West Texas Travels
I have traveled by automobile three times in recent years from Houston to the Big Bend area of Texas, a distance of approximately 650 miles. The route is west on Interstate 10 from Houston to San Antonio, west on Texas Highway 90 from San Antonio through Uvalde, Del Rio and Marathon to Alpine, then south on Texas Highway 118 from Alpine to Study Butte and Terlingua. Once settled in the Big Bend area, I never fail to drive Texas Highway 170, the scenic “River Road” along the Rio Grande from Terlingua to Presidio. My destinations, the Big Bend national and state parks, are wonderful and well worth the long drive, but the weather, food, scenery and interesting sights along the way make the trip itself enjoyable.