Hey I’m new here and from central Texas. Sorry for the “newbie” questions! To my understanding in Texas when you see purple fence post it means if I catch you on my property I’ll shoot you. I seen y’all go through a gate with purple paint on the fence. Did y’all have permission or do you not need it? Also in the google map there were points with A’s, B’s etc, what does that stand for? Thanks for the help!
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I just got done traveling the trail set out by that blog post this past weekend.
I had absolutely no problems with the folks that lived there. Granted, I didn't go out exploring much and just stuck to the trails. Actually, everyone I passed by waved and said hello. I had couple kind people ask me if I needed help when I was just on the side of road bleeding/filling air in my tires.
I will say probably 40% of the complete trail as drawn is paved. The trail from the north entrance heading to Mason is mostly paved. The trail heading southeast from Mason was mostly dirt and was the FUN part. River crossings are shallow and solid. I had no problems in my 2WD Chevy Colorado with G80 auto-lockers. Bleeding the air in my tires was also unnecessary. Majority of the route is just everyday-road for the people living in this remote part of Texas. Saw few old white haired ladies driving in their SUVs like it was nothing.
The blog is accurate in that all of the land flanking the trail is privately owned. There are miles upon miles of fencing and the land without fences have "No Trespassing" signs posted. It's a shame because there looks to be some fine hiking in that area.
Overall, great experience and would do it again. I would especially recommend this for someone maybe looking at getting into overlanding.
