We’re scouting an attempt-it-only-during-drought-conditions alternative route of the 1,550-mile Cross Texas Trail, or XTX, ...

View from the mouth of Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Texas. View from the mouth of Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Texas. Tim Speer/Getty Images In Southwest Texas along ...

Our journey was typical for a modern-day West Texas ... Santa Elena Canyon, stopping midway for a picnic and a brief performance. On day two, a shuttle dropped us off on the far east side of Big ...

We’re biased, but we’re fairly certain Texas has more virtuoso guides ... Hancock can lead a group of canoers into Santa Elena Canyon at Big Bend National Park while sending a song like ...