Beach Camping in Texas - Padre Island
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- My son and I set off on a 9 day adventure that would take us from California, through New Mexico and deep into Texas where we explore Big Bend National Park and Padre Island National Seashore. Join us as we head off the beaten path, do a little camping in the mountains, desert and on the beach and cook up some great chow at camp.
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0:47 That was our group at Padre Island! I owned the silver jeep to the right of the frame. Saw ya eating at a BBQ joint in San Antonio and didn't wanna bother ya! We were the big group that sat down just as you guys were heading out. I was the sunburned tomato! We couldn't believe it was you! Drive safe and be safe guys
I'm from Texas and the lack of public land is one of my biggest complaints about the state. There is so much seemingly empty unused land too.
Because Texas was a country when it joined the US, it kept its public land.
Also the Spanish and later Mexico made massive land grants to bring settlers to Texas. Most of these were honored when Texas became a Republic and when it became a state. The rest belonged to Texas as the post above explains
In regards to overlanding in Texas, the rewards are great if you're willing to do the research.
" There is so much seemingly empty unused land too."
It's private land. Owned by private citizens. That's like complaining about not allowing people to come traipse around your own backyard.
@@heavymetal9099 It's pretty dumb to argue that millions of miles of unimproved land are the same as your own backyard. Sure, people own it but unless they are all employing dozens of ranch hands to protect the land, it would be pretty easy to camp on the so-called "private" land.
👍 Quality Father and Son time. Memories that will last forever. 👍
Veterans and Gold star families granted lifetime passes to National parks.
Great info. Didn't know about that benefit for Veterans. Semper Fi and Thank you.
That’s right thank you for ur service
It really is a nice thing to have passes to the parks for all vets. Love all you guys, keep up the good work and stay safe on your deployment!
Ooo-rah!
I can’t believe you came to Texas and chose Rudy’s bbq of all places
There are lots of good other places in Texas. Someone else commented about seeing them in San Antonio at a BBQ place. I know that Big Bib there in San Antonio is good.
lol. Let's not turn this into best BBQ in Texas argument. The thread will go on forever
Sad to see there was fire in Big Bend. The hiking trails in the Chisos mountains are beautiful. I took the ol’ XJ out there over Christmas. Black Gap is great, but I think the less-mentioned Old Ore Road was my highlight. I definitely recommend both.
It was a bummer, but I'm sure all the vegetation will all come back in the coming years.
"The stars at night, are big and bright"
Welcome to the Lone Star State
“The sage in bloom, is like perfume 👏👏👏👏 Deep in the heart of Texas!”
“The coyotes wail, along the trail. 👏👏👏👏 Deep in the heart of Texas!”
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The best times I ever had was my dad taking me out in his 69 Jeep Commando around the outskirts of El Centro in the late 70’s. I will always remember the great father and son time we had.
A 20 minute Trail Recon video?
You son of a gun I’m in!
Made my day.
Diddo
As someone who lives about an hour from Padre Island, I’m glad you enjoyed it! I go out there as often as I can.
You are blessed to live that close... it would be hard to keep me away if that was in my backyard.
@@TrailRecon We live right here in Corpus Wish we would have known you where going to be here could have shown you some awesome offloading places!
All private land! Watch out no trespassing more guns than people here and we all conceal carry! Howdy:)
@@dcs_kraken I’m going there for memorial day weekend and I could use some tips on where to set up camp. We will be getting there after dark
Man you inspire us so much to get outdoors !!! Just acquired a 2019 power wagon.... gonna take a few hints from you and get it ready for some adventures and hit the road !!!
You got the ultimate off road truck. Have fun
Trailrecon is now my favorite channel. I love it that you take the time to video your journey and the editing is professional. Thank you
I’m a backpacker, and a U.S. Navy Veteran…these trail videos lower my stress level more than most things…. Thanks Master Chief!
That Weber is my daily driver even at home. Works great and super portable.
What an awesome time to spend together. Be safe on your deployment Jordan and thank you for your service. Definitely going to have to put Texas on the list!
I enjoy it here in New Mexico. Tons of beautiful trails and places to explore. Especially here in the Lincoln National Forest
Hey Brad, will you be posting a walk around video about your diesel wrangler soon?
I suppose it's due for a 6 month update.....
Deployed for 7 months IS going to be the adventure!! NM is very underrated. Shhhh....secret.
Stay safe, IGY6
The in-laws live in Las Cruces and we go out there a couple of times a year. 2 years ago we rented a jeep and my mother inlaw suggested we drive out to Aden Crater/Kilborn Hole taking the trails. It was a great ride and as soon as we got back to Fl I bought my jeep. Love NM and would retire there if I could stand the dry weather.
Glad y'all enjoyed my home state! Wish ya could of spent more time visiting. Ever find yourself near Llano or Ozona I know some places and own property out near San Angelo on the place I grew up on. Again come visit anytime!
Nothing is as soothing as the sound of waves.
Rudy's for Texas BBQ or brisket?? Noooooo! hahaha Hope you enjoyed your pass through the Lone Star State! Can't wait to start my adventures. Thank you for the inspiration to go out and just do something!
Rudy’s is serviceable, but I’d go out of my way for Cooper’s in Llano!
Terry Blacks in Austin, Smitty's in Lockhart, and Inman's in Llano.
Opie's Barbecue in Spicewood
@@johnmmsoutdooradventures708 They have great beans! Was by there today, not at lunch 😥
Shhhh... Bill Millers any time hands down best BBQ... 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♂️👀😆🤣😂
I love watching your videos!! I'm close to retirement, and getting my rubicon ready for some trips! Navy Chief Navy Pride brother!
I'm very happy for you two having this time together before his deployment.
You made trade with me for 20 camels for you jeep?
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I’ve heard the complaint about lack of public lands / Off roading trails / mountain biking trails from friends that have left California recently. Not that you can’t find trails in Texas, it’s that everything is farther away. (Spread out more)
People don’t realize how good CA is until they leave for a while.
Looks like an awesome trip and a great way to spend some quality time with your son before he deploys. Can’t wait for the next adventure.
Jordan, thank you for your service. What an amazing trip. Coffee to a sunrise on a beach...sounds amazing!!!
Marco was at home shaking his head when he saw the simple meal lol
I feel like those jeeps get a LOT of cracks in their windshields - i'd think because of how close it is to 90º, vs other vehicles which are more angled
As usual, great video. Padre looks fun! BEst to Jordan on his upcoming deployment. Be safe!
How was the beach drive ability? My buy and I are thinking about heading down that direction ht he has a 2wd.. You think it'll hold up?
Are you going to try the new Mopar Gorilla Glass windshield? I saw it after a semi-shady safe-lite OEM windshield replacement. Mine gets nailed all the time on the road.
That’s one things I loved about being from Texas and being stationed in Colorado was the drive. We would go visit family in Texas like 5 times a year. And also port a is amazing
🤘🤠 GOD BLESS TEXAS! 💥✨💥
You guys drove through my home town!
Thank you for your service Jordan!
Must come back Brad when you can spend more time in Big Bend! Can give you plenty of insight on the must see trails and sights. Have a few secret spots you’d love. Great video!
Very nice...y’all were just missing some fishing poles...
You beat us to it!! We leave the last week of may!
Safe travels!
@@TrailRecon thanks! Awesome video! Prayers for your son while deployed!
Oh and by the way we love it when you come to TX!! Shout out from Houston, TX
After 27 years in the USN, I expect that any meal, "well done" or not is a delicacy...I don't care if you ate in the wardroom, Goat locker or galley...
From Texas here as well. I wish we had more public land also. I will be headed to Big Bend next week.
Thank you guys! As a videographer I will say you did a great job. I live about four hours from Padre Island and love going there camping and fishing. I subscribed and you guys do a great job 👍
When and where are you going to be in Arizona. Are you going to have a meet and greet.
My wife loves your rig and we love channel….Quick question…. Do you trust the spare tire mount long term with a 35 or 37 tire on it? Thanks
I assume when you said eating some good chow you were talking about when you meet up with Marco
We ate pretty good on our own, but what Marco cooks up in Arizona... oh ya!
My son does a pretty good steak! 😆
If you are ever camping near Amarillo, look at McBride Canyon. Its an amazing spot. We stopped there on our way to Az from Tn.
Great tip, thank you!
Nothing beats camping with your son. Love the video.
You got that right!
Glad you enjoyed your time in New Mexico!
Hi PIZO, I never thought you liked cars LOL.
Instablaster.
Another awesome video, as usual.
Looks like a really great time.
I'll ask a special prayer Jordan and his outfit while on deployment as I do for all of our men and women in uniform.
May God bless the trails you guys enjoy.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Awesome! We camped the beach near Port Aransas. Good luck on the deployment! 👍😉🇨🇦🌘🥇
Looks like a great trip the two of you are having, and there’s more to come.
Fantastic video. Yes, I’m from TEXAS.,. You were in my old stomping grounds, from Galveston to South Padre Island. Live in Arizona now. Loved watching the beach videos...Thanks
Thank you!
Always a pleasure to watch these. My favorite when I travel out west is seeing the sunrises
@Trailrecon Great video as ALWAYS, Brad. You should be in TIME magazine for Father-of-the-Year.
How did towing that Patriot Trailer feel on the trip? It looks like your JL's hitch receiver needs a hitch with a greater rise height in order to level that trailer out a bit, it would drive a lot better. The trailer is nose-diving and probably high on tongue weight. The Jeep's rear suspension is compressing a bunch, which is unloading the front suspension and throwing off your normal-operating-steering/alignment. Leveling out the trailer would transfer more of the trailer's load onto its own (trailer) axle, instead of the Jeep's rear axle.
I don't have tow experience with a Jeep and lifted suspension, so that situation is an anomaly to me. If my suggestion was no good, someone please chime in for our buddy Brad.
Do you use maxtrax or a different recovery board?
Shame you made it to Big Bend and didn't get the Jeep badge. Definitely worth a visit again. You discovered about an 1/16 of it.
I would love to explore Texas someday. Awesome video!
I can't wait to go back and see more. Thank you!
Try Palo Duro Canyon and Balmorhea State Park next time.
Fun trip! Come to Oregon .... you already have the sweater and t-shirt! ;-)
I'm originally from Oregon and looking forward to doing some wheeling up there soon!
@@TrailRecon talk to Primal Outdoors, Coyote Works, or softroadingthewest when you do - they can hook you up for great offroad experiences
Love that scenery. Great trip. Hope to do it myself one day.
Awesome!!! I've been there several times as I have family in TX, unfortunately now is nearly impossible to cross the border from Mexico for known reasons...but its really good you spend time with your son on such beautiful places!!!, keep having adventures and sharing them with the offroaders community!!! Waiting for more...!!!
Little Shell and Big Shell beaches South Padre Island are a great place to camp. Might want to have a winch and a boat anchor to use if you get stuck.
Awesome people you guys ! Veteran myself with multiple tours in Afganistan, I first of all want to wish your son a good deployment and thank you for your service sir. Second, I have a severe OCD badtrip with your trailer not being level :) :) :) Keep pushing out those amazing vids and make us all travel by your side for an instant !!
Watching this in my smittybilt gen2 xl while we cook steak and asparagus in the annex. Day #3 of our honey moon. Tonight we are in Monroe, Utah right at the hot springs. Tomorrow morning we start off taking a dip in the hot springs before heading up to Moab. Our first time. Great video, Brad and Son! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾
#projectoverlandhoneymoon
As always, great video! Good to see you and your son making memories, hope to see you on the trail HOOAH!
So glad y'all got to enjoy our beautiful texas gulf coast... Growing up about 100 miles south of where y'all were and 40 minutes from South Padre Island with another 30+ miles of drivable beach, I grew up camping and fishing on the coast. I'm so glad I get to continue the tradition with my girls.
35 minutes from my driveway to Padre Island. Heading there tomorrow in fact.
New Subscriber from South Texas, I really enjoyed your video, thanks for sharing your awesome Adventure 🤙
Glad you enjoyed it. We are out there as much we can. We live about 30 minutes or so from South Padre. I'm retired Navy as well. My wife and I wish your son all the best on his upcoming deployment. Thank you both for your service.
Amazing video Brad. Looks like just another reason why so many people are relocating there from all over the country.
As much as i love my jeep, i might upgrade to a 2021 RAM 3500HO 6.7L Turbo Diesel 4x4 offroad package.
I will lift it 3inch w/ 40s and turn it to my overlander this way i won't have to worry about the very low payload the jeep suffers from. And I can tow whatever i want with over a +1,000 Ft/Tq and 600+ mi range with an aux fuel tank.
Welcome to Texas y'all! What a great video man! I'm from Austin Texas (you showed the town in your video) and I fish that beach as well. By the way, I'm a Tacoma person, but you are the only Jeep guy that I watch their videos lol. I love your adventures man. From Mexico to different places in the U.S. Next time you are coming to Texas holler lol. I enjoyed your video man! Keep them coming!
By the way, how was the driving pulling the trailer in big shell (around 20 miles marker)?
Awesome video Man! When I went to big bend they called it “wilderness camping” where you don’t have to rent a spot. Just have to be 100 yards off the trail, and out of sight. Next time you’re in TX stop by and have a go in my C8 👍🏻
Let's buy this man a new hitch setup. Level and straight is the way to tow.
I hear you, but the Jeep spare tire is part of the problem. I'm trying to sort out a better solution... maybe just add a taller lift to the Jeep LOL!
To bad Jeep doesn't run a higher tire carrier.
Glad your not going to one-tons like everyone else. Many think if you don’t have ton axles you must have a mall crawler.
Also glad to see you going back to somewhat OE fenders. Personally I’m not a fan of flat fenders and have worked hard to get the suspension travel I have yet still retain my OEM fenders. I’m a hot rod guy but in a Jeep I prefer to keep it a sleeper.
Mike
All these camping, where do you go to use the toilet or have a shower lol
Welcome to my neck of the woods, or beach LOL sorry about the windshield :( at least you got to get your new badge, explore some trails, and have some BBQ. Can’t wait to get my first jeep!!! Really enjoying your content!!! Cheers from Dallas, TX
Big Bend is definitely a fun spot, also if you come back make sure you venture down to Terlingua. Marfa and Alpine are also neat towns to stop at. In New Mexico you have the Carlsbad caverns, and just east of Carlsbad you have the Hackberry lake OHV area. North west of Carlsbad you have the town of Cloudcroft, and the Lincoln national forest.
Lmao Rudy’s for bbq in Texas?? Oh well maybe in a future trip you’ll get into experience bbq at a real place. In the corpus area Mike Cotten’s is the son of the Classic Joe Cotten’s BBQ. There’s also a new place in corpus killing the game but I can’t remember name right now.
Did you hit up Buc-ee’s?? That’s what I want to know. 🤣
You were so close but next time try to hit Boco Beach and see the Star Ships and complex that SpaceX is building. Took my son there last month going the opposite direction on a 3,000 mile round trip from from Oklahoma to Boco Beach/SpaceX to BBNP/Alpine to McDonald Observatoryand back to Oklahoma . If you go back to Big Bend (which I now consider to be crowded) need to try an area with no people in the wildlife management area. My mom's cousins lived on the east side of the park 100 years ago and left when it became a park. Their home site is still there (just the walls now) on the bank of the Rio Grand which is now a camp ground (not in the park proper) and is on the end of a long jeep trail that is more difficult and nothing like the roads in BBNP which are all easy. We took our Cherokee on part of Black Gap. Black Gap is easy but since it has been on the Jeep Badge of Honor it has
Really enjoy your trips. Hoping to do a few with my sons now that they both drive. Trying to get them more into camping.
You were so close to Corpus Christi Navy Base. Surprised you didn't want to stay there. They have nice camping areas. Also, Rudy's cream style corn IS THE BEST EVER...
I've been running PINS for 25+ years. The fishing can be phenomenal. Just make sure to always check the weather and marine forecast. When the surf comes up the dunes there's nowhere to go. While Rudy's is ok BBQ, it's nowhere near the best. Stay a little longer next time. Oh, and spring time in BBNP or PINS is likely to be windy.
You just replayed all my adventures from the last year!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼(Lexus_luthor14 on IG)
I have been to the Gila National Forest and seen the cliff dwellings. And also been to South Padrea Island. When you go back to Great Bend Country have to camp down by the river, Rio Grand. I grew up in El Paso, TX.
Lived there for 3 years. Awesome place. Top 5 place in world to kite board as well.
Growing up in Corpus Christi I learned to 4x4 of that area of North Padre Island. Sure brings back memories of my 1985 Toyota 4Runner and pulling tourists out out of the sand for beer.
Ficaria bom falar em português, vc fala muito eu não intendo nada. 🤷🏽♂️
Hi.. I'm in Albuquerque and camp out in the Sante Fe Nat'l Forest often near Jemez.. I'm also going to hit Padre Island Seashore for my solo vacation. I've never been there and need some beach camping... Thank you for this video !
Black Gap is a fairly easy trail. I've done it in a stock 1998 F150 2wd manual. But it does have some nice views. Old Ore rd is a bit more remote.
FYI, regular visitors to the park don't like telling people about the park. Because we like that it's the least visited, and don't want it to be full wien we go.
Nice video on Padre Island camping. My son is a Marine flight instructor at Corpus Christi and lives on North Padre Island. He has fished extensively in Laguna Madre. He is floating the Smith River in Montana this coming August. What make is your camper trailer?
@19:30 behind you was the table I ate at on opening night with the creators of Rudy's; Phil Romano and Doc Holiday! Great BBQ right in my backyard. I may run down and pick some up! Awesome video too btw!
I’ll be there May 4th for a week. Thanks for the video!
I notice that you are still using your mini iPad(?) for using Gaia even though you now have the LCD monitor in your Jeep. Is there a reason why? Not being critical, I'm just trying to decide whether to mount my mini iPad or just use Gaia through the Jeep monitor. Thanks in advance and great video as usual!
Not knowing much about Texas other than they value freedom, I’m shocked to learn that there is a limited amount of public lands. Especially requiring permits to primitive camp, that’s crazy to me
Just started watching your channel. . That was awesome to watch. Love the fatter son exploration. You must be real proud of your son. I’m new to the jeep scene and had a question. Who makes those great looking chassis night lights ? Looks like you 3-4 or underneath. Thanks a bunch. JJ
You only have an annual pass? As a vet, and I would assume you have some VA disability, you can get a American the beautiful lifetime pass for around 80 dollars... worth checking into..
Padre island and Big Bend are definitely on my list stops in the near future. Nice video Brad
Such great gear and sharing of your experiences. They are truly wonderful. Unfortunately, you are quickly becoming irrelevant to the far majority of us who are simply weekend warriors with limited means. Most of us can't afford to exist at your level, thus I have discontinued watching since everything you do now has left the far majority of us behind. Come back to the basics of where your show began so we can actually relate again. No point in watching your show anymore.
don't know if you've made it back to Texas yet but I would recommend checking out Big Bend Ranch State Park on your next visit right next to the national park but even less visited.