the Black Gap Road which was the roughest but again, it was not bad. There were just some eroded parts due to the rain and it not being maintained. There is a step, about 2 feet, but we all made it through with no problems.
We visited the Hot Springs and saw some Mexican wares for sale.
We traveled the River Road from East to West, slow going because of all the natural drainage and could easily be impassable after some rains due to the mud and sand. But we stopped at Johnson Ranch for some aviation history, ruins and grave sites. The sheer magnitude of hard living, Indians marching through and utter isolation really comes alive when you are out there.
We then went to Santa Elena Canyon and Hiked the canyon.
After the National Park we visited Terlingua, Lajitas then stayed a couple of days in the State Park. We camped at their Arenosa Camp right along the river and it was fantastic. Got rained on but it was beautiful weather.
These are some of my pictures, I'll let the other members of the group post their pictures as we went on after even this! This was a great trip, great people, very interesting country. You get the feeling of the prehistoric when you are in Big Bend, and you can almost see the dinosaurs roaming about.
We started our adventure in Marathon Texas, all meeting up at the Marathon Motel and RV Park.
Our first day, we traveled to Big Bend's Old Ore Road. It used to be the road traveled when shipping Ore from Boquillas area to Marathon Texas. We stopped at some Tinajas which are just natural rock basins that hold the water for wildlife. The road was rough but not too bad.
We traveled the Black Gap Road which was the roughest but again, it was not bad. There were just some eroded parts due to the rain and it not being maintained. There is a step, about 2 feet, but we all made it through with no problems.
We visited the Hot Springs and saw some Mexican wares for sale.
We traveled the River Road from East to West, slow going because of all the natural drainage and could easily be impassable after some rains due to the mud and sand. But we stopped at Johnson Ranch for some aviation history, ruins and grave sites. The sheer magnitude of hard living, Indians marching through and utter isolation really comes alive when you are out there.
We then went to Santa Elena Canyon and Hiked the canyon.
After the National Park we visited Terlingua, Lajitas then stayed a couple of days in the State Park. We camped at their Arenosa Camp right along the river and it was fantastic. Got rained on but it was beautiful weather.
These are some of my pictures, I'll let the other members of the group post their pictures as we went on after even this! This was a great trip, great people, very interesting country. You get the feeling of the prehistoric when you are in Big Bend, and you can almost see the dinosaurs roaming about.
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