All sound great!
Texas needs some love
#1)”Hard Core Adventure: Show off your MC flex and test (and I mean ‘test’) your armor!” — Wolf Caves in Mason, TX. Owners are wonderfully friendly and accommodating, and the park is amazing and beautiful, with its explosion of red granite. There is plenty for all levels, but the proportion of hard-moderate, hard, and extreme is higher compared to medium and medium-easy. Camping is available on the property. Dogs are allowed. Texas wine country is about 40-50 miles east. The San Antonio jeep club (San Antonio Jeep Exclusive) guides for the Jeep Jamboree USA (Texas Spur at Inks Ranch in Llano) and many of thise members/guides wheel regularly at Wolf Caves — they mey be a good resource for MJA event. While I’m a vegetarian and it pains me, there is legendary mesquite Texas BBQ in Mason and Llano.
#2)Magical Big Bend National and State Parks. Big Bend doesn’t have the majestic beauty of the Sierras, Moab, or Eastern mountains, but there is just something magical about it, and worth visiting. There are no difficult or technically challenging trails. Black Gap Road in the national park is a Jeep Badge of Honor trail. The state park is prettier than the national. Star gazing is amazing with complete dark skies. Great camping and many, many remote areas available for exploration.