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After lunch in Study Butte, souvenirs at the Terlingua Store and gas at Lajitas we stuck out on one of the most beautiful roads in Texas. FM170 runs along the Rio Grande from Lajitas to Presidio where we would again leave the pavement into Big Bend Ranch State Park.

Mine is a 1998 with 150,000 miles, factory locked. Suspension is OME Tbars, Slee Heavy rears, Iron Man Pro shocks. Slee diff drop. Tires are 305-65-18 BFG KO2 The white one with the armor is a 2006 with factory AHC and 275-70-18 Nitto TGs The green one has a full Iron Man heavy suspension...

Two and 1/2 days is a hard push to see as much of Big Bend as we did. Being an off-road trip as much as possible, it is tempting to want to use Old Maverick Road to exit the park, but if you go out through Study Butte, the most beautiful route is along Ross Maxwell Loop in my opinion. Of...

Go back. Often. Hit the State Park, Davis Mountains and Guadalupe NP as well. See it all.

We hiked into the canyon. All you can do it look up. Look up. The hike is easy, the scenery is crazy. 28 years ago I paddled through Santa Elena Canyon and hot my fist taste of Big Bend. I have been mesmerized since. We had the timer set and a nice group was coming up and offered...

That morning I packed up fast and grabbed Bailey and the two of us took off for Santa Elena Canyon to catch the first light as it entered the canyon. We had about an hour to climb around while the others took their time and joined us around 9:30 am. With Uncle Nolen......safety is our...

Our second camp was at Terlingua Abajo on the west side of the park. We chose this due to its location at the end of River Road and Santa Elena Canyon as well as the proximity of the campsites to each other. Matt @yetiranger met us and the site and had dinner with us and regaled us with...

The next stop was Johnson Ranch. This is a great spot. Another good place to camp for larger groups as the sites are close and wind protected. The ranch was used for R&R during WWII and there was an airstrip there. Don't try to walk to the river from here.....its not close. I have the...

Westbound after lunch you quickly hit the halfway point of River Road into West River Road. This section is rougher and will close from time to time after a big rain. The park is paid by the Border Patrol to keep it open so if you catch it closed, you are really having an unlucky trip. Matt...

We made it to Talley at about 1:30. We had covered a lot of ground already and we were all hungry. We pulled off River Road and circled the wagons and popped the Foxwing. I learned from my last trip to Big Bend, if you want shade, bring shade. The Foxwing has been awesome and it is really...

I hate to repeat a trail but if you are going to repeat one, Black Gap is it. The views going south are totally different as is the trail. We gathered up David's Cruiser and hit the flats for River Road and lunch at Talley 1 campsite. That little section in my highly modified 100...

Just before the trail ends at Glenn Spring, the road climbs up a large ridge that is amazing. I think this is the first time we engaged in 4 Low on the trip. We flipped around within sight of the huge Cottonwood at Glenn Spring and turned south toward River Road and lunch.

Black Gap road is really awesome. It bisects the south central section of Big Bend between River Road near the 20 mile point and Glenn Spring. We decided to leave the stock 100 series at the Elephant Tusk campsite due to the high speed rough sections and his 2 ply tires. David and family...

Bailey was the lone child on the trip. She is 12 and is one of the most pleasant adventurous people on earth. We loved watching her adventurous spirit unleashed on the mountains and on the mine. We finally decide we needed to get moving so we packed up everyone and headed west on East...

We hit the trail about 8:30 am and turned west on East River Road. Destination, Mariscal Mine. This mine is worth the trip alone. Make sure you allow a couple of hours to just get out and explore. When I went in July it was 120* so I did not get to spend the time I wanted there. This trip...

Day Two is divided into three parts. Camp and Mariscal Mine, Black Gap Road and River Road West We woke up with the sun. It took about an hour for the sun to break over the mountains to our East and it was cold. Very cold. I think it got into the high 20's that night. We were expecting...

Here is a link to the Gallery of the Pictures from the drive out and Day One http://www.rockmidgetphotography.com/Expedition-Off-Road-Adventures/Big-Bend-Texas-January-2016/Big-Bend-National-Park-January/

I'll work on day 2 tonight.

Our final push for the day got us to one of the most remote places in the park and one of the most remote places in the Lower 48 for the night. After a quick trip to the river to explore, we split up and camped in Solis 1 and 2 which are about 250 yards apart. Most campsites in Big Bend are...

Because we were only spending two nights in the National Park, we had to fast-forward or skip some sections of the park that I truly love. One is the hike into Boquillas Canyon and the other is Hot Springs. We chose to hit the Chisos Basin instead before we made the final push to our camp at...