On the 7th day of the Big Bend Region trip, while still set up at Paisano RV in Terlingua, the Rio Grande had receded enough for us to day trip into Big Bend Ranch State Park. But on the way, we stopped off in the Barton Warnack Visitor Center located at the east end of the park and deemed its own state park by TPWD. Unlike Fort Leaton on the west end of the park, this entrance and visitor center appears to be frequented often and had much larger and elaborate grounds and museum displays. We spent about 30 minutes taking it all in and got some goodies from the park store before moving on.

The luxurious and unique community of Lajitas was another 15 minutes down the road, so we popped into the resort for a look around and pre-hiking drink. I just kept adding to the list of stays for Nathan and I’s future “boujee hotel tour” trip!

-Lindsay