Camping Black Gap WMA Part 1 - EP 50
I gathered up both my pup’s Katie & Moose and headed to West, TX for a camping trip. Destination: Black Gap Wildlife Management Area. This property is 103,000 acre’s and shares 25 miles of the Rio Grande with the Mexican State of Coahuila. Free camping is allowed at the designated campsites on a first come basis but you must have a Limited Public Use Permit (LPU) that can be purchased at any Academy for $12 before arriving.
There are 25 “Fish Shelter” campsites along the Rio Grande, each with a covered 10’ x 20’ cement slab, park style BBQ pit and fire ring/grate. Each of these sites starting with #5 that I visited presented a different challenge to accessing the Rio Grande River. For some campsites the river was kinda far off, others it was near, for some the river had 5’ to 8’ vertical bank, for some the river was deep, others very shallow, etc.
I experienced clear skies and mid 60^’s during the day and mid 40^’s overnnite. After entering the park I passed (1) driving vehicle which we stopped and spoke and (1) Fishing Shelter occupied by another camper, other than that, nobody. Wildlife was spotty but I saw a few Cows, some Burros, Peccaries (Javelina) , Roadrunners, Ducks on the river and Whitetail deer. The river was awesome and I spent more time there than video shows. The dogs really got to explore new things to them and they thrived on it. I will certainly go back.
LOCATIONS :
Black Gap WMA Headquarters / Sign-In : ......................................
www.google.com/maps/@29.57146...
Fishing Shelter #16 : .......................
www.google.com/maps/@29.59613...
MUSIC :
00:12 Silent Partner : - Open Highway
01:54 Atch : - First Light
03:47 Bensound : - Summer
05:14 Eric Feinburg : - Attic Love
08:57 Max Noremo : - We Got Time
10:14 Bensound : - Sunny
15:15 Hooky with Slone : - Bird Creek
16:04 Jason Shaw : - Solo Acoustic Guitar
VIDEO:
GoPro HERO 7 Black
DRONE:
DJI Mavic Pro