Big Bend-UPDATE
Going to Big Bend. Where do I need to stay and what to see. Coming from East of Houston
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I'm heading over there Sunday. Watch for an old guy on a scooter.
With the size of your rig, you'll need to stay at Rio Grande Village. If the wife has to have hookups the general store there will give you parking space. If you're OK without, the campground to the east of the store has great camping. There are generator and non-generator areas.
Make as many of the Ranger programs as you can. They're entertaining and very informative. There are daytime walks and probably 2 evening programs each week. Here's the interpretive programs schedule.
There's over 100 miles of paved roads in the park. Check out all the informative pull offs. Walk the window trail in the Chisos Basin and have a sunset dinner at the lodge (you can combine this with a ranger program later). Check out the hot springs. You can take it easy or you can go to any level of adventure you are comfortable with. You can drive gravel back roads, hike in the pine covered mountains or on the desert. You can bring your passports and take a row boat across the Rio Grande River to the remote Mexican village of Boquillas.
If you want a change from the park you can go out west to Terlingua. There's a couple of modest places to eat there. Or you can go to the resort town of Lajitas. It just depends on how much time you have and what works for you.
Regardless you'll have a great time!
With the size of your rig, you'll need to stay at Rio Grande Village. If the wife has to have hookups the general store there will give you parking space. If you're OK without, the campground to the east of the store has great camping. There are generator and non-generator areas.
Make as many of the Ranger programs as you can. They're entertaining and very informative. There are daytime walks and probably 2 evening programs each week. Here's the interpretive programs schedule.
There's over 100 miles of paved roads in the park. Check out all the informative pull offs. Walk the window trail in the Chisos Basin and have a sunset dinner at the lodge (you can combine this with a ranger program later). Check out the hot springs. You can take it easy or you can go to any level of adventure you are comfortable with. You can drive gravel back roads, hike in the pine covered mountains or on the desert. You can bring your passports and take a row boat across the Rio Grande River to the remote Mexican village of Boquillas.
If you want a change from the park you can go out west to Terlingua. There's a couple of modest places to eat there. Or you can go to the resort town of Lajitas. It just depends on how much time you have and what works for you.
Regardless you'll have a great time!
