Silver Jeepy

On Thanksgiving weekend we decided to give thanks by driving 12 hours to see some mountains. For this trip I did a ton more planning than the trip to Arkanas. I purchased a large plasic box to go in the back of the Jeep. I added some metal hasps and used bike locks to lock the box in the back of the Jeep. This gave us the ability to lock up our stuff! It worked great and had more than enough room for all of our camping gear. Most of these pictures were taken on Big Bends Black Gap Road. For some reason this picture looks tame, it was fairly steep.

This is one of my favorite pictures, you can see the Jeep flexing to cross over a dried up river bed. Black Gap is an un-maintained road connecting two sides of the park. The middle is pretty good but 4wd and good clearance are a must. You can tell by the terrian this is not a forgiving area.

There is plenty of wildlife at Big Bend although everything is scrawny from living in this dry area.

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The famous Rio Grand between Texas and Mexico. At Big Bend you can stay in primitive camp sites. (That is not an exageration) We slept just off the river across from a genuine Mexican ranch. Some old dude was up all night yelling in Spanish.

The sand by the Rio Grand was so dry dust covered everything and was stirred up by walking. Some fool and his mom drove down to the river to take a look and ended up stuck. I went to investigate and found a Jeep Cherokee stuck on the edge of the river. That was the day I discovered that not all Jeeps are 4wd. We pushed the weinie Jeep out and sent them on their way.

The second night we hiked up the mountain to our camp site. It was a major climb with 40 lbs of gear. We met people from all over.

Big Bend could be one of the greatest trips ever. Lots of fun in the Jeep, lots of great scenery, wild donkeys and other animals, great hiking and a resturant that serves brown gravy. (For some reason Texans like white gravy)