Yes, you can turn your Big Bend hiking trip into an international vacation! Just head to the Boquillas Crossing inside the park, roll up your pants, and wade across the Rio Grande. 🙂 Don’t worry, if you don’t feel like getting your feet wet, you can take a little rowboat for only $5. How do […]
Big Bend National Park
Hiking Trails Guide: Big Bend National Park
Yes, there are apps with information about Big Bend hiking trails, but they can be a little clinical in their descriptions. I’m breaking it down for you in real-people-who-hiked-it terms and including simplified maps and visuals of where things are. If you’re like me, being able to see a bird’s eye view of the layout […]
Review of Basecamp Terlingua at Big Bend National Park
Basecamp Terlingua is a collection of accommodations sprawled on a huge plot of land, just off highway 170. Every accommodation has plenty of space around it for privacy, although you never feel 100% alone which is kind of a good thing, honestly. I’m not sure how alone I would care to find myself in the […]
Big Bend Accommodations: Camping, Glamping, Lodges, & More
There are lots of different options for Big Bend accommodations. If you haven’t been here before, it can be pretty confusing to figure out which one will be the best for you and the most convenient to the park. I posted before with some general tips about planning a trip to Big Bend, but here […]
Know Before You Go: Big Bend National Park
Big Bend is the fourth largest National Park in the US, located in a very remote part of Southwest Texas, along the border with Mexico. Big Bend is hard to get to, which means that people who are visiting the park really mean to be here. It’s not a quick stopover between their work conference […]