Hope everyone had a ____ 4th of July. Heh. This week I’m going to give y’all some of my favorite ways to give back to the parks. If you’re using them you should do what you can to help them and help keep them maintained. Not all have state or even much local funding. Then I’ll give you the best ways to find places to camp whether that’s at the parks, people’s private property or some other conventional ways. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetexastrailhead/support

The Texas Trailhead : A Texas Hiking Podcast

The Texas Trailhead Podcast S2 E14: Giving back to the parks & Best ways to find places to camp

Welcome to another episode of The Texas Trailhead Podcast! This week is a bit of a shorty since it’s a holiday weekend, so learn a little more about two of my favorite historic sites in Texas! Hope everyone has a safe Fourth of July weekend, and make sure you visit me on my social channels and let me know what you thought of this episode! If you love it- please consider a monthly contribution to keep the site going for as little as .99 cents/month- --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetexastrailhead/support

The Texas Trailhead Podcast S2 E13: Goliad and Monument Hill Historic Sites

Father’s Day is important to me for a couple reasons: I’m now a dad, and I’m grateful that my daughter has shown some appreciation for spending time in the outdoors with me. Additionally, my dad was a huge part of my enjoyment of the outdoors now, and we’ve recently taken an epic road trip spending time outside. But I’m going to share some fun stories of times when things didn’t go as planned. Ha. Additionally, hiking isn’t my only passion, so for some I’m going to bore you with chatter about one of my favorite video games, but there is an outdoor twist. Enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetexastrailhead/support

The Texas Trailhead Podcast S2 E12: Happy Father’s Day & Video Game Ramble

Just driving to Lost Maples is an amazing journey in of itself, but the park has some amazing scenery and hiking too. And when it comes to being a gear head, sometimes it’s just easier to have someone pick out the goods for you. So I’m going to tell you about my favorite subscription box for the outdoors, Cairn, and with the code ‘WELCOME’ you can also get a welcome box with a new subscription! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetexastrailhead/support

The Texas Trailhead Podcast S2 E11: Lost Maples SP & Cairn Subscription box

Hey everyone! Thanks for sticking around and joining me on this 10th episode as I head out to east Texas and visit Tyler State Park. This park has something for everyone including water recreation, plenty of trails, and some amazing beauty of pines. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetexastrailhead/support

The Texas Trailhead Podcast S2 E10: Tyler State Park

Welcome back! This week I have some big reopening news for Texas State Parks! LCRA Parks already reopened, so make sure you visit my website for that info too. I’ll also talk about another great place to hike in the New Braunfels area. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetexastrailhead/support

The Texas Trailhead Podcast S2 E9: State Parks Opening for Camping & Comal Trails Alliance

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.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetexastrailhead/support

The Texas Trailhead Podcast S2 E8: Should you visit the Narrows and Palmetto SP

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 my 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! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetexastrailhead/support

The Texas Trailhead Podcast S2 E7: 16 Texas Historic Sites & LbJ State and National Parks

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: 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! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetexastrailhead/support

The Texas Trailhead Podcast S2 E6: Jefferson Marshall, Author of The Creatures of Caprock Canyons

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! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetexastrailhead/support

The Texas Trailhead Podcast S2 E5: The San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance & Astral TR1 Mesh Shoe Review

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! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetexastrailhead/support

The Texas Trailhead Podcast S2 E4: Leslie Lilly, Conservation Director of The Trail Foundation

S2E3: McKinney Roughs Nature Park & Interview with Owner of O’Wells Adventure Co. : Adam Wells Welcome to this weeks show! I’m really excited to talk about this episode.  It’s part of the LCRA park system and definitely one of my favorite places to hike. It’s McKinney Roughs nature park which is Just outside of Austin-One of the great things about it is it rests next to the Colorado river. So enjoy this Amazing place to hike with some amazing views of the water.   I also get to interview a fellow hiker Adam Wells.  He’s been into the outdoors hiking and fishing from a very young age. Has spent time outdoors in a handful of places around the US and   Him and his wife turned that passion of being outside into an awesome small business.  So stay tuned! Find O'Wells Adventure Co. Here: https://www.owellsadventureco.com/ 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! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetexastrailhead/support

S2E3: McKinney Roughs Nature Park & Interview with Owner of O’Wells Adventure Co. -Adam Wells

The Texas Trailhead Podcast Season 2 Episode 2: Camping at Home & Interview with my Buddy David Welcome to the podcast- this is danny, and I’ve gotta say—I’m pretty excited about this weeks episode. First up—if you live in Texas then you’re probably aware that the state parks have now officially closed. It’s definitely eerie and no fun and it is really limiting the places that people can get out and hike. Oh man it was a frenzy on social media. But all is not lost. I wanna talk about ways to find nature close to home. I’ll be sharing my experience about campin out in the backyard.  TALK ABOUT YOUR CAMP OUT—TEXAS STATE PARKS CLOSING And in the second segment I want to introduce you to an old friend of mine. We met many years ago working at the outlet mall, and we have been buddies ever since. He’s a huge fan of the outdoors—we’ve camped together, we’ve hiked together, but now he lives all the way in seattle. We had a nice chat about what hiking is like out in Washington—some of his favorite places to hike—and he even sneaks in some backpacking tips too. So please enjoy this week’s episode 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! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

S2 E2: Camping at Home and Interview with my buddy David

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 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! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetexastrailhead/support

The Texas Trailhead Podcast Season 2 Episode 1: Urban Hiking & The Coleman Two-Burner Stove

In The Texas Trailhead podcast I’ll be sharing stories of my favorite places to hike and I’ll share stories of what lead others to spend time outdoors too. Texas hiking texas outdoors texas camping

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The Texas Trailhead : A Texas Hiking Podcast

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