Idk how you managed to go to the busiest park in texas and created a whole video without a single person but bravo lol. Thanks for showing different trails other than old baldy. Gonna have to make a trip to hike all these trails once peak season is over
The past few years in the fall, my mom and I (and her dog) go to parks around the hill country. I love this park and Bastrop State Park is beautiful too. I send all these videos to my mom that you make. She really enjoys them as well. Thank you for these little gems and appreciating the smaller towns in Texas and the beauty of this state. I have lived in the city over 20 years and grew up in Cat Spring which is a tiny town but has a lot of history not to be overlooked. Looking in to moving back to my country roots. Again, thank you for you videos!! God bless.
Sophie and I just hit this park this past weekend! We've hiked a good many Texas trails and this trail system was certainly a work out. We did 7.5 miles worth of trails and nearly 1600 feet of elevation gain!! Thanks for sharing and taking us along on your adventure. We subscribed!
It's time I go back, haven't been since I was a child. 30 years later...now its time for my children to experience this magnificent place. Thx for the hikes.
I’m so grateful to you sir. Grew up camping with extended family and that activity kept us close much longer than we would have otherwise. Lovely memories for me now that I am 69 years old. I’m very grateful for the time & care you invest in this channel. Pamela Self I didn’t always appreciate my home
This terrain reminds me of the hills I hiked around Sisterdale where my dad and some neighbors of ours had a deer lease back in the late 1950s. Back home on the featureless TX Panhandle farm we were Free Range kids, so there was no way we were going to be corralled with so much interesting topography around us. Our main restrictions were to go the opposite direction the hunters had gone each day, and to cross no fencelines, even if they were down. I thought I was a female version of Spanish explorer Coronado. If I'd had my horse there, I'd have gotten lost for dang sure.
First went to Garner SP with my family when I was 10 years old in 1969. Back then, the park entrance was still on Hwy 83 at the bottom of the pass. I remember getting out of the car and helping unload the luggage into our screened-in cabin, then RUNNING as fast as I could up the nearest trail into the hills! As a kid from the relatively flat terrain of central and coastal Texas this place was such a treat!
Wow! That's sum camera that you use, the way you zoomed in on the dam from near to top of old baldy. Thanks for another fantastic video! PS. Watch out for rattlesnakes in those caves 😉
I have pictures of the trip I believe I was there when I was 12 years old yeah Baldy was something portions of it I just slid down like a slide on the leaves very steep.
Not sure if you have a filter on that you used hiking up or my new television needs an hd adjustment but it almost looked cartoon like? Nether the less another great video Thanks!
Here is a question I have always had. You said the Texas Hill country used to be cooler and wetter. But that water is only kept in there now due to all the dams and barely flows. So that means without those dams all those cedar trees would be dying anyway bc these rivers would be dry.
Nice hike. I recently got back into hiking and those trails look a little to advanced. Do they have easier trails that I could enjoy the hill country? I grew up camping and hiking Cleburne, Dinosaur Valley, Mineral Wells, Mother Neff and of course many others.
Thank you Joe Williams, I was a bit confused due to the fact that what I was seeing (dank, muddy water) didn't jive with all the comments about the Frio's "clear" water. I thought it might just be that my perception of "clear" could be skewed by my familiarity with snow melt from Northern NM's river water.
Thank you for taking me to places that I can no longer traverse. I enjoy all of your videos. Have a glorious day.
I’m surprised your channel hasn’t blown up more
Been to Garner but haven't hiked. The Frio River is so clear and beautiful. I love it.
It's awesome, yes! I love it there.
Idk how you managed to go to the busiest park in texas and created a whole video without a single person but bravo lol. Thanks for showing different trails other than old baldy. Gonna have to make a trip to hike all these trails once peak season is over
Camped there last year. Best camping trip ever
The past few years in the fall, my mom and I (and her dog) go to parks around the hill country. I love this park and Bastrop State Park is beautiful too. I send all these videos to my mom that you make. She really enjoys them as well. Thank you for these little gems and appreciating the smaller towns in Texas and the beauty of this state. I have lived in the city over 20 years and grew up in Cat Spring which is a tiny town but has a lot of history not to be overlooked. Looking in to moving back to my country roots. Again, thank you for you videos!! God bless.
Garner & that area is so beautiful, Concan is pretty, too! ❤️
Sophie and I just hit this park this past weekend! We've hiked a good many Texas trails and this trail system was certainly a work out. We did 7.5 miles worth of trails and nearly 1600 feet of elevation gain!! Thanks for sharing and taking us along on your adventure. We subscribed!
Nice. I have a place in utopia. You should consider hiking Guadalupe Peak. I was there this week. Amazing
It's time I go back, haven't been since I was a child. 30 years later...now its time for my children to experience this magnificent place. Thx for the hikes.
Enjoy your videos
I love this Park. It's been a long time since I've been there, and now I want to go back. Thank you for an amazing video.
I’m so grateful to you sir.
Grew up camping with extended family and that activity kept us close much longer than we would have otherwise.
Lovely memories for me now that I am 69 years old.
I’m very grateful for the time & care you invest in this channel.
Pamela Self
I didn’t always appreciate my home
This terrain reminds me of the hills I hiked around Sisterdale where my dad and some neighbors of ours had a deer lease back in the late 1950s. Back home on the featureless TX Panhandle farm we were Free Range kids, so there was no way we were going to be corralled with so much interesting topography around us. Our main restrictions were to go the opposite direction the hunters had gone each day, and to cross no fencelines, even if they were down. I thought I was a female version of Spanish explorer Coronado. If I'd had my horse there, I'd have gotten lost for dang sure.
I grew up in similar circumstances. We would pick a direction and just roam, making interesting discoveries each time.
Looks like a nice cloudy day.
Not to hot. ⛅
I've spent many years running around in the hill country. Always loved hanging out at this park starting back in the early 70s.
First went to Garner SP with my family when I was 10 years old in 1969. Back then, the park entrance was still on Hwy 83 at the bottom of the pass. I remember getting out of the car and helping unload the luggage into our screened-in cabin, then RUNNING as fast as I could up the nearest trail into the hills! As a kid from the relatively flat terrain of central and coastal Texas this place was such a treat!
Thanks for sharing a beautiful place, dangers is hiding at your every step, be careful stay safe.
Wow! That's sum camera that you use, the way you zoomed in on the dam from near to top of old baldy. Thanks for another fantastic video! PS. Watch out for rattlesnakes in those caves 😉
Old Baldy always reminds me a baby Half Dome.
I really enjoyed walking through this park! Lots of beautiful hilly scenery! And these caves that attract to themselves, with their secrets !!👍👍
Always a interesting time seeing all kinds of new ( or old ) places to go ! Thanks as always !
Beautiful scenery. Thanks for sharing. New subscriber here. 👍
Really good footage and feeling nostalgic watching.
I see you put a lot of time and work in this brilliant video, it’s beautifully done.
Cool video. I like catching Garner State Park after the peak season usually in september. For hiking and kayaking.
Great video!!
Thanks again for sharing 🤙
You are one tough hombre! I got tired just watching!1
Went w my girlfriend 2 weekends ago for the first time and we loved it! Did Garner Saturday and Lost Maples Saturday. Love ur vids ❤️
what did the river look like? was it dried up? or all muddy from the rains?
@@redsammy7789 definitely looked greener than it did in this video. I wish I could post pictures to show u lol but no it was full and beautiful 🏞
@@713tilidierippimpc5 Thanks for the info, I saw the Medina river in Bandera was dried up as of a few weeks ago
I have pictures of the trip I believe I was there when I was 12 years old yeah Baldy was something portions of it I just slid down like a slide on the leaves very steep.
I remember on the top there was one of those geological markers for elevation
A sad thing about those benchmark monuments. People are prying them loose for the metal. I have heard they are making them out of a hardened rubber.
Purdee purdee
Not sure if you have a filter on that you used hiking up or my new television needs an hd adjustment but it almost looked cartoon like? Nether the less another great video
Thanks!
No vandalism yet wow 😳
Here is a question I have always had. You said the Texas Hill country used to be cooler and wetter. But that water is only kept in there now due to all the dams and barely flows. So that means without those dams all those cedar trees would be dying anyway bc these rivers would be dry.
Nice hike. I recently got back into hiking and those trails look a little to advanced. Do they have easier trails that I could enjoy the hill country? I grew up camping and hiking Cleburne, Dinosaur Valley, Mineral Wells, Mother Neff and of course many others.
I would say start with the East-West trail at Lost Maples State Natural Area
Bigger people baked bigger brick. Say that five times real fast.
So sad that folks mark the walls on the cave, surprised that this occurs in a state park.
Too bad the river was muddy. Is usually very clear.
Thank you Joe Williams, I was a bit confused due to the fact that what I was seeing (dank, muddy water) didn't jive with all the comments about the Frio's "clear" water. I thought it might just be that my perception of "clear" could be skewed by my familiarity with snow melt from Northern NM's river water.
Sad to see all the graffiti & spray paint in the caves. None of that was there in the early 1970's.
you are right, what's wrong with people today
Is it really a secret if you blast it all over the internet for for ppl who are obsessed with likes and view to crowd and litter all the parks.