Yesterday I started with a mellow run down the Ross Maxwell scenic route in @BigBendNPS.

I eased into the park taking in all of the sites as the sun gradually thawed the frozen landscape.

I stopped at the Costolon visitor center we're an extremely knowledgeable, volunteer, poured out loads of information about the park. I firmed up plans to hike Santa Elena Canyon based on his advice and decided to take the dirt Maverick road back up towards the entrance.

He talked about the long history of the area, mining, a shared culture and more recently a drug lord being toppled in the town of Santa Elena. Just a few hundred feet across the river.

The visitor center itself feels like an outpost in the wild west with the Rio Grande flood plain just a few feet away and the diminutive Rio Grande River itself flanked by an imposing Cliff on the Mexican side of the river.

Hiking the canyon. My mind couldn't get away from just how close Mexico was. I even threw a rock across the river easily landing it on the other side. Some tourists decided to walk across but I opted not to. 

The park really opened up on the Maverick road where the @cybertruck's air suspension did its best to absorb the brutal washboard that has been etched into the road over the years. 

Big bend is an open park meaning you can literally walk anywhere in the park. Your heart desires. I took them up on this pulling over after a few miles to explore a game Trail and found a ton of rocks including petrified wood and many others that I couldn't identify but found fascinating. I took only pictures after which I threw the rocks a long distance away, restoring them to nature. 

This was one of the easier trails in the park and I had an absolute blast exploring the different settings in the Cyber truck as well as the different suspension and acceleration capabilities they unlocked. Baja mode might be my favorite where you can, with the swish of a finger, push 100% of the power from the front motor to the rear motor. 

Further on up the road it crossed through washes opening up into a Mesa filled with rustic campgrounds. 

I wandered up into the mountains and back down to the Highlands finishing the day at balanced Rock, one of the iconic views in the park. It felt like I was back in Moab walking through arches national Park, with massive sandstone boulders framing up the valley. 

All the beauty of the park, the sights I took in, and the three hikes I went on all felt just a little bit more special because of just how much fun I was having in the Cybertruck. 

Before that day it was just my new truck. After that day it is now my new partner in Adventure and we are just getting started.