Our recent camping trip to
Big Bend Ranch State Park revealed so many of Far West Texas' assets, the reasons people keep coming back to our corner of the state:
- Our campsite, as you can see, allowed us a private wilderness experience. And how rare is that these days? Pretty darn rare.
- We were surrounded by evidence of geological history, with extinct volcanoes in the area, and volcanic rock all around.
- As we drove into the park, we passed right by some ancient rock art, pictographs of human figures
- The nearby Fort Leaton and the town of Presidio were established early, in 1683.
- This land was traveled by the Comanche and Buffalo soldiers, and by refugees from the Mexican Revolution a 100 years ago.
- A few miles away in the park's center, sits the historic ranch house dating back to 1908, and there was plenty of evidence of old ranch buildings throughout the park.
- We heard coyote in the night, and in the morning the birding was excellent. (The park is on the new regional wildlife/birding map.) We hiked and if we'd brought our mountain bikes, world-class "epic" rides were available right there in the park.
We had adventure, history, archaeology, nature, geology all right there waiting for us. And we can't wait to go back!
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