Fall can be much like spring, very warm during the day but it can also sneak in a cold daytime temperature as well. The clothes you wore during the day will likely not be enough for you during the night. The Yawuru people are the native title holders of the town of Broome. If you are out hiking, your body heats up, but when you sit down at night it feels much colder. Yawuru calendar - click to view big version. We would also recommend you have some good thermal underwear, gloves, a hat, and the like. The tip to having a great time is this little secret, KEEP THE SUN OFF YOUR SKIN! Yes, wear long-sleeved shirts (not cotton), long pants (not cotton) and a hat and by keeping the sun off your skin you will feel and be cooler! If you see me out and about, I am wearing long sleeved UPF 50+ fishing shirts, long nylon or quick-drying pants and even fingerless fishing gloves (also UPF 50+)! I am out all the time in the heat and having a blast, but I know that I must stay well hydrated and covered up. Summer is my favorite time of year as a landscape photographer because the skies are the best, the storms are amazing and isolated, and the sun will set in the window up in the Chisos Basin. This is very rare but does happen on occasion. If it rains hard, the campgrounds can be muddy so you want to plan accordingly. I have been hiking at 67˚ in the Chisos Basin in July before! Yes, it gets hot, but if you plan correctly, it is a great time of year to visit because of the monsoon season. Summer is very different here than in central Texas or east Texas as we don’t have the humidity that makes summer unbearable. Selfish or unprepared glampers have devastated many of our trees and shrubs by not bringing wood or enough wood and then cutting our trees! This is unacceptable and it takes a LONG time in the desert for shrubs and trees to grow back. The clothes you wore during the day will likely not be enough for you during the night.īring PLENTY of firewood. If you are out hiking, your body heats up, but when you sit down at night it feels much colder. If you don’t own such gear, there are retail and on-line stores like REI and Arrive Outdoors that do rent high quality sleeping bags. We recommend excellent cold weather sleeping bags (rated to a minimum of 40 degrees, with lower even better). Not being prepared for sleeping, sitting or hiking in cold weather can make a trip tougher. Most glampers coming to Big Bend Glamping make one mistake over and over again, they fail to consider how cold it can be at night in the desert.
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