OffBeat Pathfinder Basecamp

Bring a hat and about 6 gallons of water. Desert ain’t playing around. I spent the afternoon just trying to keep my snacks from melting. Didn’t see any weird lights but saw the weirdest dog ever—a Chihuahua in a cowboy vest. Also: Hotel Paisano has old movie vibes and an elevator that talks. Don’t ...

sunburn on my knees. not even sure how.
don’t wear shorts, y’all.

Yall ever notice the wind out there sounds like its laughin at you? Lost my hat, lost my snack, almost lost my mind. Still would go back.

Big Bend National Park is one of those places you think you know until you get there—then it absolutely eats your expectations for breakfast. I rolled in with visions of classic desert, and found a landscape wilder, more varied, and somehow more lonely than anything I'd seen before.

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