The Ideal Vacation Spots In Texas
Alfred Ardis
October 21, 2011
Remember Billy Crystal's 1991 movie "City Slickers" where his character Mitch Robbins and his two friends Phil and Ed took a working vacation get away to stave off their mutually timed midlife crisis's by going on a cattle drive from New Mexico to Colorado. In the process they learned to be real cowboys and they overcame the boredom settling in on their lives. Mitch also took home a calf that he had helped birth and save, but that is by no means a requirement when you take a vacation at a dude ranch. And it isn't a requirement that you be in a cowboy movie to find the perfect cowboy vacation spots in your state.
If you are looking for a cattle drive to join like Mitch and his friends did, you might have to find a dude ranch to get that experience, but there are other equally appealing options that don't require you to ride in the rain or birth calves that you may want to consider.
For example you may want to look at vacation spots in the remote areas of the Chinati and Ciénega Mountains in the area of Big Bend in West Texas, where you can ride on horseback through the wild untouched terrain and feel like your slipping back into a quieter and simpler time.
The canyon walls in the Chinati area are works of art in themselves well worth the slow ride through to study their muted orange and soft brown colors that mix and mingle together like an oil painting on a canvas frame. The scenic ride through the canyon offers you protection from the desert heat that surrounds this unexpected oasis and at the same time leaves you feeling rejuvenated and at peace in this sudden area of beauty.
You can make your peaceful ride complete by riding along the three main creeks, Cíbolo, Ciénega, and Morita that are in the high desert area, watching for the wildlife that abounds including mountain goats, buffalo, raccoons, white tailed deer, antelope and even the occasional bear or cougar who come down to drink from the creek at dusk and dawn.
If your ideal vacation spots include more than horseback riding and wildlife watching under the stars, you can also explore the areas rich entrenchment in history. With Fort Davis nearby you can explore what life was like for the settlers of the area who battled the Native Americans that once made the high desert area their home and fought to keep the white settlers out. The area still has traces of the lifestyle that existed before the settles were fully entrenched including Native American rock art that tells stories from authors that have long since been forgotten, yet their tales live on in silent testimony of their lives and battles.
If these ideal vacation spots in this area sound like they could inspire a movie like "City Slickers," image what actually living the experience could inspire in you and your family.
Trade in your city shoes for a pair of cowboy boots at one of the many vacation spots in Texas. Plan your getaway today, visit: cibolocreekranch.com.
If you are looking for a cattle drive to join like Mitch and his friends did, you might have to find a dude ranch to get that experience, but there are other equally appealing options that don't require you to ride in the rain or birth calves that you may want to consider.
For example you may want to look at vacation spots in the remote areas of the Chinati and Ciénega Mountains in the area of Big Bend in West Texas, where you can ride on horseback through the wild untouched terrain and feel like your slipping back into a quieter and simpler time.
The canyon walls in the Chinati area are works of art in themselves well worth the slow ride through to study their muted orange and soft brown colors that mix and mingle together like an oil painting on a canvas frame. The scenic ride through the canyon offers you protection from the desert heat that surrounds this unexpected oasis and at the same time leaves you feeling rejuvenated and at peace in this sudden area of beauty.
You can make your peaceful ride complete by riding along the three main creeks, Cíbolo, Ciénega, and Morita that are in the high desert area, watching for the wildlife that abounds including mountain goats, buffalo, raccoons, white tailed deer, antelope and even the occasional bear or cougar who come down to drink from the creek at dusk and dawn.
If your ideal vacation spots include more than horseback riding and wildlife watching under the stars, you can also explore the areas rich entrenchment in history. With Fort Davis nearby you can explore what life was like for the settlers of the area who battled the Native Americans that once made the high desert area their home and fought to keep the white settlers out. The area still has traces of the lifestyle that existed before the settles were fully entrenched including Native American rock art that tells stories from authors that have long since been forgotten, yet their tales live on in silent testimony of their lives and battles.
If these ideal vacation spots in this area sound like they could inspire a movie like "City Slickers," image what actually living the experience could inspire in you and your family.
Trade in your city shoes for a pair of cowboy boots at one of the many vacation spots in Texas. Plan your getaway today, visit: cibolocreekranch.com.
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