Had the opportunity to travel to Big Bend National Park again for the Presidents Day Holiday. Traveled with @Austin Hot Shoe and my best friend from school, Jeff. Spent 4 days and 3 nights covering every gravel road through the park: Old Ore, River Road, Glen Springs, Black Gap, Old Maverick, Terlingua Ranch Rd and the highlight of the trip....Christmas Mountain. Weather was incredible! Mid 80s by day and high 40s at night with clear skies and not a spot of precip.
Got to try out my rooftop tent for an extended period (3 nights) and loved it. I replaced the memory foam mattress with a $20 Intex air mattress from Wally World. Night and day difference in comfort and super easy to setup using my Ryobi 18v inflator.
The leadup was pretty hectic as I waited until the last minute to setup my fridge. Yup, installed the Dometic fridge slide, ARB fridge wiring kit and fridge literally 6 hours before departure. The Costway (Amazon special) fridge ran like a charm. It got shaken around real good on all the rock and gravel and never once acted up. It held the temp well (kept the beer cold which is most important) and didn't drain my battery at all. Each morning, the rig fired right up and the scangauge would read 13.8v. Pretty happy with the performance of the NAPA Legend75 Series 49 I put in last summer.
BBNP experienced a wetter than normal Fall and Winter which has led to a once in a lifetime wildflower bloom in the park. Bluebonnets were EVERYWHERE! These were BIG too. Like 3-4' tall bluebonnets. Everything was blooming. Every crest we topped on River Road was met with a sea of blue. It looked like bodies of water everywhere. Absolutely incredible scenes that no photo can do justice to.
Anyway, on to the pics. If you've never been to BBNP, you need to plan a trip.
Got to try out my rooftop tent for an extended period (3 nights) and loved it. I replaced the memory foam mattress with a $20 Intex air mattress from Wally World. Night and day difference in comfort and super easy to setup using my Ryobi 18v inflator.
The leadup was pretty hectic as I waited until the last minute to setup my fridge. Yup, installed the Dometic fridge slide, ARB fridge wiring kit and fridge literally 6 hours before departure. The Costway (Amazon special) fridge ran like a charm. It got shaken around real good on all the rock and gravel and never once acted up. It held the temp well (kept the beer cold which is most important) and didn't drain my battery at all. Each morning, the rig fired right up and the scangauge would read 13.8v. Pretty happy with the performance of the NAPA Legend75 Series 49 I put in last summer.
BBNP experienced a wetter than normal Fall and Winter which has led to a once in a lifetime wildflower bloom in the park. Bluebonnets were EVERYWHERE! These were BIG too. Like 3-4' tall bluebonnets. Everything was blooming. Every crest we topped on River Road was met with a sea of blue. It looked like bodies of water everywhere. Absolutely incredible scenes that no photo can do justice to.
Anyway, on to the pics. If you've never been to BBNP, you need to plan a trip.
