It appears I'll have to attend a convention in San Antonio in a few months. The car situation is fixed so the likelihood is I'll be driving which means the 8x10 (or at least 5x7) can come along. It looks like I-10 is most direct route but I'd like to do a little exploring on the blue highways either on the way or returning. I've got an ordinary sedan so lamentably no off roading
Are there any photo ops between LA and San Antonio that you recommend I check out?
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
If you can manage a side trip to Big Bend National Park, I doubt that you will regret it.Originally Posted by John Kasaian
It appears I'll have to attend a convention in San Antonio in a few months
Are there any photo ops between LA and San Antonio that you recommend I check out?
Have fun, Martin
Pipe organ cactus desert, tombstone, big bend... I've made the trip and just the trip on i10 through Texas will give you lots of target rich environments
Take Hwy 90 instead of I-10 in Texas. Don't miss Marfa, Alpine, Big Bend, Langtry (Judge Roy Bean visitor center), Bridge over the Pecos River, Lake Amistad, and Del Rio. Further east and north of Hwy 90 are Lost Maples State Park, and Garner State Park, don't miss these.
John, check this place, there are rock formations found no where else and it's just south of rt. 10 one the New Mexico/Arizona border. https://www.google.com/search?q=chir...w=1240&bih=618
Also stop at Stein, NM, just a few miles east of the above national park.
Check weather, you will be traveling in the summer and temps will be up (like where you live). Take lots of water.
Have a great trip,
Bill
More than you can count.
Lots of people are recommending Big Bend NP, which is my least favorite NP. I suggest instead a more northern route, picking up Joshua Tree NP, Sedona, Petrified Forest, Canyon De Chelly NM, etc.
If you go the southern route, Organ Pipe Cactus NM and Saguaro NP are excellent, as is White Sands NM in New Mexico.
Really, pick a route and keep your eyes open. The south-west is an extremely target rich environment for most LFers.
Bruce Watson
The Old Spanish Trail: http://www.oldspanishtrail.org/learn/explore.php
Thomas
All of the above, plus:
San Xavier del Bac, just south of Tucson
Fort Davis, TX
Monahans Sandhills State Park (Texas)
The Spanish missions in El Paso and in San Antonio.
I second Monahans Sandhills. Also Hueco Tanks. White Sands National Monument, if you can work that in. San Antonio Missions. Texas Hill Country. Luckenbach, TX, Route 66. Texas Canyon (in NM). I-8 is a lot more scenic than I-10.
Bruce,
Why is Big Bend your least fav? I have to admit, I've been there so many times I don't need to return but I'm curious what turned you off about it? I can remember going there when few people would be there, but now its infested with casual types who just make a 1-2 day trip of it and move on. Not trying to start a dustup but wondered why you're down on it. I know for some people, desert just isn't their thing, and it is depressing to think that BB once was lush before overgrazing eliminated much of the vegetation.
Bruce
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