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Bought some exterior double stick tape, cleaned the glass and tacked the "shark fin" back in place on the LR3

In the words of Lyle Lovett, "Thats right you're not from Texas, but Texas wants you anyway."

Big Bend National Park along River Road, January 2022. These are two of my favorites.

Not glorious, but had my local shop install a new water. It felt great to have diagnosed the problem myself, ordered the corrected parts, and not have to worry about carrying a gallon of coolant in the back.

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We have Thermarest Mondo King mattresses and they have been game changers. We got ours at the REI garage sale (otherwise they would have been way outside our price range).

Starting to think about New Mexico this summer

We've been taking along a jar of indian curry, cook in the skillet rice, and boneless skinless chicken breast. Easy Indian food on the road.

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Had a blast along River Road in BBNP! Now for a couple of nights in Marfa and Marathon

Day 1 in Big Bend NP is complete. Boquillas Canyon, River Road East, Mariscal Mine, and a night at Talley 3 on deck tomorrow.

Prepping for the first big trip in the new to me Truck. Far West Texas here we come!

It think it matters what you want to do…I’m in similar position as you are, just starting out. You will read a million different ways to “get started.” The strategy that worked for me was to get a few things that I thought I needed and a few that would make my wife happy when we travel. We took...

Removing the skirts certainly makes the bumper less chunky. Nicely done. I’ll have to keep that in mind when it comes time to order? How much of a pain was it?

Great looking truck!

That truck looks great! I just bought an ‘08 a few weeks ago to be used as my DD and the family adventure mobile. What did you decide on for the front bumper? I keep waffling back and forth between the various full bumper options…

Thanks for the rec!

Thanks for the Rec! We rented house outside Terilingua for a couple nights. Will definitely track down the bbq

Hey All, My wife and I are heading to far west Texas for a little Anniversary trip. Fingers crossed we can get a backcountry spot in BBNP. Our back up plan is a couple of nights in BBRSP (already booked). A couple of questions: 1) What are people’s recommendations for things that are a must...

I don’t think that there is much in the way of a BDR like those in some of the other western states. I did read this last night: https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/austin-to-lubbock-and-back-my-first-expedition-or-not.229692/#post-2983464 Maybe this could get you started! Cheers, SM