Happy Memorial Day weekend!  My thoughts are with everyone that has been lost in battle, so make sure you all take time to send your regards. 

This week is a bit of a shorty. 

I'll be talking about a Hot Topic that came up this week in the hiking message boards.  The Narrows are outside of Wimberley, TX , and while quite magical to look at, require visitors to walk on river bottom to avoid people's private property.  The issue is- not everyone is following the rules. 

The second segment is a quick overview of one of my favorite state parks: Palmetto State Park. 

Thanks for listening!  If you enjoy the podcast please share it with your friends.  And if you REALLY enjoy it and want to support, please click the donate button on the homepage of my podcast an Anchor to see how to contribute to the podcast for as little as .99 cents/month. 

So grab your backpack and put on your hiking shoes, this is The Texas Trailhead. 

Welcome to another episode of The Texas Trailhead podcast!  This week I go on a bit of a ramble and talk about why the day-use reservations actually have me hiking less. And in the second segment I'm talking about the 16 Texas historic state parks, and delve a bit deeper into my favorite LBJ State and National parks.  For More information find me on The Texas Trailhead website! SOCIAL: Facebook Instagram: YouTube: PODCAST Equipment: Here is all the gear I use to make this podcast Microphones- Audio Technica ATR-2100 USB Headphones- Audio Technica ATH-M20x Tendak USB 3.0 Hub (To power all of the USB devices) Beelife Pop Filter NeeWer Professional Mic Stand Focusright Scarlett 2i2 Audio Interface By purchasing anything on the gear list I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Those contributions help keep the website, podcast and videos going, so thanks for your support!

Welcome to another episode of The Texas Trailhead podcast. In this episode I'm visiting with Jefferson Marshall,  the author of a brand new children's book titled The Creatures of Caprock Canyons.  He's a teacher who loves the state parks and wanted to create a great way to tell amazing stories of some of his favorite places to visit. 

Ill also do a little ramblin' about the current state of the Texas state parks, and give some insight into my recent trip to Enchanted Rock SP, and some ideas for future episodes.  Enjoy!

You can find his book on his website Texas State Park Adventures or on AMAZON. 

SOCIAL:

PODCAST Equipment:

Here is all the gear I use to make this podcast

By purchasing anything on the gear list I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Those contributions help keep the website, podcast and videos going, so thanks for your support!

Welcome to another episode of the texas trailhead podcast!

I hope everyone is having a great week.

Just wanted to let you all know that if you’re listening to this on its release day, so may 1st, It’s my birthday!

And I hate to beg, but for my birthday I’d love if you could do something to show your support and if you could share this podcast with someone who you think may enjoy it!  That would be great— and If you listen to me on Apple, leaving a 5-star review would help tremendously-

Ok— This week I don’t have an interview, but I do have some goodies to share with you.  I love goodies, so I hope you do to.  Because I live in central texas I’m in San Marcos quite a bit and they are home to one of my favorite trails systems, the San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance.  They’re a non profit group of amazing, hard working individuals that maintain one of my favorite day hike.  There are three total nature parks, but the one I’m talking about on this episode is Purgatory Creek Nature Trail.  I love it so much, and I almost don’t want to tell y’all about it, so if you visit please leave it they way you found it or better, or I’ll come find you and make nasty faces.

In my second segment I’m doing a little follow up review for a pair of shoes I haven’t reviewed before.  I just waited about 4ish months to talk about them because I definitely have a different opinion about them today than I did when I first bought them.

It’s my review of the Astral TR1 Mesh trail runner shoes. I’ll also be featuring the review on an upcoming YouTube video, so if go look for the texas trailhead on YouTube and make sure you like and subscribe.  I’ll leave a link in the description—

So let’s get to it!

SOCIAL:

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thetexastrailhead

Instagram: Https://www.instagram.com/danolaurel

YouTube: Https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6c7zMdkXWmktpXWlDnGP5w

PODCAST Equipment:

Here is all the gear I use to make this podcast

Microphones- Audio Technica ATR-2100 USB https://amzn.to/2tGmvTk

Headphones- Audio Technica ATH-M20x https://amzn.to/2t4tPYH

Tendak USB 3.0 Hub (To power all of the USB devices) https://amzn.to/36IzQsE

Beelife Pop Filter https://amzn.to/37Jsplg

NeeWer Professional Mic Stand https://amzn.to/37LpMPM

Focusright Scarlett 2i2 Audio Interface https://amzn.to/2TjYe0b

By purchasing anything on the gear list I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Those contributions help keep the website, podcast and videos going, so thanks for your support!

The Trail Foundation is a partnership with the Austin Parks & Recreation department that helps to maintain the the Butler Hike & Bike trail smack dab in the middle of downtown Austin, TX.  But The Trail Foundation is much more than upgrading restrooms and maintaining trailheads; conservation of the land and ensuring that it is being used in the most thoughtful manner for the over 4 million human visitors, but also the wildlife that use it as a refuge.  My guest on this episode is Leslie Lilly. Shes the conservation director for The Trail Foundation and I hope you enjoy her knowledge of the conservation efforts that go on, and learn a little bit more about why The Trail Foundation is so important.  Please visit them at www.thetrailfoundation.org to see how you can contribute your time or donations to keep Austin's park land beautiful and that is last for future generations to enjoy.  SOCIAL: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thetexastrailhead Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danolaurel YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6c7zMdkXWmktpXWlDnGP5w PODCAST Equipment: Here is all the gear I use to make this podcast Microphones- Audio Technica ATR-2100 USB https://amzn.to/2tGmvTk Headphones- Audio Technica ATH-M20x https://amzn.to/2t4tPYH Tendak USB 3.0 Hub (To power all of the USB devices) https://amzn.to/36IzQsE Beelife Pop Filter https://amzn.to/37Jsplg NeeWer Professional Mic Stand https://amzn.to/37LpMPM Focusright Scarlett 2i2 Audio Interface https://amzn.to/2TjYe0b By purchasing anything on the gear list I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Those contributions help keep the website, podcast and videos going, so thanks for your support!

Welcome to the 2nd season of The Texas Trailhead podcast! I’m very excited about the episodes made so far, and looking forward to keeping them going as long as y’all are listening! I’d love to talk to y’all about the trails too. If you download the Anchor app we can just chat on the phone about our favorite hobby. 

This episode is gonna be a shorty. I just wanted to share my story of hiking with the kiddo around the neighborhood and how much fun it was. I went off on a tangent a little bit, but I just wanted to encourage people to spend time outside, but maybe a little closer to home. 

In the second half I’m gonna give a gear recommendation for one of my favorite items to use while car camping. The Coleman two-burner stove. It’s a classic, and it’s a beast. And if you somehow don’t know about it I’m going to talk about how easy it is to set up.

SOCIAL

PODCAST Equipment:

By purchasing anything on the gear list I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Those contributions help keep the website, podcast and videos going, so thanks for your support!

The Texas Trailhead Episode 15 : Coastal Road Trip and Solomon Trail Runner Review

For this weeks episode my daughter and I decided to go on a little coastal road trip. Shelter in place orders had yet to be administered and at the time my wife still had to work at the office, and the store I worked at was closed.

The idea was to go visit lake Corpus Christi state park and then kinda just explore from there. What it turned out to be was a fun coastal adventure.

I’m also going to talk about my new trail running shoes, so stay tuned!

SOCIAL:

PODCAST Equipment:

Here is all the gear I use to make this podcast

By purchasing anything on the gear list I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Those contributions help keep the website, podcast and videos going, so thanks for your support!