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Offline dkerr24

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Re: If you are a first timer and only had one day...
« Reply #15 on: August 13, 2010, 10:27:56 AM »
2443 miles?  Wow, that must have been quite the 'scenic route' from Dallas to BIBE. 
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Offline FatPacker

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« Reply #16 on: August 13, 2010, 10:38:03 AM »
Yes, I am afraid that this story will require more than a couple of cold ones to get through. . . .
And there are plenty more where that one comes from!
I am a Scout leader and all the boys in our troop say I tell the "best stories"
Meanwhile all the other adults just roll their eyes and groan!


We need to try to organize a "bender" somewhere centrally located so that people from the 4 major metro areas in Texas that seem to be represented here can all meet and "swap lies." It may take a whole weekend though, from what I have read so far!
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« Reply #17 on: August 13, 2010, 10:41:50 AM »
Oops, it looks like I should have included our friends in Oklahoma in my previous comment as well... sorry!
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Re: Detour . . . .
« Reply #18 on: August 13, 2010, 10:56:45 AM »
Quote from: FatPacker on August 13, 2010, 10:41:50 AM
Oops, it looks like I should have included our friends in Oklahoma in my previous comment as well... sorry!

lol... no need to apologize... I think there's only me and 1 guy in Tulsa that has posted recently on this board.  Just don't call me a 'sooner'!  (OSU graduate).  :)
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Re: If you are a first timer and only had one day...
« Reply #19 on: August 13, 2010, 12:15:45 PM »
QS: hope you guys have a great time!  I didn't make to the top of Gold Hill, as the day I tried to ascend the wind was blowing 40+ mph and it was sleeting (in August!).  I only had on shorts and a cotton T-shirt so figured not worth the risk.
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Re: If you are a first timer and only had one day...
« Reply #20 on: August 13, 2010, 12:36:09 PM »
Wow, we've kind of drifted off-topic here, but I have yet to figure out where to split stuff off and where to put it... :eusa_think:
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Re: If you are a first timer and only had one day...
« Reply #21 on: August 13, 2010, 07:03:08 PM »
I don't know how many times I've done that... almost did it Wednesday but couldn't get "my spot" since someone beat me to it. Work people where whining about stuff I owed them too... otherwise I would have been in the park by 1pm and headed home the next day. Every hour in BiBe is worth the journey to get there...

Quote from: quicksilver on August 13, 2010, 07:20:44 AM
Quote from: dkerr24 on August 13, 2010, 06:37:26 AM
I know this is an old post, but if I stick to answering just the title question, then my answer would be I wouldn't go at all.  BIBE is too far from civilization to spend a 14 hour car ride to only visit for 24 hours.  A National Park like Grand Canyon that is within an hour of I-40 might be different, but not a park so remote as BIBE.  BIBE is a destination park, not a 'stop for the day' park.  It's just too big to see but a narrow slice in a single day.
And on the other hand, a "bender" like me would detour off my I-10 route to Phoenix just to drop down and drive thru the Park, sometimes on to Terlingua, Lajitas, the River Road to Presidio, and back to I-10 thru Marfa!
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