Thanks to a fantastic birthday gift from a good friend, I've been wading through pages and pages of information on West Texas, my chosen destination for this weeks Photographic Adventure.
My early mornings and late evenings will be spent at various state parks and scenic overlooks including Monahans Sandhills, Hueco Tanks, the Davis Mountains, the Glass Mountains, the Rio Grande, and Big Bend National Park. The late mornings, mid-days, and early evenings will be spent experiencing culture and exploring backroads and highways. Suggestions of towns, roads, restaurants, hotels, and natural, and cultural places to visit are appreciated.
I've yet to decide if I want to take a more outdoors route with a dip into Eastern New Mexico, or if I want to take a more cultural route with a trip along the Texas/Mexico border in and out of both countries. I'll take any tips or suggestions you might have to offer.
I intend to stay off of Interstates as much as possible, however, for the portions of Texas I'd prefer to skip over, I'll be taking I-20 on the way in, and I-10/I-35 on the way back. Or the other way around, depending on who and what is available when.
I have a few spots I hope to see in the Hill Country of Texas, as time permits. This includes Enchanted Rock, Fredericksburg, Pedernales Falls, Ink Lake, Colorado Bend, and McKinney Falls. Again, I'll be doing natural sight seeing in the early mornings and late evenings and spending the rest of the day driving, and sucking up culture.
There's very little in between Midland and DFW that I want to see, so I'll make that trip as quickly as possible. I'm hoping for 1 or 2 breaks in that 6 hour stretch, at most. I'd like to spend 2 (or 3) days in the hill country on the way back.
I'm working on a rough estimate of when I'll be where. I should have it ready in a few hours.
