Welcome to the Trapp Family Lodge at McKittrick Canyon - Guadalupe Mountains National Park - Texas
by Silvio Ligutti
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Welcome to the Trapp Family Lodge at McKittrick Canyon - Guadalupe Mountains National Park - Texas
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Silvio Ligutti
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This is the entrance to the Wallace Trapp Family Lodge, (not the same as the one from Stowe, Vermont!) According to Wikipedia, "The Wallace Pratt Lodge was the summer residence of Wallace Pratt, the principal donor of the lands that would become Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Pratt was a petroleum geologist employed by the Humble Oil Company, scouting for oilfield leases in west Texas. Pratt visited the Guadalupe Mountains in 1921, and taking a liking to the place, he bought a quarter share of the McCombs Ranch. In 1929 Pratt bought out his partners, ending up owning a large portion of the canyon, which featured waterfalls flowing over travertine dams, a lush, quiet place in the high desert." What a wonderful explosion of colors I found at McKittrick Canyon, deep in the wilderness of the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas! This place is indeed worth the drive from anywhere. Not only had I have to drive from Houston, (a 9 1/2 hour drive ), but in order to access this remote canyon I had to hike 2 1/2 miles from the trailhead. The bigtooth maples usually change during the first week of November, but the exact time change happens depends upon many variables: number of cold nights below 45F, how wet it was during the Summer, etc. The best thing to do is to follow the Rangers' Fall Foliage report that starts mid-October. I would definitely visit this place again next year! Thanks for looking.
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November 9th, 2017
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