April 11, 2025

Big Bend National Park Part II

While visiting Big Bend National Park , we took Grapevine Hills Road to Grapevine Hills Trail . The road out is about 7 or 8 miles and is not maintained all season. Once you get on the trail, it’s about 2.2 miles. The first 0.8 mile is pretty easy! A bit of up and down and uneven path, but very well traveled. After the easy part, there is a sign that the next 0.25 miles is very steep. It was CORRECT!

April 10, 2025

Big Bend National Park Part I

One of the highlights of our stay in Terlingua was being able to visit Big Bend National Park . On our first trip into the park, we waited in line for about 45 minutes to enter the park! There were a LOT of people at the Panther Junction visitor center , too. But once you got out into the park, it wasn’t crowded at all!

April 9, 2025

Longdraw Pizza and the Starlight Theater

We love trying local places to eat wherever we stop! While in Terlingua we ate at two local places - Longdraw Pizza and the Starlight Theater. They were both excellent!

April 8, 2025

Visiting Big Bend Ranch State Park

Went for a drive through the Big Bend Ranch State Park . It has some AMAZING land forms.
During our drive we happened upon a sign for the Contrabando Movie Set Site , so went to check it out.

April 7, 2025

Amazing sunset in Terlingua, TX

We got a buddy site with our friends Rolling Bayou while we were at Maverick Ranch. It was a lot of fun to go out our door and be in the common area between the two sites. The scenery was amazing and so were the memories!

April 5, 2025

If you ever find yourself in Terlingua, TX look for Clay…

If you ever find yourself in Terlingua, TX look for Clay Henry, the Mayor ! SPOILER:

April 3, 2025

We're staying two weeks in Lajitas, TX

We’re staying two weeks in Lajitas, TX at Maverick Ranch RV Park . The park we’re at is nice, although a little far from Big Bend National Park . It is part of a much larger golf resort, and I can absolutely see coming here to golf. The scenery is incredible! We walked over to the main resort shopping and pro shop and caught a glimpse of the course. It was surprisingly green!

April 2, 2025

Have you ever seen a roadrunner before?

They dont’ look anything like the cartoon, that’s for sure! This little guy was VERY curious about us, coming within mere inches of our feet! Looks like Steve might need to work on his roadrunner beeps, though.

April 1, 2025

A quick overnight in Fort Stockton

We had just a quick overnight in Fort Stockton, where we met Paisano Pete , the Fort Stockton Road Runner and second largest Road Runner in the world! We arrived after hours, but took a walk around the Chamber of Commerce building across the street from Pete. It has an incredible display behind it about the history of the area.