This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Travel Texas and local native Texan Kazaa Franklin

Being a local from Fort Worth and living in the ebbs and flows of the city you get kind of accustomed to a more traditional

lifestyle but I think there's something about West Texas, something about Big Bend

that kind of redistributes this feeling of freedom, this feeling of adventure.

Tucked into the corner of southwest Texas, Big Bend National Park is known for its

epic hiking and doesn't look bad either.

If I could paint a picture for Big Benin Terling,

but for someone I've never been here, it's just very warm.

I just mean the tones.

It's a place that catches your eye, but there's more to it than that.

All the hikes we've done, canoeing on the Rio, the hot springs, there's just been so many

gyms within Big Bend that I didn't even know existed, but as a photographer it's also challenged me to make

sure that I've been fine moments where I actually put my camera down because as much as I can take photos

and try to recreate certain moments of this region.

There's something about the mountains and something about the sky that actually invites me

to just be where my feet are. and I think there's something encapsulating and

magical about this land that just truly invites you to just come come as you are

come be don't worry about trying to make memories to the point in which you miss memories.

Visit travel Texas.com slash get your own to get the trip to Texas that really matters

yours. This is the idea that going outside,

whatever that means to you, is a choice. It's not the same choice for everyone. Going outside might mean going into the forest or a desert or even swamp land depending on where you live.

Just like the word adventure can mean everything from wing suiting to a wildflower hike. The outdoors can be a lot of different places.

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