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!

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.

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.

@lyleSchmidt

28 күн бұрын

@@vernvartdal6479 Enjoy those trails! They're definitely on the bucket list.

@vernvartdal6479

28 күн бұрын

@@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...

@LoneStarNomads

24 күн бұрын

The good thing is all the roads are county roads even the ones that go right through private land.

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.

Throughly enjoyed your episode. Thanks

Well done and thanks for taking me along!

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.

You just happened to attempt this during one of the wettest late springs we've seen in recent years, especially out east. I wish we could have seen more of the route (parts you had to skip) but I totally understand the need for self preservation, especially when traveling solo. I've already covered the route to the west and most everything north of Houston but I need to try the routes to the east. Sadly, there's very little to explore in most of Texas due to the lack of public lands but tracks like these along dirt/gravel and forest roads will suffice for most. I try to cover two BDR's on the bike every year along with a separate out of state trip with the 4x4 and camper as well. Thanks for sharing this adventure, maybe next time the weather will be on your side.

Beautifully shot!

Awesome video!

That looks suspiciously like an Icom ID-5100 on a RAM mount. :) Fantastic video! My first time seeing your channel. Liked and Subscribed! 73!

That Was A REALLY GOOD Video 👍👍👍

This was an awesome video I live 15 mins from cleburne, Texas, and had no idea about all these back roads I’m definitely planning on hitting this trail now! -Ryan/Jeepanddestroy

Great Overland adventure!

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.

Outstanding!

Nice job!

Great shots man, I want to do this same route in my Tacoma/Super Pacific. Thanks for sharing your experiences!

@lyleSchmidt

29 күн бұрын

You definitely should! The super pacifics look sick.

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

@jonc7371

21 күн бұрын

Yeah we have terrible trails here. This is basically just gravel roads and it’s the best we can get lol

@blainelashley2120

19 күн бұрын

as for camping you just have to go to private owned camp sites there are a ton of them

@damienvera3135

19 күн бұрын

@@blainelashley2120 what’s the fun in that

@blainelashley2120

19 күн бұрын

@@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.

@damienvera3135

18 күн бұрын

@@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.

Very Cool! 😎

My family and I would visit Toledo Bend frequently when we lived in LA. Great place for camping, swimming, and fishing! ❤

@lyleSchmidt

Ай бұрын

@@connielopez8252 I was impressed, I think I'll stop there every time I pass through now. Thanks for watching!

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

@lyleSchmidt

24 күн бұрын

@@onemocko9269 thanks for watching!

We are out of Central Texas and take the Hill Country route every April during the Bluebonnet season. This looks like an interesting variation to explore sometime.

you got lucky... May was super rainy this year. we got 13 inches at my house in Central TX. lol

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! 👍🏻

Just found your page! Awesome video! You should have a pile more subscribers! I know you just found one more!

@lyleSchmidt

24 күн бұрын

@mongorunner3S thank you so much!

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.

@subsonicdemon

16 күн бұрын

That's what's up im from waco myself, I'm heading to check out the videos

Glad you enjoyed the Route. Took many a day putting it together. Truck looked great around Hillsboro. LOL

@lyleSchmidt

23 күн бұрын

@laudm2006 bravo sir! I appreciate your contribution to the community. How did you get it displayed on OnX?

@laudm2006

23 күн бұрын

@@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.

Great video! Editing, shots and audio are excellent! Maybe add a map view that shows route. I live in Houston and explore SHNF often.

I don't know what your background is, but you have incredible cinematography skills. Thanks for all of the work that took.

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.

The reason I watched your video is the picture you used is the ranch I grew up on. When they "fixed" that bridge they did a bad job and made the concrete too smooth making it hard to cross because it was so slick.

Driving with your coffee in an open cup on a dirt road. MY MAN!

@peterrabbit3887

13 күн бұрын

Good thing Texas “off road” is flat and boring af. Makes driving with an open cup easy.

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.

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.

@lyleSchmidt

24 күн бұрын

@TGMOverland I just found out about it the other day, will definitely be on it one day!

@TGMOverland

24 күн бұрын

@@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.

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.

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.

@maddawgnoll

2 күн бұрын

OnX is so overpriced and inaccurate. I use scout to hunt for most my mapping. It's not the best, but it's free and gives plenty of information for me anyway

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.

@lyleSchmidt

24 күн бұрын

@@adampburke1 that sounds rad! I kind of enjoy the logistics behind that.

""Hell yeah '' nothing beats a good Texas Whataburger!!! ❤

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.

Oh man, you picked a rough time for Sam Houston, NF. SO MANY FS roads have closed with all the weather.

Great video (videography)! I would love to drive this route. Do you think it would be possible to do in a Prerunner?

The problem you experienced could have been solved by staying at one of the many rest areas, or truck stops. You can pop your tent but, just sleeping in your truck will help you make up time in the am.

Sexton pond, you should have took the foot trail up to the old Aldridge Sawmill.

I would love to try this trail out.

Had me at Got!

You should check out the Texas Epic Adventure Trail! Go Native Overland

@lyleSchmidt

28 күн бұрын

@@jacobcain4940 your the man! Just downloaded it to Gaia, thanks!

@gonativeoverland165

12 күн бұрын

The TEAT is 2300 miles long.

@lyleSchmidt

12 күн бұрын

@gonativeoverland165 lots of thumbnail opportunities with that acronym.

Great campsite at 38:22 !

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

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.

Imagine what this would have been like the 1980s and early 1990s Texas with less people across the state.

This was amazing. I’d love to know how you got all the b-roll and drone footage.

@jguerra0117

20 күн бұрын

A lot of stopping, reversing, setting up, and coming back I imagine.

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...

I have a BP51 kit on my Tundra. Just out of general curiosity, what settings are you running?

What sizw tires are on your tacoma? They look to be narrower but taller like a size 265/75r17 size.

Great video. Very interesting. But did your really say: "What else does Texas GOT" at 00:32? :😬

Cool

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!

@cgatito3528

15 сағат бұрын

When you're in your 20's it helps. You can handle just about anything at that age.

Invest in a winch brother! Totally worth it.

@waynestanley5402

16 күн бұрын

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😂

amen to that scripture verse!

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

@lyleSchmidt

28 күн бұрын

@trevormangus7832 Yeah that's why I bought it. Go watch the other videos so I get some $ for a winch.🙏

I gotta know where you got the seat covers from or of they are custom seats and arm rest?

@lyleSchmidt

13 күн бұрын

@@miketoti144 no just ordered them from marathon seat covers

Oh, my! If you only knew what you were eating!!

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.

@lyleSchmidt

17 күн бұрын

@WCSOJail man do I want to! A lot of land between the east coast and WY

was this recorded before or after the hurricane lol

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

@ryshy02o44

19 күн бұрын

What’s the pin points to that River crossin? I got a Mustang and wanna get a photo there 😅

@M4TT_ZZ93

13 күн бұрын

@ryshy02o44 be careful its slippery there for cars.

900% profit, that's crazy!

With all the road blocks, it should be called The Texas Backtracking Trail

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.

@lyleSchmidt

25 күн бұрын

@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

At camps like that bubble , just pull through first, and if you're not gonna stay , don't pay.

Hi Do you interested in adding some LED upgrade or a switch panel to your rig? We hope to do some sponsorship with you!

@lyleSchmidt

27 күн бұрын

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.

@Auxbeam

27 күн бұрын

@@lyleSchmidt Sure! We just replied your dm. Looking forward to talk more about this sponsorship in order to push it forward!

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.

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.

@lyleSchmidt

25 күн бұрын

@@johncole3010 true. Thanks for watching!

What front bumper do u have?

@lyleSchmidt

19 күн бұрын

@@stephenlindeman8471 backwoods adventure mods

What????? You chose Whataburger over Storm's Drive-in in Lampasas.

@lyleSchmidt

27 күн бұрын

You bring up a valid concern

@punktexas

27 күн бұрын

@lyleSchmidt If you're overlanding Texas why not take in local flavor? The Storm's Special is greatness.

@lyleSchmidt

27 күн бұрын

@@punktexas this is true. Is the Lampasas location the last one?

@jgiffin25

27 күн бұрын

Storms is soggy trash.

@h0ot3r

25 күн бұрын

On the food subject if your in palestine go to sheps bbq.

dude if you want to ride out and you live around Dallas, hit me up and we can meet up for a ride up north.

Should’ve gone to storms in lampasas or burnet

Video made me realize - a pickgun will be added to truck

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.

Let me know if you want to sell the snorkel from your truck.

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.

@lyleSchmidt

24 күн бұрын

@@daviddoucet2220 😂

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.

@lyleSchmidt

26 күн бұрын

@gonzotripz2366 definitely the prize locations for this hobby no doubt.

Nice videography, but too many ads

@cgatito3528

15 сағат бұрын

Use brave browser. No ads.

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.

Not much fun, except maybe some East Texas lakes.

should have camped in kimblebend on brazos

@lyleSchmidt

24 күн бұрын

Yeah I considered that but google said it was closed to flooding at the time. True or not🤷🏼‍♂️

@onemocko9269

24 күн бұрын

@@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 🤣

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.

@cgatito3528

15 сағат бұрын

Yep, Thankfully NM and Ark have plenty of public land. My one knock against Texas.

“What else does Texas got” - check your grammar.

@NT5RA_Still_Learning

2 күн бұрын

Sounds perfectly Texan to me!

@cgatito3528

15 сағат бұрын

Why grammar police be ALWAYS polic'in?

You did a great job of documenting and producing an interesting video. I live in Saginaw, TX so this was of interest to me. Gord