Chisos Basin Campground Big Bend NP
We headed over to BBNP last weekend, a 14 hour drive for us from north Louisiana. Spent our first night in Abilene State Park, almost exactly half way. Abilene SP is a pleasant and quiet park and a good place to stay if you are east or westbound across Texas. We drove down through Marathon into the Big Bend and set up camp about an hour before sunset on our second day of travel. Believe it or not the temps were in the low 40's and we got rained on as we settled in! The next three days were absolutely perfect, blue skies, mild temps, and only a few bugs. We checked out the visitors center, store, lodge, and also drove over to Rio Grande Village to see what those campgrounds had to offer. We were at BBNP so I could ride the perimeter on my road bike, which I did on the second day, about 29 miles in one ride. For the road bicyclists on the forum, my route had a net elevation gain of about 2000 feet, an average 3% grade (with one hill at 15%!!) and several looooong uphills and downhills to complete on the circuit. Attached are a few photos of our trip.
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