One of the most iconic hikes in Big Bend is in the Chisos Basin as the foot of Casa Grande Peak in the Chisos Mountains. The Window Trail starts at the park visitor center, descends into the canyon and then the trail goes through a very narrow passage to a point that opens up in front of you like a window in a cathedral. It was listed as a 5.6 mile hike but our pedometers indicated we walked over 6 miles total. If it hadn’t been so hot I think we might have enjoyed the hike a bit better but the sun beat us down to a dragging crawl up the last mile. Yes I said UP! We hiked 980 feet of vertical.
We spent most of the evening trying to decide what we were going to do next. One option was to head to Padre Island, or another was to back track to AZ. But considering the pandemic and the way places are closing, and at our age a need for good healthcare, we decided we needed to be near family and our local doctors. We will pack up and head to Oklahoma to see our grandsons and then home to Sedalia.
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