DAY TRIPS: Beat-up desk attracts visitors to a West Texas desert hilltop.
track team, and a couple of his buddies dragged the desk to a scenic overlook on the backside of the hill.
Over the years the climb up the rocky path to see the desk has become a popular, if not a major, tourist attraction. A notebook in a drawer gives visitors a chance to record their presence. Sometime around 2005 someone hung bicycle parts to a tree as a sculpture and sign that you're near the desk. The first half of the 1.3-mile hike up Hancock Hill is a steep slog over loose, sharp rocks. This is no place to wear flip-flops., an aptly named landmark, we were huffing and puffing. The trail leveled out somewhat by, but the terrain was still littered with sharp rocks and sharper cacti. From here the view of Alpine and theAbout 10 minutes later I was standing at the desk looking over a large brown valley toward.
The desk in Alpine is accessible from the university parking lot at the northeast end of East Avenue B. Remarkably,"Sul Ross Desk" appears on many GPS programs. Obtain maps at the1,658th in a series. Everywhere is a day trip from somewhere. Follow “Day Trips & Beyond,” a travel blog, at
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