Our route was to hike from the Chisos Basin to the South Rim (6 miles and about 2500 feet of elevation) then hike down on the Pinnacles Trail (6.3 miles). We didn't bring our camera with us this day because the hike was already long and taking pictures slows you down. Plus we decided that we wanted to live each moment and view to its fullest rather than lose some of the fun trying to capture it. So, I googled images and found these pictures so you can see some of what we saw!
South Rim Trail - Chisos Mountains
We bought a book called Hiking Big Bend National Park. The book describes the South Rim Trail as "the classic hike of Texas. Although the trip is fairly strenuous, almost any Texas hiker worth his or her salt will someday try to hike to the South Rim. Few other hikes in Texas can surpass the quality and sheer quantity of views along the trail. On clear days, the views cover most of the Texas Big Bend country and far into Mexico." (30 miles away)
View of the southernmost Chisos Mountains from the South Rim
We had a blast on this hike. It kicked butt, literally and it was so beautiful! The weather was perfect - nice and cool. We had to leave the dogs in the car so the cold weather was welcome! When we got to the South Rim we stopped for lunch and enjoyed our tuna and trail mix right on the edge of a cliff with the most beautiful view!
2 comments:
Good for you....glad you did the hike and took the road trip. Got any places to explore in DC yet?
It's so like you to go camping for "Vacation"... it looked beautiful. tell me about having no mtns... we don't have any here either.
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