Sunday, 13 February 2016 (Part II)
Rio Grande Village RV Campground — Big Bend National Park, Texas
Temps: Hi 75F (24C) / Lo 39F (4C)
The previous post covered the first three days of our visit to Big Bend National Park (BBNP). Now for the story of exploring the Chisos Mountains Basin (and more) here on the east side of the park.
10 February — Balanced Rock & Chisos Mountains Basin
BBNP is big … very big … 800,000+ acres (324,000+ hectares) big. Ideally, we would have moved to the Chisos Basin Campground to explore the basin and mountains, but the road to this campground is limited to RV’s no more than 24 feet in length — we don’t qualify.
Chihuahuan Desert landscape from the road to Dugout Wells — Nugent Mountain (left) and the Chisos Mountains.
So, we stayed put at the Rio Grande RV Campground, and drove the 30 miles (48 km) or so to explore the Chisos … with a few other stops en route.
