Trip coming up and all the sites are gone..... really?

[Lemming_of_the_BDA]

  La Noria 1 and 2 are both fairly close to the main road, is there a view of the chisos from those sites?  

 

[Texan4life]

  La Noria 1 and 2 are both fairly close to the main road, is there a view of the chisos from those sites?  

 

Yup.... thats a pretty good view :D

[aggiehiker]

We took a potty chair with us down Boquillas at Spring Break. What a difference it makes!! WalMart and Academy sell the small tents that you can put around them for around $20. They are used as blinds by hunters.

When you check in, ask about the Ranger programs. They have good ones at night in RGV and the Basin and are worth going to. Last year I was at La Noria and went in to RGV to see two movies about the old days in the park-very informative and well worth the trip out and back.

[Texan4life]

4 hours to go! I think the clock in my office has slowed down or something, this has been a very long day! Thanks to everybody who helped out and gave me suggestions on where to camp. As of right now we are thinking 2 nights in the basin and 2 nights at Fresno. We will just have to wait and see which spots are open. I'll be at PJ at 7am waiting to get that perfect spot tomorrow morning  Hope to have some neat pictures next week. Happy Easter everybody :D

[chisos_muse]

4 hours to go! I think the clock in my office has slowed down or something, this has been a very long day! Thanks to everybody who helped out and gave me suggestions on where to camp. As of right now we are thinking 2 nights in the basin and 2 nights at Fresno. We will just have to wait and see which spots are open. I'll be at PJ at 7am waiting to get that perfect spot tomorrow morning  Hope to have some neat pictures next week. Happy Easter everybody :D

You'll be standing there for an hour....it opens at 8:00!

[Texan4life]

4 hours to go! I think the clock in my office has slowed down or something, this has been a very long day! Thanks to everybody who helped out and gave me suggestions on where to camp. As of right now we are thinking 2 nights in the basin and 2 nights at Fresno. We will just have to wait and see which spots are open. I'll be at PJ at 7am waiting to get that perfect spot tomorrow morning  Hope to have some neat pictures next week. Happy Easter everybody :D

You'll be standing there for an hour....it opens at 8:00!

Thanks Muse :D  My wife tried to tell me 8am but for some reason I thought it was 7am. You just saved my butt from a "i told ya soo" :lol:

[presidio]

My wife tried to tell me 8am but for some reason I thought it was 7am. You just saved my butt from a "i told ya soo" :lol:

Don't you know yet that you actually get points when you let the wife have one of these from time-to-time?  :D  :D

[RichardM]

My wife tried to tell me 8am but for some reason I thought it was 7am. You just saved my butt from a "i told ya soo" :lol:

Don't you know yet that you actually get points when you let the wife have one of these from time-to-time?  :D  :D

He can still get credit for one if he tells her the right way.  Plus, he can sleep an hour later. :)

[presidio]

He can still get credit for one if he tells her the right way.  Plus, he can sleep an hour later. :)

Yeow! Double win!

[reganpurple]

I also took a Big Bend newbie out to camp this past week...had always explored BB in the fall until now. Stupidly, we arrived at Chisos Basin last Wednseday without a reservation.....but i will say that even though the gate staff said the campground was full *and* the sign on the road said no camping vacancy at Chisos Basin, we found two sites open.  One was the handicapped site next to the bathroom and across from the camp host, so that's only good if you have a placard. The one remaining site, #28, was something  of a Charlie Brown site (no shelter, right on the road,  serious hardpan, fire ants, very little footprint for tents,) but it beat having to turn around and head back. When the wind and weather hit Friday night, though, we packed out and left the site for someone else (after paying for three nights) -- we simply weren't equipped Lessons learned/reinforced....(I  knew better): pack for every weather and reserve ahead, or at least have a fallback plan. But people do bail so don't assume that every reserved spot will be filled. I would also suggest checking in (ideally in the early afternoon) with the campsite hosts -- they do daily surveys and keep tabs of no-shows.  Another thing to keep in mind is that not every site in the Basin is reservable, which I didn't know until this trip.

[fartymarty]

You'll be standing there for an hour....it opens at 8:00!

   I've spent an hour in the PJ parking lot area and enjoyed every minute of it. I only wish that every place I had to wait during my life was that pleasant.
I guess I "suffer" from BIBE syndrome. :)

[sleepy]

good golly, I'm confused.  I know you can reserve basin, rgv, castolon, but can you/do you have to reserve backcountry sites like Fresno, Croton Springs, Pine Canyon, etc.?

[SHANEA]

but can you/do you have to reserve backcountry sites like Fresno, Croton Springs, Pine Canyon, etc.?

Nope.  No reservations allowed.  First come, first serve.

[SHANEA]

I also took a Big Bend newbie out to camp this past week...

Welcome and congrats on your first post!  Here's to many more!  Down the hatch...  :cactuscheers:

[Texan4life]

Got back last night, there were plenty of sites in the Basin. Probably because it was 30 degrees and sleeting on Saturday, but hey any trip to BiBe is a good trip..... ice and all!