Well we had a last minute change of plans this last weekend, everyone I was going with to the High Water Mark trail in the Ozarks bailed out do to weather or mechanical issues mid day Thursday and we were planning on leaving at 5 Thursday evening. I didn't want to run that kind of trail for the first time by myself in that kind of weather so I decided to head south towards warmer weather. I decided to try out the Hill Country overland route I found here on expedition portal. We camped thursday night in the Davy Crockett National Forest. We were all alone in a great clearing with nothing but deer for neighbors.
After 4 hours on the highway and a couple of hours on dirt we made our way to Dos Rios campground on the Llano River.
From there the weather cleared up for us and we covered another 40 miles of dirt/mud with some nice wide, shallow river crossings, then couple of more hours on paved ranch roads.
These dumped us out at Fredericksburg, Texas, where we camped at Lady Bird Johnson park. The muddy Jeep and Trailer didn't exactly fit in next to all of the huge, clean, shinny rv's at the park, but it was nice.
And a couple of happy campers!
The trailer did great, we logged almost 1,000 miles. Everything from 75mph+ on the interstate to some wash boards to mud to river crossings. I still need to finish my rear tire swing out and work on my organization skills but other than that I've been super happy with everything.
One note on my ARQ awning, it seems to not be water proof. We were in a light drizzle and within 20 minutes water was dripping off of the bottom. They said its supposed to be water proof and sent me a video of a test where the fabric was holding water, so I'm going to try to duplicate the test on mine tonight.
