Cold Texas Camping 2024

Very cold weather for south east Texas. Sleet, bit of snow yet humid, windy...just right for freezing to death in the woods, all alone.
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[@manontheroadtv]

Glad to see you are doing well brother take care really missed your videos

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[@sandibrittian4337]

Good to see you are still around! Missed you brother. No one did a better job of fire in the rain than you. I still remember that first video I watched like it was yesterday. Hope you will be updating with the times. Later Brother!

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[@vladvolk2222]

Sir, we are very glad to see you back! Don't be gone for so long...

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[@hawkeye1376]

Glad to see ya brother 🤠

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[@deltaecho8732]

Glad to see you're back out there doin' it. I was hoping all was well and you were just taking a break from YT

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[@rustywilliams9766]

Good video! Glad to see you back on!

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[@Ty_The_Bonsai_Guy]

Missed you. Glad you're back. Hope all is well with you. God bless, Ty from Ohio.

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[@vincentwesley6343]

Great video, welcome back sir.

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[@frankklive3921]

Not the first or last to say it, glad to see you back snake!

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[@mississippihiker545]

Hey Snake Good to see you again.

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[@apar1560]

Yes Sir, got a lit'l cold up here on the Red River in Texas this past week for sure ! Thanks , nice meal (I personally like to see bushcrafters put together a nice steak like you did when out in the woods) nice lit'l camp. ...Alan 🇨🇱

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[@KevinsCampingAdventure]

Good to see you again. Miss your videos. I've got teen to single digit days and below 0 nights in Lower Michigan. Stay safe out there. ✌️

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[@scottanddebranelson8419]

something that came to mind for electronics, the phone can just be put in an inside coat pocket closer to one's body. i guess spare batteries could be placed there as well come to think of it. the other big take away for me would be either take something to mark the trail or devise a method using materials in the woods. another somewhat important thing would be the old fashioned bulky thick leather work gloves to handle firewood and the like. it would add in weight but would save the costly warm gloves from getting torn, burned or just getting worn out too quickly. thanks again my man.

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[@gregdoran5850]

Man! Am I glad to see you! Thanks Snake! Can't get enough of your videos!

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[@SurvivorMetalMan]

There he is! Glad to see you’re doing alright brother! Had people asking about you.

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[@christopherhayes3742]

welcome back brother

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[@jacobanderson1639]

I'm glad to see you back!

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[@iainhubbard72]

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[@shawnnewsome4778]

Yes. Glad to see. You back.

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[@shawnnewsome4778]

You are welcome

[@GazzAdventurizing]

I'm glad you're back, brother

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[@noahpitre3657]

We been missing ya Brother glad. You're back

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[@Jeff-vp9vz]

Thanks for sharing and keeping it real.

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[@RickBelt]

W0w, he's back. Glad to see you again! 👍

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[@survivaluk6564]

Excellent to see your back, you still are top of the list in making fire in the rain never forget that vlod. Thank you and all the best.

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[@neil_castell]

good to see you back again, i have missed your videos. (still rocking the DPM parka, it works well in your location)

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[@CatHound]

Good to see another great video Snake... Stay safe and happy trails from NC

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[@johnwillis9682]

Great info. I learned a lot. Thanks.

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[@shadowscout9872]

I was so glad to see your video rhis morning! I glad you are doing well. I was trying to figure out how to message you to see if you were all right. From tennessee, glad your ok.I guess I can call the dogs off. Lol

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[@ruzzellp]

Great to see you on video again!

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[@estrohmeyer]

Great video, keep them coming!

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[@davidpalmer9091]

Enjoyed the video as always! My wife and I are glad to see you back. We always try to see who can figure out where you are when you are camouflaged and in the woods hiding. Thanks for sharing and glad you are ok. Happy New Year!!

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[@gabrielehefer9379]

Wowzer......nice......

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[@stephenwest798]

Seven degrees yesterday morning and zero this morning up here in north central Pa, you don't know what you're missing. Enjoyed your video, keep them coming and keep those turtles warm. Those scrap pieces of wood you thru down may not have been fat wood, but they still burn, waste not want not. At least that's what my mother used to tell me when she was beating me over the head with a tire iron trying to teach me something which as it turned out was a waste of time. LOL

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[@randybradley7427]

Glad to see you healthy and back for us to watch. Missed you stay warm. 9 degrees here inn.c..

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[@vvogt4252]

Excellent Hiding At the Start of the Video. Excellent Video.

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[@SurvivalSavvvy]

Good test you did well

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[@maryspeight2840]

Hey man I'm really glade you're back !! G. Speight

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[@ourtechwriter]

Thanks for in depth...you are always great at explanations.

[@MichaelR58]

Good video thanks for sharing YAH bless !

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[@ProtectAndPersevere]

Awesome video man glad to see you back

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[@lessharratt8719]

Snake is back. Yay!

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[@jimssurvival4994]

Glad to see you returned to KZbin. We missed your videos. Stay safe and warm

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[@alphaomegasurvivalsupply6548]

Good to see you back! Hand warmers rubber banded to electronics or in the same pouch can really help too! 👍

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I tend to save my handwarmers for some reason. Maybe for the apocalypse... Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@thankmelater1254]

Like old times again; I missed you. Your adventure with Search and Rescue was memorable, I can tell you that. At least the wind wasn't high. Here in Chinada when it's that cold usually the wind is howling. What I've found out about eating expired food is that a food which goes off taste fast is dried mac'n'cheese dinner in the box. It gets discolored and off taste a bit but it can be eaten. The canned foods show no difference from new after a couple of years past their date. Doritos go off taste pretty easy but still OK to be lighted and burn. Til' next time!

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[@BushcraftOst]

Great overnight. Thanks for sharing bro 😎👍

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[@lukedawg357SIG]

I was thinking of you the other day and here is a new video good to see you take care.

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[@heathcoat67]

glad to see you are back

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[@BeercanBushcraft]

Good to see you back in action mate 👍 🍻

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[@dough666]

Man I missed these videos, great stuff

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[@dgaerobatics1764]

Great to see you back Snake. Looked well cold out there and good demo on how the small lean-to protected you from the sleet. Best wishes.

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[@melvinhowell5469]

Great to see you back, Snake! What a dry spell! I was getting more than a little worried...Hope you are well, and all is good. God bless and Happy New Year!

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[@daviddillon6172]

Incredible....you have made my day. I have checked on you so many times. Thanks for coming back to us. You are my all-time favorite.

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[@jesse4j]

Glad to see you are back. I really enjoy your videos.

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[@SonnyCrocket-p6h]

sedatives, bro, along with earplugs and sleep mask. scraping limbs, birds, frogs insects are LOUD at and then the crows are loud at dawn. I dont want the light bothering me, either. Not getting enough sleep sucks and the effects are cumulative.

[@williamtoney2599]

We’re glad your back snake 😎

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[@jenniferbauman4802]

Hell ya the snake is back . Great video. We all missed you man. God bless. From Glenn CATT. In Massachusetts.

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[@gjnezat]

Snake, having watched your video, it was a mirror image of my trip as well. The problems you faced, how you setup. Mirror image..

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[@gjnezat]

I was out in freeze in Kisstchie. It definetly was a test.

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[@robertphillips93]

Excellent, as usual! It's funny -- when you were mentioning and showing the pine forest features I thought "I could get lost real easy" in that terrain . . . and sure enough! Glad you managed it so well. Recently got a polypropylene fishnet t-shirt to put real teeth into the "wicking" capability of my layering practices. Gotta say, for the weight and efficiency, it's probably the best single piece of cold weather clothing I've ever had. Was concerned at first that the coarse weave would be a little too rough on my baby back . . . but after a hand washing with NikWax basewash, its scratchiness lessened a lot. Only one downside for this frugal survivor? -- it's kinda pricey.

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[@robertbrighton3184]

I really missed you! I thought you died or the deepstate got you. I am glad you are back. You are a good man, keep the videos coming.

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Who says they didn't? Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@michaelfeltis4940]

So glad you are back on KZbin. I live up in North Texas, up near Canton and our temps dropped to 11 degrees, but the wind was worse. Me a friend camp in the Dave Crocket National Forest, we go up off of 21 between Weches and Alto, up in the forest near the Neches River. Fairly quiet and few people, especiallyempty in the weekdays and when its real cold. Hey, you left us in mystery... Did you see a man in the distance, or something with big feet and hairy? I watched for several years, enjoyed each video. You are right about what is coming

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It was a distant tree trunk after all. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@OldFortBragg]

Down to the basics. I really enjoy your enthusiasm to conquer the elements. The military tools and knowledge are spot on. Here in NC, I will be doing the same in National Forests as I got a Veterans Pass to the parks and forests. Great job.

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[@SonnyCrocket-p6h]

I"ve never had any luck at ALL with lean tos. If it's not at least a 12x12 tarp you're gonna get wet when it rains. Winds change directions and the crap comes in under the tarp. I much prefer the complete enclosure offered by my XL size 2GoSystems "Trifecta" bivy. It can be worn as a poncho, opened flat as a canopy vs wind, sun, or mile drizzle. When it's below 50F, I envelope the bivy with a couple of taped-together 55 gallon drum-liners, the heavy-duty type. I can sleep in just cammies in that set up, in a low-slung hammock, at 40F. If I use the two bugnet "suits" from Amazon and the two amazon camo nets as longjohns, I can sleep ok at 30F, with the balaclava, shemagh, gloves, unlaced shoes and 3 pairs of sock liners. If I add hot rocks, hot water bottles or both sets of GI polypro lonjohns, I can sleep ok at 20F Every place the bivy touches you WILL form a cold spot, so I pull the hammock and a ridgeline thru the bivy when it's cold. I pull another ridgeline thru just the envelope. You have to keep the bivy from touchng the envelope, have to maintain that layer of "trapped air" around you. If I add dry debris between the bugnet suits and the wraps of the camo nets, that gains me 10F degrees, too. It's almost never that cold where I live.. I CAN gain another 10F degrees by stuffing dry debris between the bivy and the envelope, but that's a LOT of debris, too much to be portable. Unless you're a little Asian guy, dont use the Regular size of Trifecta, it's way too small. Fold over and tape the bottom corners of the bivy and the envelope, cause that saves a lot of heat loss from your legs. Cut off the rain flaps from the zippers, or they WILL jam, with you inside of the bivy!. I dont wear the longjohns while hiking. I save them for sleeping, keeping them in a dry bag. Then if I somehow get soaked, I can dry off with the shemagh, get into the longjohns and the bivy, wring-out my wet clothing, get a fire going and dry out the stuff.

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[@SonnyCrocket-p6h]

@@SurvivalTheory welcome

[@roberttolley5055]

I'm so happy you're back. I was playing with camping gear. Tonight. Center of Ohio. Wet cold

[@nealgrey6485]

I appreciated this video. I was born and lived in alaska for 30 years. (Back in the day when it got to -40 for at least one week in the winter.). I feel that I understand cold. Thank you for giving exact temperatures. I know what 20 degrees is. And getting up every 2-3 hours to put wood on the fire. I feel a bit disoriented when a video content provider will shiver and say how cold it is-but they will not give the temperature-and I cannot see their breath. Where is that cheechako from? I liked that you ate your steak like you did. I felt very comfortable with that. And best wishes to your turtles. Take care Survival Snake!

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[@thorvaldtorgrimson5651]

Great to see you again Snake!

[@glockhead4597]

Glad you're back. I have to ask what happened?

[@HaiImCirus]

Survival son here, life's just busy for him lately.

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I've been focusing on prepping for the coming economic cycle. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@lukedopke2455]

Glad you’re back, please make more videos they’re great

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[@iraallenthecrazymountainpe2023]

Glad to see you back with another video. We've been a bit worried about you.

[@rosecrabtree2390]

I'm glade ur back missed your videos, I was thinking U- Tube cancel me on ur channel ...

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[@SonnyCrocket-p6h]

sleeping on the ground sucks. A hammock offers a LOT better night's sleep, once you learn how to properly hang and lay on one. Saves hassles with brush, mud rocks, roots, snow, thorns, bugs, snakes, flood waters, steep hillsides. i made my hammock out of a 50x10 ft monofilament, 2" mesh gillnet, so it can feed me should that ever be necessary. A Dakota fire pit can cook or heat rocks and water as needed and do so discretely.

[@spaceagebeezy82]

Long time no see. Glad to see you back in action!!!

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[@OutdoorswThatGuy]

Well , like everyone else says .... Glad to see ya back out and back on KZbin outings , been awhile , and thanks to see your comment ing too 👍

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[@trerounds1273]

Awesome video dude.

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[@paulmarren7970]

long old trek youve been on...? but glad youve stopped off again nice to see thee. MY FAVORITE TEXAN🤠

[@traeucity6087]

Wow. The last time I camped in a Texas National Park (Big Bend), I was told that open fires were not allowed. That was insane to me, so I took Texas off of my list of camping destinations.

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That's why I usually avoid state and national parks. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Standswithabeer]

cool.

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[@SonnyCrocket-p6h]

I wear the sleeping gear when it's cold.I save the bulk and weight of heavy clothing, sleeping pad, poncho, tarp, sleeping bag,.

[@bugoutbrad8395]

The Snake is back. Hope you had, your wool long johns on. For that camp. Cheers 🍻 bro

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[@randybeeson3424]

Hey glad to see you back!

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[@Mr.Matchingsocks]

Man... I WISH it was 22 degrees right now up here in Wisconsin. You could survive up here with that same load out from this video, except in order to live through the night you'd need a hell of a lot more fire wood. Keep up the great videos

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[@KT_survival]

Good to see you back Survival Snake! 🐍

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[@jonathanm8197]

In my experience, you can make a bivvy bag/tent even more low profile by putting your backpack standing up inside it touching the top of your head, which keeps the netting up off your face. This way, you don't need poles. Hope this helps

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[@dontfearthereaper9528]

Hey there, I haven't seen you before but judging from comments I guess you were away for awhile. Enjoyed this. I'm in Cleveland tx. I camp the east side of Sam alot. Usually 9-15. Glad to see somebody in my neck of the woods. Did you put that pattern on the tarp or did it come that way? If you did customize it what type of paint did you use? I have a one-wind poncho/tarp as well. Wouldn't mind putting a pattern on it. Thanks for the video looking forward to going through your older ones.

[@SurvivalTheory]

I tend to camo up everything i get. Bad habit of mine. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@kurtbaier6122]

You might consider Kelly Carlson’s version of Mors Kochnanski Supper Shelter. Good to see you I enjoyed the video

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[@StrategicSelfRelianceDefense]

Nothing quite like a good fat wood fired steak sir!! Ha!!

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[@HaiImCirus]

He's back!

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[@bricketdabrown9607]

Intro music goes hard bro

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[@redfaux74]

Not his typical original stuff but good. He's used this before I think.

[@kurtbaier6122]

The Sawyer filter will be trash if it freezes. I tape some para cord with the inside strands removed so I can wear it around my neck over my base layer to keep it warm. For winter camping I always bring a 2 or 3 cup thermos and suspend a pot of water over a campfire to have hot liquids ready to go at all times. The lower the temperature goes eating food with high fat is needed to stay warm. And a small piece of foam to sit on or kneel on is really helpful. I use a foam knee pads a lot around camp.

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[@SonnyCrocket-p6h]

I haven't considered this stuff fun for decades now. I dont do it unless I need to test a new piece of gear or to get some pork. pork spoils too easily in hot weather, so I usually take several smaller guilts in the winter time. I prefer elk for most of my meat, but it's got little fat, so I mix it with pork. I boil the hell out of the pork, which I mix with elk to make sausage. cause it's usually full of parasitic worms.

[@cassandralesh8536]

Looks like the Davey Crockett national forest

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[@codysden1]

Welcome back ...

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[@kurtbaier6122]

Here is what I do. I use US GI wool inserts into leather gloves which will work down into the 20s. Bring some mitts for at night. Mitts are warmer. A thin silicone treated nylon rain jacket and nylon pants makes a good outer or under layer just under camo to block wind and retain heat. Rubber boots with thermal soles and Wiggys boot liners worn next to your skin will keep your feet warm and dry from sweat or snow. Wool socks or thinsulate liners won’t as they absorb moisture rather than letting sweat pass through. Lamilite insulation is key. An SOL Mylar sheet and poncho liner can be trimmed to size with a head slit cut into both and then safety pinned together makes an excellent thermal break under a poncho. Have the poncho liner next to you and the Survive Outdoors Longer Mylar sheet shiny side facing out. Then put the poncho over those two layers. The SOL Mylar sheet is tougher and quieter, and you can reinforce it with a little clear packaging tape where you use large safety pins. It makes an easy on and off overcoat, and a quilt over your sleeping bag. And will reflect a lot of heat from a campfire if used as a lean to. Or as part of a Super shelter.

[@dennisburog6138]

Missed that hide and seek thing.

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[@roberttolley5055]

I had to jump to your camping video 😊

[@jeffriffel4364]

Haven't seen you for awhile.

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[@peterappleton5213]

You are back brother thank f,,k❤

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[@Pawpaw7332]

Been seriously thinking about driving down that way from central texas this winter to camp a few days. Theres just too many people up here and not much public lands to camp. Im just worried about finding somewhere to park my truck so i can hike in. Id hate to drive home without any windows or catalytic converter lol. I know drugs are pretty bad out that way in a lot of areas.

[@kennethwilson8633]

If your water bottle froze your water filter did too it will be broken inside so throw it away and get another…you need to keep those next to your body in cold weather…you won’t be able to tell it bad you will just get sick . Have fun stay safe.

[@SurvivalTheory]

Excellent reminder. That was supposed to be my last trip with that one since I've had it awhile. You reminded me to throw it away rather than store it for next time!

[@ramadaxl]

time stamp: 17:22...HEY VEGANS ...get this !

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