Every year a group of friends from Boerne travel to Big Bend National Park for a long weekend of camping, hiking, and fellowship. This year marks our 4th trip and the group grows larger every year. We always time the trip to coincide with the Casi Annual Chili Cook Off which is held the first weekend in November in Terlingua. This year we had 12 participants.
For those of you not familiar with the Big Bend, the park is located about 550 miles south and west of San Antonio toward El Paso. The Park is a combination of desert and mountains. It is bordered on the south by the Rio Grande (or Rio Bravo as known in Mexico) River.The mountains are the southern most part of the Rocky Mountains. Emory Peak is the highest point in the Park at just under 8,000 feet. There are many hiking trails throughout the park. Our group hikes in the mountains for the most part. We have not ventured in the desert except by automobile. We spend most of our hiking time in the Basin which is centrally located and where the mountain trail heads are located.
This year we hiked 3 different trails - The Lost Mine Trail, The Window Trail, and the Cattail Falls Trail. Last year we hiked the Emory Peak Trail. The Emory Peak trail is almost 10 miles round trip and we all decided that once was enough for us.
On Saturday most of the group went to the Chili Cookoff as judges. Several of us hiked the Window Trail instead.
Each of these hikes, the Chili Cookoff, and campsite activities will be the subject of separate posts as time permits.
2 comments:
Hey Dad!!! Glad to see a post out here on your BLOG!! You're one cool blogging old guy!!! Can't wait to read more :-) Luv ya! MA
Wonderful, Walter! Is that really you on the sound track?
Jim Strother
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