WeeJeep2
Adventurer
After enjoying and being inspired by everyone else’s trip reports I figure its time to give it a shot. I wanted to get some current photos up for the members that are headed that way for Thanksgiving week. Here's a summary of our trip.
DAY 1 Departure Houston area on Sat. Nov. 5 late morning. Drove out to Garner SP to spend the night. Arrived in time for sunset and some time to explore the upper section of the river.
Crossing the Frio River
Rocky Bank
River Ripples
River View
On DAY 2 we traveled west on Hwy 90, crossed the Pecos River with a stop at the bridge overlook for lunch.
We arrived at the North entrance for mid afternoon and collected our back country permit for 3 nights at the entrance station.
With adequate daylight left we headed out to Dagger Flats for a late afternoon view before heading south on Old Ore Rd. towards our campsite.
We made it to our camp site at McKinney Springs just prior to sunset and settled in for the evening.
Day 3 started with a pancake breakfast and then off down Old Ore Rd to the south after breaking camp. The campsite is in the draw and offers some protection from the wind.
We made a few stops along the way including Ernst Tinaja to do some hiking. With two geologists along you can never see too many rocks.
After lunch we made it down to Rio Grand Village and did the short hike out the back of the campground to look over the river. Also topped off fuel tanks since we came in straight from Marathon.
From there we did the Boquillias Canyon Overlook and then headed on to Hot Springs. There is a large tree down by the river, (person for scale)
and a nice draw with some colorful trees over the hill up river from the parking lot.
We had to hustle north on the paved road a ways to make our campsite in Pine Canyon No. 4 before the sun set. Nice views but very exposed to the wind that did pick up over night.
Day 4 Headed south on Glenn Canyon Rd. with a stop at Rice Tank to poke around. The camp site at Rice Tank is the flat area in the foreground.
Next stop was a small canyon just north of Glenn Springs to stretch our legs.
From there it was West on Black Gap Road. No problems with the Rubicon towing the trailer and a stock 2011 Tacoma TRD Offroad. The trailer had spotters on a few off camber sections to make sure it didn't tip.
We finished Black Gap and got to Mariscal Mine in time for lunch. We spent our share of time exploring the ruins and continued West on River Rd.
We stopped at a few places including Black Dike which is an intrusion of black rock that projects out into the river.
We rolled into Buenos Aires Site No. 1 with ample time before dark and called it a day.
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DAY 1 Departure Houston area on Sat. Nov. 5 late morning. Drove out to Garner SP to spend the night. Arrived in time for sunset and some time to explore the upper section of the river.
Crossing the Frio River
Rocky Bank
River Ripples
River View
On DAY 2 we traveled west on Hwy 90, crossed the Pecos River with a stop at the bridge overlook for lunch.
We arrived at the North entrance for mid afternoon and collected our back country permit for 3 nights at the entrance station.
With adequate daylight left we headed out to Dagger Flats for a late afternoon view before heading south on Old Ore Rd. towards our campsite.
We made it to our camp site at McKinney Springs just prior to sunset and settled in for the evening.
Day 3 started with a pancake breakfast and then off down Old Ore Rd to the south after breaking camp. The campsite is in the draw and offers some protection from the wind.
We made a few stops along the way including Ernst Tinaja to do some hiking. With two geologists along you can never see too many rocks.
After lunch we made it down to Rio Grand Village and did the short hike out the back of the campground to look over the river. Also topped off fuel tanks since we came in straight from Marathon.
From there we did the Boquillias Canyon Overlook and then headed on to Hot Springs. There is a large tree down by the river, (person for scale)
and a nice draw with some colorful trees over the hill up river from the parking lot.
We had to hustle north on the paved road a ways to make our campsite in Pine Canyon No. 4 before the sun set. Nice views but very exposed to the wind that did pick up over night.
Day 4 Headed south on Glenn Canyon Rd. with a stop at Rice Tank to poke around. The camp site at Rice Tank is the flat area in the foreground.
Next stop was a small canyon just north of Glenn Springs to stretch our legs.
From there it was West on Black Gap Road. No problems with the Rubicon towing the trailer and a stock 2011 Tacoma TRD Offroad. The trailer had spotters on a few off camber sections to make sure it didn't tip.
We finished Black Gap and got to Mariscal Mine in time for lunch. We spent our share of time exploring the ruins and continued West on River Rd.
We stopped at a few places including Black Dike which is an intrusion of black rock that projects out into the river.
We rolled into Buenos Aires Site No. 1 with ample time before dark and called it a day.
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