Big Bend at spring break is a mess, i have been to the park a few times before, and will never go back at spring break again. just too many people. Most folks don't leave the camp ground. If you are at the basin, it an hour to Terlingua and the speed limit is 45 at best. We hiked a lot so end of the day we were ready to eat, watch some stars and call it a day.
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I heard all kinds of stories about Big Bend being a mess during Spring Break. Actually, it was not too bad as being a mess. It seemed busy, but that place is so wide and vast that it did not affect it much.
The main places that got affected...
(1) Chisos basin from 8am till 1pm. The place was just too packed. rangers had to stop people 5 miles away at the junction where you turn to the street called Basin to do the 5 miles to Chisos Basin. The traffic was because many people were going to eat at the best buffet breakfast restaurant in the area, which is at Chisos. Also, people were going to hit the trails, which most start from down there.
It was actually nice to see big bend so busy.
(2) The popular restaurants in Terlingua had a 2 hours wait for dinner. talk about a long wait. atleast 1/3 of the people in line had to give up and go somewhere else for food. Thereby shortening the wait time for tyhe others who stayed and were bent on eating at Starlight.
I did enjoy my trip very well.
Here are a few pictures...
