Mexico and Big Bend 2008 Routes and Maps

Mexico & Big Bend April 2008
Routes & Maps

Mexico April 8 – 13, 2008

Day 1 – Monday Highland Village to Del Rio, TX
Day 2 – Tuesday Border crossing at Ciudad Acuna to Cuatrociengas, Coahuila
Day 3 – Wednesday Cuatrociengas north to Ocampa and west on 105 kilometers of gravel road into Laguna del Rey (6 crashes on the gravel in 1 day)
Day 4 – Thursday Laguna del Rey south to Torreon and then northwest through Durango to Hildalgo del Parral, Chihuahua
Day 5 – Friday Hildalgo del Parral to Guachochi and on to Creel along edge of Barrancas del Cobre or Copper Canyon
Day 6 – Saturday Walk around Creel, ride up to Diversadero to see Barrancas del Cobre (get stopped by road rally)
Day 7 – Sunday Creel to Cuauhtemoc to Chihuahua and Presidio, TX

Coahuila Map with Routes

Coahuila Map with routes

Chihuahua Map with Routes

Chihuahua map with routes

Big Bend April 14 – 19, 2008

Day 1 – Monday Presidio to Terlingua Ranch via 170
Day 2 – Tuesday Big Bend National Park, Panther Junction, Chisos Mountain Lodge, Ross Maxwell Drive to Santa Elena Canyon and back to Terlingua Ranch
Day 3 – Wednesday Back to park and north to Marathon. Crossed 90 up to Van Horn and on to camp Guadalupe Mountain National Park. The wind was gusting up to 70 MPH that night and one of the motorcycles was blown over while parked
Day 4 – Thursday Guadalupe Mountain National Park to Carlsbad in 30 – 40 MPH wind with gusts 60. Short day – I wimped out
Day 5 – Friday Carlsbad Caverns and back to Carlsbad to take 285 to Pecos and on to Fort Davis for Star Party at MacDonald Observatory
Day 6 – Saturday Fort Davis to Alpine, 385 to Fort Stockton, and home at 11:15 PM

Texas Map with Routes

Texas map with routes