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steveandjil
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Oct 01, 2016

Big Bend National park

Hi Folks,

Planning a trip to Big Bend over our winter vacation. Wondering what people think about places to camp. We travel in a 24 ft Class C, and we're pretty self contained, but I really don;t want to boondock for the amount of time we expect to be there (a week). So it seems my obvious options are Rio Grande Village in the park that seems to get fairly mediocre reviews, and a private CG called B.J.'s RV Park. Seems ok, but a big of a significant drive to get into the park every day.

Thoughts? Ideas of any place else?

Thanks,

Steve

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    DougE
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    Oct 01, 2016
    If you need electrical hookups Rio Grande Village is the best. Check in at the store. At least the sites are paved so you're not tracking dirt into your camper. At RGV you're in the green belt of the Rio Grande river. Anywhere outside the park you're desert camping. I assume you'll be traveling the park in your Class C. For no hookups you can stay at Cottonwood Campground (no generators, though) near Santa Elena Canyon or at the Chisos Basin Campground. By alternating sites you can cut down on your driving considerably and maybe do hookups just every other day.

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