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Rancherias Canyon

Hiking the Rancherias Canyon

Big Bend National Park maintains the distinction to be the biggest tract of public land within the state of Texas. Encompassing 1,200 square miles of terrain in the untamed Chihuahuan Desert, one might expect Big Bend to be a drab, interminable wasteland, but it is actually an area of contrasts. RancherĂ­as Canyon in nearby Big [...]

Beginner Hiker

What a Beginner Hiker Should Know

Before you start an activity for example hiking, you need to assess your conditioning. Start with short trips by finding opportunities to walk rather than traveling in an automobile or using the bus. To work, aerobic activities need to last about a half an hour and require an intensity level to break in an easy [...]