![]() (I’ve also done this trip by staying at a hotel in Del Rio the night before launching.) From there, we spent five leisurely days paddling through a rugged and prickly slice of Texas. ![]() We stayed at long-time outfitter Gerald Bailey’s rental house that night and hired him to shuttle us two hours to the put-in at Baker’s Crossing early the next morning. I drove out to the river with a small group of friends on a Monday. RELATED: Fort Collins: Paddling, Hiking and Biking, Oh My Plan your tripįirst, the basics. Marion Burch relaxes in a hammock during a paddle trip on the Devils River in October 2020. Instead of laptops, smart phones and automobiles, you ease into a world of paddle strokes, moving water and wildlife. It’s challenging, and even experienced paddlers will finish the trip with bashed shins and skinned knuckles, but the rewards are huge. It’s hard to pick a favorite, but the Devils can’t be beat for spring-fed swimming holes and incredible, pure Texas scenery. I first paddled the Devils in 2018, and the Pecos River a year later. Something about paddling a West Texas river sets me free. The angle of the mid-October sun burnished everything along the river –– all the leaves and grasses and humming insects –– in nature’s gold. I’ve paddled the Devils River in West Texas four times, but last fall’s trip, which coincided with the annual monarch migration, looked and felt different.Īs soon as we dropped our canoes in the water at Baker’s Crossing, clouds of orange and black butterflies began flapping against the familiar ribbon of turquoise. Paddlers make their way down the Devils River on a golden afternoon in October 2020.
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