Q: A friend and I like to visit national parks around the country. He says the best one in Texas is Guadalupe Mountains National Park. I think it’s Big Bend National Park. Can you settle this argument?Ryan Lahurd, ChicagoA: The Texanist, himself a man who enjoys ambling about in the great outdoors, has never paused to ponder which of these two wondrous West Texas sanctuaries is superior. He has always considered them awesome in their own particular ways—just as, say, brisket and ribs or Lone Star and Pearl or Willie Nelson and ZZ Top are. That said, the Texanist’s bread doesn’t get buttered by not responding to the letters that come across his desk. So let’s have a more disquisitive look.Though both parks feature spectacular…
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