A short while later…
Delight! A kind soul at the visitor center helped me cut through the crap with the state parks service; we’re in! He was able to check us into a campsite no one was using last night, since, of course, they don’t make reservations at the visitor center in person. Which no one who answers any phone seems to know.
For the purposes of “make sure someone knows your plans,” I offer the blog these details:
We checked in for the Vista del Chisos campsite at the Barton Warnock Visitor Center at 1030a on Monday 12/31 for a one night stay: three people and three vehicles in the party.
We’ll be heading into the Big Bend Ranch State Park from the Presidio side in a couple hours and probably won’t have any cell coverage at all until tomorrow afternoon on the way out.
Happy New Year!