Winter Road Trip 2026  

Bend Oregon to Big Bend National Park 

And then back to good ole Bend again!

Interesting Numbers: Duration 7 weeks : Total Miles On Trailer: 4266 Total Miles On Truck: 6176 Fuel Cost: $1572.09 Camping/Park Fees: $1349.57 Side Trips-Fun $822.20 Food $584.12 Upkeep-Additions $435.02

We've been thinking about this trip for over a year. It started out with the idea of contorting our 1 ton extended Chevy Cargo Van into a camper, but that contortion became easier, although more spendy than we thought! Turns out the van really wanted to be a 2025 Chevy Truck hooked up to a 2026 ORV Travel Trailer! How could we argue with a 2017 Cargo Van? So in the fall of 2025 the contortion was completed, and with a couple shorter trips under it's belt, we decided it was time to HIT THE ROAD!!!

To make this a little easier to navigate, our 2026 Winter Road trip is going to broken down into smaller portions so we don't have sensory overload. We will see how this ends up, but for now the following is our trip in chronological order....

Part One - Bend Oregon to Quartzsite AZ 
Part Two - Quartzsite AZ to Alpine Texas 
Part Three - Big Bend National Park Texas 
Part Four - Big Bend NP to Tuscon AZ 
Part Five - Tuscon AZ to Bend OR