Big Bend National Park is in west Texas, along the Rio Grande, which is about 326 miles south of Midland and 410-ish miles west of San Antonio. It’s also regarded as a spectacular example of Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem according to the official website. That’s not at all an inaccurate description, as you’ll soon see in the latest video from world moto traveler Kinga Tanajewska via her YouTube channel, On Her Bike.
After traveling down through Canada and most of the continental United States, in this video, she and her trusty BMW F 800 GS (named Chillie) are taking the opportunity to put in some quality off-road miles. More specifically, she’s tackling the Old Ore Road, which connects Texas state highway 118 and US highway 385 if you follow it from end to end. It meanders in a sort of lopsided V-shape—but the road itself is all dirt and gravel, all the time.
