A little piece of the tropics lies south of Luling off I-10 between San Antonio and Houston. Palmetto State Park is a great get away if you don’t have much time for an expedition. The park is named after the dwarf palmetto plant and there are so many it feels like you’re in Jurassic Park. The[…]
Padre Island National Seashore (PINS) is Tortuga Overland’s home adventure spot, a favorite destination for long weekends, especially in the Fall and Winter. This post will be updated regularly with new information and photos from our many trips here. With the right rig and conditions, it’s easy to get far, far away in this wild place, even[…]
The Barton Creek greenbelt is a treasure near downtown Austin if you’re interested in a get away that is not far away. On a beautiful spring day, we hiked the entire 7.9 mile long trail, considered to be one of the top 10 best hiking trails in Texas for good reason, snaking through more than 800 acres of centrally[…]
This park operated by the Lower Colorado River Authority is a nice little surprise tucked off Hwy 71 in Central Texas, just east of Austin. We spent four hours there in February 2016, hiking about 7 miles. Starting at the headquarters building and hiking in a counter-clockwise loop, we hit the Pine Ridge, Cypress, Riverside, Deep[…]