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Bend Region - Rio Grande River Road |
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State:
Texas
Submitted
By: Williebill
Date Submitted: Aug 05
Motorcycle Type: 03 Gold Wing Trike
Motorcycle Road Length: 150 Miles
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The
trip can start in Alpine, TX. Take Route 118 South for about
80 miles Study (pronounced "Stoody" Butte, TX. Along this
route you can experience the wide open spaces of Texas with
the beautiful Chisos mountains as background.
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Road Quality:
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The
road leaving Alpine, TX has a few dips and turns but then
turns into a straight, flat open run. Very little traffic
and even less population. Fill up in Alpine and make sure
you have food and drink with you. You are entering the desert
and depending on the time of year, it can get pretty hot
and dry. Be sure to visit the Big Bend National Park and
travel the roads within the park itself. When you leave
Study Butte go west on Route 170 toward Terlingua, TX. This
road goes for about 65 miles all the way to Presidio, TX.
The Rio Grande river is on your left for the whole ride.
This road has many twists, turns and steep inclines (one
at 15 degrees), and travels not only next to the river but
goes right through Big Bend STATE Park with some beautiful
scenery that cannot be found anywhere else in the state
or the country. At Presidio you can cross over into Ouinaga,
Mexico for a short visit and then come back into the states
and continue your trip up Route 67 to Fort Davis.
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Roadside Amenities:
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Good
accommodations in Alpine, TX with several motels, etc. This
is a college town. Study Butte has the Big Bend Motel and
Mission Lodge and you can also stay within the National
Park at the Chisos Mountain Lodge. Just don't venture too
far during your travels without supplies and a full gas
tank. At Contrabando, TX along the road to Presidio you
can pull off and enjoy a permanent movie set that is still
used for movies and commercials. There is also an old mission
just outside of Presidio that you can visit. There are several
pull-offs and you should just to breathe in the silence
and isolation. This is also "open range" territory meaning
that you may find livestock meandering on the road at odd
intervals. Presidio has some accommodations also, but you
might want to go up Route 67 out of Presidio towards Ft
Davis and visit the sights there. Rt. 67 goes through Marfa,
TX and Shafter, TX (a ghost town).
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Start
the route in Alpine,
Texas (about 60 miles southwest of Fort Stockton). From
Alpine take Route 118 south into Study Butte, TX. Then take
Route 170 west towards Lajitas, TX and north on to Presidio,
TX. At Presidio TZ, you'll want to get on Route 67 and take
it north for another pretty ride and it will take you up
through Marfa, TX via the Davis Mountains. At Marfa, continue
north by taking Route 17, to this route's end at Fort Davis.
Once on Route you stop at Ft. Davis make sure you visit
the Fort itself. You can really get a sense of what it was
like to serve in the army at a time when this outpost was
a lonesome style of living...not to mention the Indian raids.
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