January 16, 2020 The leaves crunch as I set my pack down. It’s cooler here, a quiet forest inside the canyons of the Chisos Mountains. I pull out a small ziploc bag of trail mix and climb up a massive downed tree up to the top of a tall boulder in the middle of theContinue reading “Diaries of Big Bend Backpacking: Day II, Part II”
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Diaries of Big Bend Backpacking
February 14, 2020 My head hurts – it’s throbbing a bit. The view is amazing though. Carrying anymore water up here would have added a significant amount of extra weight that my back could not have taken. I have three large water bottles. Had. I drank one on my way up here. Ranger Jason recommendedContinue reading “Diaries of Big Bend Backpacking”