Longest Overland Trail In Texas/THE TEXAS TRAVERSE
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- After completing the Hill Country Tour I wanted to know what else Texas had to offer in the overlanding space. So I linked the Hill Country Tour to the Texas Travers and headed east across the state. After navigating across river and stream crossings along an old historic cattle trail and busting thunderstorms near Waco I discovered 2 top notch campsites among the pines of east Texas. There's still one section of this trail remaining in the west Texas deserts. I hope you enjoy, thanks for watching!
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As a fella that was job transferred bc of Covid to Sa, Texas. I wish there was more public land .We just camp here and its great . 4 more years until retirement then selling the Texas homestead and headed on the open road.
Thanks for taking the time putting the video together! Drone shots, tri-pod shots, etc! People don't realize how much work goes into these videos until they try to do one! Again Thanks for the effort on this! I am in the Houston area and I prefer camping and exploring in East Texas because it's more woodsy... Keep up the great work!
It's hard to find off road in Texas. When you do it's usually not long before the land owners close it. As I head to the Colorado and Wyoming BDR's next week, I'm not tempted to fight frustration in Texas having done it before.
@@vernvartdal6479 Enjoy those trails! They're definitely on the bucket list.
@@lyleSchmidtthanks for doing this. It is very cool driving across TX. I love to go to Big Bend Ranch State Park NP too, but SP is amazing with the solitude. I try to go every winter. It's legit overlanding. Nice side to side technique to get unstuck...
The good thing is all the roads are county roads even the ones that go right through private land.
Great video, I have a place on the Blanco River near San Marcos and recognize some of the trails/access easements you traveled...impressive sir!
From East Texas and currently living in Logansport LA, its is beautiful country out here with great fishing and hunting.
Thanks for sharing about this route. We love combining dispersed camping in our 5th wheel and overlanding in my 4Runner, but Texas is just so disappointing in this arena... Like you, we love just winging it with no reservations, exploring an area and finding home whenever and wherever it suits us. Native Texans here and we love our great state, but when it's time for epic, remote adventure, we hitch up and hit the road west. Thank goodness we are both retired and are able to do this for weeks at a time.
you got lucky... May was super rainy this year. we got 13 inches at my house in Central TX. lol
I don't know what your background is, but you have incredible cinematography skills. Thanks for all of the work that took.
I love Texas, moved here 12 years ago from NE Oregon, I dearly miss public land for recreation, it’s my only knock on Texas. It actually kind of blows my mind how it’s like this. I had to buy my own land for hunting and recreation, only thing I don’t have is fishing but I only live 45 minutes from Lake Amistad so it’s not too bad.
Just found you and love the content! Thanks for doing this. I am born and raised in Texas and still have soo much of my own state to explore.
Throughly enjoyed your episode. Thanks
Love this video. I'm out of Waco and have done adventure riding on my motorcycles in quite a bit of the areas in this. I have a video on my channel of me eating it on that water crossing outside of Cranfills Gap lol.
That's what's up im from waco myself, I'm heading to check out the videos
Outstanding!
Man I was hoping this video would of changed my mind about moving out of Texas to somewhere with more camping and off-roading, but it definitely fueled my want to leave lol
Yeah we have terrible trails here. This is basically just gravel roads and it’s the best we can get lol
as for camping you just have to go to private owned camp sites there are a ton of them
@@blainelashley2120 what’s the fun in that
@@damienvera3135 well if your talking about wheeling, no there isn't much but we have tons of state parks, one of my favorite is Palo duro canyon.
@@blainelashley2120 bro it’s not even about wheeling either, Texas is ass for camping, not everybody wants to camp in a RV at a state park for 30 dollars a night.
Awesome video!
I live about 30 miles from that small lake you camped at in the Angelina National Forest. I camp there quite often. It’s a nice spot! 👍🏻
My family and I would visit Toledo Bend frequently when we lived in LA. Great place for camping, swimming, and fishing! ❤
@@connielopez8252 I was impressed, I think I'll stop there every time I pass through now. Thanks for watching!
Driving with your coffee in an open cup on a dirt road. MY MAN!
Good thing Texas “off road” is flat and boring af. Makes driving with an open cup easy.
Great shots man, I want to do this same route in my Tacoma/Super Pacific. Thanks for sharing your experiences!
You definitely should! The super pacifics look sick.
this was awesome, i grew up in Evant! went to school in hamilton..... and guess i have driven the tx traverse but had no clue it was a trail...... living in DFW sure do miss the hill country... good job on vid
@@onemocko9269 thanks for watching!
Beautifully shot!
Very Cool! 😎
Nice job!
Glad you enjoyed the Route. Took many a day putting it together.
Truck looked great around Hillsboro. LOL
@laudm2006 bravo sir! I appreciate your contribution to the community. How did you get it displayed on OnX?
@@lyleSchmidt, a few years ago, I was asked to be an OnX Offroad Trail Guide. Lots of work and it’s really cool to see people utilize the tracks. Well put together sir! This and the THCT.
Just found your page! Awesome video! You should have a pile more subscribers! I know you just found one more!
@mongorunner3S thank you so much!
Great trip. I have to admit, finding a site on the go is not very pleasurable in Texas. When you do find them they are truly amazing. I have a few saved in gaia that have treated us well. Safe Travels.
With all the road blocks, it should be called The Texas Backtracking Trail
From Hico to Meridian, Mosheim, Crnafills Gap and back to Hico there's a major bike race on those gravel roads with some of those same water crossings. This year we got rerouted to avoid some deep water in the Bosque River. Yeears past it's been dry enough in the weeks prior to the race but not this past May. it feels desolate out there on a bike and the heat keeps us going from one town to the next for enough water/ calories. This is the center of Texas in my mind. Riding from DFW to Austin, this area takes the most planning to get a continuous route that doesn't go across a military base, private ranch roads, high water, major highways.
@@adampburke1 that sounds rad! I kind of enjoy the logistics behind that.
""Hell yeah '' nothing beats a good Texas Whataburger!!! ❤
Invest in a winch brother! Totally worth it.
Ain't that the truth! I don't even want to have a 4 wheeler without a winch in Texas!! I'm from Hallsville , the mud we have in the bottoms around here thick black and super heavy so when you get stuck it's kinda like setting your 4 wheeler or truck in concrete.!! LMAO😂
Oh man, you picked a rough time for Sam Houston, NF. SO MANY FS roads have closed with all the weather.
I would love to try this trail out.
I know most of those roads! Been down many before the freeways took precedence. When I go to the ranch there are mostly caliche roads so I’m used to it.
Having been born and raised in TX (DFW to Austin and in between) I'm familiar with all this area. But, I don't know how you sleep in 90/90 weather in a tent!
Great video man. Though the Texas Epic Adventure Trail is the longest that I know of at a little over 2,300 miles. You should definitely check it out.
@TGMOverland I just found out about it the other day, will definitely be on it one day!
@@lyleSchmidt make sure you run it from east to west. It just keeps building and it is amazing. I did a video series on it and if you decide to run it feel free to reach out if you have questions.
This is a clear example of On X being not what it claims to be. I live in Texas. Grew up in East Texas and I know for sure, between private land and government property literally kills off road exploration. As awesome the Texas countryside can be, remember that not every road here is free to roam. I have family in East Texas and they constantly have to drive off people from their land simply from the On X app. So much that simple signage doesn’t work. As an off-road guy like myself, at some point you have to respect the land owner. Do you research BEFORE you tread on private land. Trust me, you’ll get further if you ask permission vs just following a stupid app on your thousand dollar phone.
amen to that scripture verse!
Whata you mean hot, 94 is comfortable, 115 is hot ;p BTW there is a lot of public land, but Texas is large, lots of space in between...plenty of parks in my county of Bexar. Thats some nasty Tx clay... :o Red eared slider turtle, i had to move one in Aransas WIldlife Refuge. There's alligators in the east Tx forest swampy areas...Big Thicket...
Great video. Very interesting. But did your really say: "What else does Texas GOT" at 00:32? :😬
I would recommend you get yourself some Thunder, Thunderer mud Tires, When I had them on my 2013 Nissan Xterra pro 4X they were great on mud/snow / Rain & fair on the Highway Great on sand I never needed the 4X4.
If push comes to shove, you can sleep at roadside parks in Texas. Actually, there are a buttload of pretty nice roadside parks in Texas, That in and of its self makes a pretty good road trip allover Texas.
Oh, my! If you only knew what you were eating!!
This was amazing. I’d love to know how you got all the b-roll and drone footage.
A lot of stopping, reversing, setting up, and coming back I imagine.
You should check out the Texas Epic Adventure Trail! Go Native Overland
@@jacobcain4940 your the man! Just downloaded it to Gaia, thanks!
The TEAT is 2300 miles long.
@gonativeoverland165 lots of thumbnail opportunities with that acronym.
As a Texan, I can honestly say I hate how little can actually be explored.
Land of the fences, and the home of the barbed wire.
It’s very demoralizing.
Awesome video! What part of TX are you in? I’d like to potentially link up with folks like you sometime and do some of these trips. I’m in Dripping Springs
Cool
As soon as I saw this thumbnail... I said "ain't no way that's the swimming hole!" Sure enough.. it is! How random!
11:23 .... that's my ex gf family's ranch! That's the dam/swimming spot we would always go to... throughout the intro of this video I saw you went out the front of the property and into town... 😅 bruh
BTW, that road is public but all of the land/water around it private land.
If you want some offroading, go back to laguna Park, and Down to the lake edge. Trails go through there
What’s the pin points to that River crossin? I got a Mustang and wanna get a photo there 😅
@ryshy02o44 be careful its slippery there for cars.
Great campsite at 38:22 !
Had me at Got!
I have a BP51 kit on my Tundra. Just out of general curiosity, what settings are you running?
Cool content . I am from grandview tx. But live in Wy for 10 years now. You need to come up here and hit the bdr trails. Lots of BLM land. we love here in Wy.
@WCSOJail man do I want to! A lot of land between the east coast and WY
What sizw tires are on your tacoma? They look to be narrower but taller like a size 265/75r17 size.
You know a winch in the winch bumper would be a good idea if overlanding alone. That and a land anchor for places like you were in he ditch without trees to attach to
@trevormangus7832 Yeah that's why I bought it. Go watch the other videos so I get some $ for a winch.🙏
Dude, You need a winch then you could do some of those crossings. Texas sucks for off road. I didn't know this before I moved here. So disappointed with the move here.
@LarryRichelli man I know it! For long distance it's rough but there are some great offroad parks just gotta look for them. And pay lol
Born and raised in Texas and do not plan on ever leaving. Traveled to Mexico and Costa Rica for 35 years on surf trips. Visited numerous states in the U.S. on motorcycle trips and enjoyed all of them. Texas is home and it has a lot to offer.
900% profit, that's crazy!
Video made me realize - a pickgun will be added to truck
was this recorded before or after the hurricane lol
I gotta know where you got the seat covers from or of they are custom seats and arm rest?
@@miketoti144 no just ordered them from marathon seat covers
What????? You chose Whataburger over Storm's Drive-in in Lampasas.
You bring up a valid concern
@lyleSchmidt If you're overlanding Texas why not take in local flavor? The Storm's Special is greatness.
@@punktexas this is true. Is the Lampasas location the last one?
Storms is soggy trash.
On the food subject if your in palestine go to sheps bbq.
Nice videography, but too many ads
I really enjoyed your filming creativity. Never, understood why PD’s target travelers that are showing respect for the area by leaving no trace. Unfortunately, much of Texas is not overland friendly.
@@johncole3010 true. Thanks for watching!
Hi Do you interested in adding some LED upgrade or a switch panel to your rig? We hope to do some sponsorship with you!
Absolutely interested in discussing sponsorship. I have Instagram linked on my channel, please send me a DM and we can establish email or phone numbers from there.
@@lyleSchmidt Sure! We just replied your dm. Looking forward to talk more about this sponsorship in order to push it forward!
there is not much REAL public land in Texas, the only bit I know of is the LBJ Grasslands in N. E. Texas other than that you wont find any. Texas land is very privately owned and if caught could be a warning, get shot, or fined, and possibly carted off to jail. there are however tons of manicured camp grounds in the state you can visit but I do not like to spend the money I rather find somewhere free, dispersed camping. that in itself is a huge challenge, lots of luck hunting. love the Texas Traverse just is not much place to camp dispersed along its route. I wish Texas had more public lands but unfortunately it doesn't.
What front bumper do u have?
@@stephenlindeman8471 backwoods adventure mods
Should’ve gone to storms in lampasas or burnet
I wish I could do this trail. It looks like onX is the only place you can get the route and they do not allow people to export GPX files. This is why I use Gaia GPS. I tried onX and because they do this, I will never subscribe.
Unfortunately, this is the one type of “hunting” to which Texas is not friendly. Lived here 50 years-but I spend my exploring budget in NM, CO, AZ or UT.
@gonzotripz2366 definitely the prize locations for this hobby no doubt.
Do not even attempt this route unless you’ve spent at least 55k on an “offroad” vehicle and another 60k on modifications and accessories to make your rig top heavy and dramatically raise its center of gravity. Only then can you adequately enjoy “overlanding” as it has been recently discovered and defined.
@@daviddoucet2220 😂
Let me know if you want to sell the snorkel from your truck.
Not much fun, except maybe some East Texas lakes.
should have camped in kimblebend on brazos
Yeah I considered that but google said it was closed to flooding at the time. True or not🤷🏼♂️
@@lyleSchmidt before google, we could drive dirt roads from evant to fort worth... your vid brought back memories...... hwy 22 is a great road, outside of goldthwait cant remember hwy name but you can take all the way to leakey tx (frio river) its pavement but zero cities for about 5hrs..... anyways good luck to you and your adventures
ANOTHER SHRUBBERY 🤣