Squawteat Peak, Horny Tree, Davy Crockett & (free) Texas River Camping
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My name is Eric and I travel with my cats, “Tara” & “Opie” in a 24ft 2001 Ford Tioga RV named “Freeda” and tow either a 2014 Smart Car named “Tater Tot” or my 2012 Harley Softail Slim named “Black Betty” in a 6x10 trailer. We travel about 35 miles a day chasing 70 degrees year-round since 2010.
Here is my gear & some popular questions answered:
Gear: (UPDATED 2021)
*Main Camera: Sony ZV-1 with .07x wide angle adapter
*Stealth Camera: GoPro 10 With Mod Box, and Volta Grip
*Backup Camera: Panasonic Lumix G95
*Vlog Lens: 12-60mm Kit lens
*Stabilizer: Zhiyun Crane 2 (For B-Roll)
*Audio: (On Camera) Rode VideoMic Pro+ With Rycote VMP+ Deadcat
*GoPro 9 Black for water/action shots, rainy days & Timewarps, Timelapses, & Starlapses
*GoPro Hero 7 Black with Purple Panda Lavalier Lapel mic for Driving Narration
*GoPro Hero 8 Black for driving shots out the front window.
Time Lapses: 2 second intervals. Sped up 1200x, cropped 4K down to 1080 for panning
Night Lapses: Manual settings: 800 ISO, 30 second Shutter, 3000K WB, Protune On
Slow Motion: Shot 1080p 240fps. Reduced to 8% in Post Production
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Editing Software: Adobe Premiere Pro CC
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Aerial Drone Shots: DJI Mavic2 Shot in 2.7K Downscaled to 1080p
RV MPG: 7-8mpg depending on generator use.
Solar: 1280 Watts (320x4) Rec N-Peak Monocrystalline 120 cell panels on roof.
Charge Controller: Victron MPPT 150/85-TR
Inverter/Charger: Victron 3000 watt MultiPlus
Batteries: Battle Born Lithium 100ah x 5 = 500 amp hours.
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Texas does rest stops right. Glad you found that little gem of a campground.
Great video! It's nice to see the small towns along the way that we don't always get a chance to visit.
Just in case anyone is confused, the David Crockett of Texas history died March 6, 1836 at the Alamo.
Crockett County was formed in 1875 and named in honor of David Crockett.
Good Morning Eric Tara and Opie Welcome to Texas... nice to see you enjoying the outdoors and having fun. With your furbabies. Thats a good place to stay by the river awesome 👌. Free camping 🏕 😀.. happy to see you are going home to enjoy your holidays with your family 👪 😊 very important to spend time together.. give Tara and Opie a hug 🤗 stay safe out there on the roads 😊 Take care God bless you Eric everywhere you go 😊 thanks again for taking us along with you everywhere you go. We appreciate it. Your friends Gerry and Pat from Amarillo Texas 🐱🐱
Opie cam is activated! Who needs a dashcam? I got you covered Dad! Let's roll!
Sorry , Crockett died in1836 at the Alamo. He was defeated in his Congressional run by allies of Andrew Jackson. Crockett was against the expulsion of the Cherokee. He said Tennessee could go to Hell and he would go to Texas. 1875 was during the Red River War.
I stopped in Junction one evening just for fuel and ended up writing a song about it, called “Junction, Texas Friday Night.” It’s going on an album I’m working on getting out this winter. Cool little town!
I'm always fascinated by the difference between each state and how nice or not so nice they are
No wonder why so many people move to Texas it’s really nice
I have been by Squawteat Peak hundreds of times on my way to West Texas. Even have a cap sold at the Chevron station.
What a nice campsite with an incredible view. You lucked out and found some potable water. Yeah, I agree with you. You should run your generator once a month under load. I run my generator every 1-1 1/2 months. I run both heat pumps, small heater and I charge my Bluetti(s). Generator always starts up with no problems. It's cool that you can run off grid without using your generator. I would like to get solar one day. I've been loving your videos for 8 years and I love them even more today. Hug the kitties for me. I wish you safe and enjoyable travels.
Texas A&M University used to hold their football preseason camp in Junction. The campus there (a few classrooms and some cabins) is now part of Texas Tech University system.
"The Junction Boys". A great book.
Glad the city park is open for camping... last winter I rolled through there it was closed to camping
We love staying at Pecan Valley RV Park. It's on the frontage road on the west side of I10 and a few miles north of Junction Texas, but considered in Junction Texas. It's a great quiet campground, and they feed the deer in the morning and afternoon, so you get to watch them graze around you.
Davy Crockett died in 1836 at the Battle of the Alamo. Not sure where you got 1875 from.
Yes! He was captured along with a few others and they were all bayonetted to death.
Oh I didn't even catch that. I edited out the part about the 1875 monument plaque but left in my talk about 1875. lol.
You have to give it to Texas, the rest stops are beautiful and the bathrooms in the larger rest stops are spacious .
We take trips from Houston to Big Bend NP at least once a year. These videos along I-10 are so familiar and appreciated. If only it was that time again for another trip out there. The rest areas are always nice here. If we see ya passing through H-town we’ll give ya a wave 👋
Love the antler Christmas tree and year round Christmas lights.
We were at that park a few years ago. There was a geocache near that spot you were in. Junction also has a very nice State Park that great for birdwatching.
Way to go Texas. Tree lights/free camping bonus !!!
Nice music, Eric. Beautiful campground too. Texas knows how to do it.
Thanks for showing highway 10 and free camping in Texas!!!
Squawteat Peak reminds me of another, similar place that an online, US friend posted old pics of. She said everyone there called it "Molly's Nipple"... I asked, but she had no idea who Molly was. 😅
we have some cool Davy Crockett history here in East Tennessee also
Glad you're enjoying my state!
That free camping spot was awesome. Loved those lights for sure
Squawteat Peak is on my uncles ranch. Great view from the top.
What an awesome place to camp at for FREE. Junction is a place I will now check out in my RV travels. Good video.
@Jurassic Porkchop don't forget to check off places on either side of IH 10 in addition to that park in Junction. We have lots of neat places in the Texas Hill Country that you can day trip to, especially if you can find an inexpensive or free campsite somewhere. You might want to look into a State Park pass. After Junction you could camp out at Schreiner State Park here in Kerrville and day trip to Junction, Llano/Enchanted Rock, Fredericksburg with the Admiral Nimitz Pacific War Museum, Bandera, Camp Verde-The Camel Capital of Texas, Boerne, and of course, San Antonio.
Marie calendar meals are much better than banquet!!!
That antler tree reminds me of the antler arch in Jackson Hole
Welcome to Texas I live in Austin Tx. Hope your enjoying Texas that was a very cool camping site with lights in the tress! Safe travel to S,A. / You should check out some cool places to take the R, V. to in Austin and free camping too! If you need a guide, I can help. 100% / Cheers / Chris- I have always enjoyed your channel many years now! Take care
We parked there it's the Llano River. Where Matthew McConaughey grew up around Ulvade TX. Large river.
"HOWDY !!" 🥳
From Pipe Creek, Bandera County, Texas!! 👍
Yee Haw!
Best burger I ever ate is at Junction Burger Company. It is a must when staying in Junction Texas!
West Texas is just beautiful. Always love driving through there. Texas quirky is the best quirky. 😊
Meow meow Tara and Opie and yes hello to Eric
Yup, we stayed there 2 nights last year. Great little town also. Highly recommend it. Police patrol it also.
I live in Texas love it here.
Score! Nice camp ground, scenery & cool things. Thank you! Save travels for you & the kitties. Aloha!
Piolet Mountain here in North Carolina looks like a Big Boob too.
Just wow on the lights made me smile too ☺️ xoxo Opie and Terra
What an awesome campground! Great video!
Great video! That was a neat free camping spot you found. Safe travels!
it's so weird how good those TV dinners can be.
Thank you for another awesome video Eric
You should see that park at Christmas time, it’s fantastic
You certainly scored on that camp site.
Yes you need to do your generator under a load every 2 weeks to keep it "learned". That's a technical term!
Awesome spot once again.
what a great thing with the lights!
That's interesting, I have never seen a Dollar Tree and Family Dollar together like that.
Awesome free campsite, I'm surprised that, that campground wasn't full with all of those great amenities, I was very surprised to see those lights in the trees, that really appears to be an awesome find Eric👍
Definitely quite an upgrade from staying in a rest area👍🙂
Dollar Tree bought out Family Dollar. The new store here has both names on the sign out front.
I was screaming at the screen "Don't eat that Eric, DO NOT eat that!" U must have heard me!
Me too! The Old West! ❤️
Great spot. Awesome video. Thanks Don
You’re gonna need that generator buddy. Arizona has a monsoon season during the summer snd, believe it or not, it rains a lot. On those days there won’t be much solar. Last summer I had to go out and buy a portable generator it was so many sunless days.
Inside the Crocket Texas County Courthouse is beautiful! In between Junction and Ozona is Caverns of Sonora.
On the way to Houston:
11th Street Cowboy Bar Bandera Texas ( They have real cowboys stop there and tie up their horses to the Hitching Post)
Trail Boss Steak and Grill Bandera Texas (The best Chicken Fried Steak I ever had!)
Mary's Tacos 518 E Blanco Rd, Boerne, TX 78006 (They have some awesome Taco)
You want to know more, you know how to get ahold of me. 😎
Awesome Video!
I have a cousin in Junction so I camp in the park when visiting or just passing thru
💕👍🙏 From Huntington Beach California
Always like your Texas runs. Seems very RV friendly.
Don't forget Bandera Texas.
Has a skull and horns as big as a large 5th Wheel .
Near a campgrounds.
Take 16 north about 35 miles
You will be in Bandera.. when you get at the red-light Take a left and it lill be on left.
If you cross Medina river
And you see a tractor supply on
Your right You went to far.
That's Quirky.(?)
I forgot to tell you.
Take 16 off 1604
Yes I am mushy. Love you guy's Eric .
WELL YEE HAW, WELLCOME BACK TO TEXAS PAHDNUH!
MORE KITTY BELL ERIC!!!!
Awesome !!!!! Love it.... Be safe......❤️
Thank you! You too!
My Dad showed me that mountain(Sqawtit) when I was four yrs old and am now going on 79…..Every time I’ve traveled by it reminds me of that.
Been there, done that. It's a great park to stay at!
Hey Eric, remember to start and run your generator under a load soon, just in case you need it. (Just doing what you told me to do sir.)😁
Cool, thanks
YeeHaw Lord do I miss Texas ❣️
Good video. You were south of me when stopped at Ozona. I’m at San Angelo. Junction has a lazy tubing river.
Score on the Dump & Water SWEET
loved the elk horn tree
Wow, beautiful freeee campsite and SCORE on the free dump and water too, you were so excited 😄 Saves you a trip looking for dump station.
PS- Gas still over $5 here in California, ridiculous! 😭
Wish the UK would be as hospitable to motorhomes.
Great video thank you!
Great place to stay. Beautiful lights
I love city park camping, you sure made a good score with that one. Got to put that in my memos.
Good stuff Eric thanks for letting us check it out !
You could go back to 1875 and be a cat herder with a cat ranch
Be careful touching those beads, you don't know where they've been
coopers bbq in junction is the best
Fun with the park lights
Go to the river walk, it’s great!
I've done it a few other times on the channel - it's beautiful for sure!
LOL! YOU CRACK ME UP WITH YOUR FROZEN FOOD CRITIQUE! :)
Honestly. No one alive today could survive in 1875 if they were to go back to that time and try to live. It was a harder time to live and you had to be a true murderer to survive. It wasn't happy go lucky lazy times, you had to fight, defend and kill to maintain a stable life. Everyone had to be be a bandit. Everyone had to be a murderer. There was no law to speak of. But back in the 1870s, when you had to carry out your own justice on people, and you couldn't live like you do now, being a nomad, without some serious gun skills because you would always be a target for the local bandits seeing you coming. Even the women had to have serious gun skills. You would be spending most of your day tending farm getting ready for winter, growing your crops and your animals and and keeping farm. Go out to rural Kentucky and other landlocked states and see how the small personal homesteads are being ran today, that is how you would have to survive. I don't think you would enjoy that lifestyle one bit.
Thank you. You sure are helping me on our trio to Azorina.
You missed a famous BBQ restaurant in Junction called Coopers.
😍 great video. Awesome Park. 💖 love the lights in the trees! Made me 😁 smile too! And you always make me feel good. You and the kitties take care & stay safe 🥰.
Another great video! Nice Opie shot at the start and noticed how many times you looked back at the broken latch door with Opie looking out to check that he would not open the door!
Junction, TX.................now on my list.
What was the 1875 date about, at 2:38? When the county was formed? Crockett died at The Alamo in 1836. Enjoying your trip through my state of Texas!
I edited out the other monument in the park dated 1875, so that's where the confusing comes from when I randomly left in that clip. There is a Texas State Ranger monument/plaque established 1875 in the park along with the Crockett and family statue.
@@nomadicfanatic Ah, thanks! Keep the kitties warm. Looks like it will be cool all week!
Spent the night in that rest area 3 weeks ago. South/eastbound
Nice.
u know ur old when u remember eating tv dinners from an aluminum tray,lol.
Totally!
1875 no way. Grandma requires novacaine at her dental appointments not Jack Daniels 🤷😂😍
I spent a week in Ozona TX one night
Went through Texas about 6 years ago and they had the cheapest gas for less than $2. a gal.
Thank you Eric! Great shot of the park and lights !! Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmass!
A Christmas Story’ house is listed for sale
Love that park! I stayed a couple days a few years ago!
Awesome! Thank you! Several greats granddaughter!
Schreiner Park Junction, Texas. After a major floor, the city had to fix things up. I guess my favorite place to park by the river is no longer allowed.