Comments on: Top Campsites – A Baker’s Dozen https://pmags.com/top-campsites-a-bakers-dozen Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Sun, 26 Nov 2023 02:57:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Paul Mags https://pmags.com/top-campsites-a-bakers-dozen#comment-613819 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 17:48:55 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=13790#comment-613819 In reply to Dick Anderson.

Allo sounds lovely. Thanks for sharing!

I love the Pecos Wilderness. Northern New Mexico is one of my favorite places.

Someday I’ll make it to Big Bend.

]]> By: Dick Anderson https://pmags.com/top-campsites-a-bakers-dozen#comment-613815 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 17:04:35 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=13790#comment-613815 Early fall, East side of Hermit Peak-Pecos Wilderness. A slippery, rocky trail, surprisingly steep, but fairly level as you near the summit. Cool, refreshing water from Hermit Spring-no need for purifying. A cool front with a few sprinkles blows through overnight. Gentle breeze in the pine trees to lull you asleep. In the morning, nothing visible for miles and miles across the northeastern New Mexico plains but a few higher peaks poking up through the clouds below. Dangling your feet off the cliff face while waiting for the sun to appear while sipping a hot cup of tea.

Thanksgiving weekend. Watching the full moon rise over the Chisos Mountains-Big Bend N.P. from near the mouth of Santa Elena Canyon where Terlingua Creek empties into the Rio Grande. Turning from the silhouetted peaks to watch as moonlight illuminates the canyon walls like a reverse sunrise. Inky black giving way to countless shades of grey as the inner gorge is revealed. Absolute silence. Waking up the next morning and skipping rocks across the river from one country to another.

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