January 19, 2025

This past week we did a bit of hiking and trail riding. Last Sunday Diane and I hiked around Indian Mountain, an easy 3 mile walk. It is close to the RV park and works its way into the Big Bend National Park. A lot of big boulders lying along the path. Some pictographs can be seen but have been damaged by humans needing to place their names on the rock surface.


Diane couldn't keep her hat on as it was a windy day on the trail.


This is called the "room" as you can get under the huge rocks and walk under and thru.



I went back on Tuesday and walked the trail in reverse, giving a different perspective. I headed into the wash and walked that for about 45 minutes before getting back on the trail to head out. What is amazing, in the wash are perfectly formed balls of mud and stone as it is rolled through the wash during heavy rains.  



Balls in the wash. They are just clay and small stone compacted into a sphere. If you pick it up and drop they fall apart. 

We ended up at the Starlight Theater and Restaurant for dinner  Tuesday night. This was our first time there as we thought the place had been closed but found out from the locals it simply first opens at 5 pm most nights. They have live music most nights and honestly, the food was great. The building is nothing to look at but is typical of this area and is probably 100 + years old. It was abandoned for several years, with the roof taken off and sold for scrap metal. When the area started getting populated again, they used it for music gatherings and other things, until a family bought it and put a roof on eventually starting the restaurant. They left the walls in the old condition. 

There is a general store in the complex that we check out every time we are in the area. 

Starlight Theater and Restaurant

Had a nice bar area. Poncho Villa picture on back wall.

Stage is up front.

On Friday we headed back into BBNP to do some trail driving. We took the Glen Springs trail which is fairly mild which then hooked up with the Black Gap trail. Definitely need the 4 wheel drive on this one. We came across a group of 11 vehicles that were lead by "BaseCamp Provisions"  and outfitter and trail guide. Most vehicles were pickup trucks and they really struggled on certain sections of the trail. I was glad I had a Jeep with 35 inch tires. It was rough, challenging and fun. 


11 vehicles in this caravan.




As the videos don't seem to work in the blog, I will past several to the link in Facebook.

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