Hello, new to the Austin are and we just bought an Xterra. with all this lovely wet weather I thought it would be a great time to try out the 4x4, I saw a post mentioning somewhere off Parmer.
can anyone give me a general idea where? And is it a legal place to go?

LonghornXterra (Jon) and I (Kraig) are going out this afternoon if you want to join up... I have a client at noon, then we should be heading out after that (1 or 2ish)... give me a call, I'm gonna try to get one or two more people together... 775-9613

lets go on sunday.....

Ok... Sunday at noon... meeting place to be determined... probably somewhere in the 183/Cap of TX area... gimme a call if you're interested...

Whenever you are in the San Antonio area, there's a place called "The Den" where most 4x4er's go to play...it's just a flood zone area with all types of trails to go on...

ya know, I know of a few places but i'm waiting to hear of other suggestions from austin people. I've asked this before and unfortunatly didn't get much of a repsonse.

Because you're only 2wd and we don't want to be responsible for you getting stuck and/or damaging your little truck!

Wow, Kraig, you are an asshole

Ah, he knows I'm kidding! He actually did pretty good for a 2wd... picked out some pretty good lines... only 1 bad one and wound up with a little body damage... ... but like I said before, I waive all liability and responsibility!

yeah we wouldn't want the little 2wd sliding into say... a tree. Hey it beats getting hung on on some rocks But as we quarrel Kraig we have to remember... it was YOU who pulled out the big bad chevy. shoulda seen the country boy's faces.

Hey, i still say that was a good line, it was the tires... blah blah blah BS BS BS.

a Z71 being pulled by a Xterra, everyones dream!!!! well everyone but Z71chris.

It was cool to be part of....them boys felt so small after that.

Jon, I agree that your tires suck... but just think, when you finish college and get your badass job, I'll be following you around the trails cuz your truck will be better than mine! (maybe :p )
I was real happy to have that be my first time using the winch! Guess I need to put my Chevy Recovery Vehicle sticker back on!

it looked like the winch did the work from the pics to me.. of course size doesn't matter since a jeep has winched me before. it's not the size of your rig... BTU it certainly is the size of your winch.. lol
and I gotta say.. were you really leaned up against that broomstick of a tree?!

hell I've had my gloating time to let others.. the chevy towing the ford up X-Way.. can't tell me that's not a good notch in the belt of Chevy Vs. Ford for me.

and I dont' see winchin as a bad thing. I see it as a way to find your limits. now if ya keep doin it over and over and over.. say they get stuck every weekend.. well yeah then it's a bad thing. push my limits as far as I can and in order to that I have to go beyond the limits.

besides scratch adds character.. chicks dig character

ya never know.. some people are looney enough to go off-roadin on street tires. I've seen it. of course I've seen a Dodge Neon offer to help get me unstuck when I wasn't even stuck. there's some REAL funky stuff in this wold

Yeah... the gound was a little too wet where I was stopped and I just need a little something to keep me in place... it worked out fine...

it worked so that's all that counts!

I live off of Parmer and I would definately like to know where this place is over there. I am relatively new to Austin myself and I am still looking for places to go 4 wheelin.

If you're heading north on Mopac, exit Parmer and make a u-turn... go right at the light (Park Bend Road, I believe)... follow that until you have to go right... follow that straight down to the baseball fields and you are there... if you wait until next week I'll go with you... --Kraig 775-9613

Next week sounds cool to me kraig. I will gove you a call then. thanks.

~andy

Great news. Went to the mud hole off of Parmer. It was full of mud. good times. new rims are in so i will be gettin my new tires on tomorrow and hopefully tryin them out on saterday. anyone up for it?

~andy

Dammit, Andy... you were s'posed to give me a call... maybe I wanted to go too! Anyway, I think most of us are heading up to Barnwell on Saturday... why don't you come along and caravan with us?

Sorry Kraig this has been a crazy week with work and all. I would love to head up to Barnwell this weekend, but i think i am going to have to wait until after tax season before i can go with you guys. It's all good though. I will catch up with you all next week. let me know how it is.

~andy

Just as an FYI our spot off of Parmer that was good for muddin is no more. I went there today and found that it is blocked off by stakes and barbed wire. That really stinks. I guess we are going to have to find a new spot. Any ideas anyone.

Yeah, from 360, go west on Spicewood Springs. You will go down a good ways and on the right side you will see two dirt tracks going up a hill about 30 yards apart from each other. Go up either one and there is a cool place to do some mudding and if you are feeling up to it there is a one rocky trail going up that I just ran today for some fun for the first time. Other times I have not been able to make it because it was too wet but this time I aired down and went for it and loved every second of it. There is also a place off of North 35 around the braker exit. From the frontage road go to the VFW and towards the back there is a place that I had to pull Kraig out of a few weeks ago where he was stuck in about 3 feet of water. I'd post some pics but I'm being nice to him and don't want to embarass him. I hope I spelled embarass correctly....I'd be embarassed if I didn't.... :p

Awsome. I would love to see those pictures. It seems that Kraig gets himself stuck in the water quite a bit. If you guys decide to go again soon let me know if you would. 844-7006

~andy

Sunday, around 3:30

Another good spot, if its been raining really hard, is near the parmer and 620 intersection. Coming from northbound mopac, take a left on parmer, a left on 620 and then a left on broadmeade, about a half mile down or so, just past a conoco station. From Broadmede take a left on Wisterwood. Follow wisterwood till it Ts into Braeburn Glen and then take a left. This road dead ends into Brair, and take a left. 30 ft down take a right into a really short street that dead ends, and then u will see a trail. This place is small, but at times it has two very good mudholes.

Watch out for kids playing paintball and airsoft back there, they will probably runaway from you or leave you alone, but bee nice. My best friend lives in a house by this place, so we have played back there since we were little. Also, a policeman lives in one of the houses backing up to this place, but dont be alarmed, my friend says he rides four wheelers back there.

I just found another one about an hour ago (after my last post) by Circle C. Follow mopac really far, past the turn for the circle C info center. Keep going past where it turns into 45, there are two trails on the right that lead off into the woods about a mile before the turn for the golf course.

The area is flat, but the trails were pretty muddy today, and there were some huge puddles. The network of trails back there is very confusing, so be careful not to get lost.

i may be up for the run today at 3:30. gimme a call. thanks for the suggestions.
~andy

I really wasn't too sure how to quote this right, but...

Posted by Z71 Chris
I just wanted to say that I myself used to off road in my '91 Dodge Caravan.

If things work out with the moving van and getting my place set up I may be up for some mud this weekend. If you all figure out a meeting place lemme know and I will try to get out.

it was a last minute get-together. it was a ok time. it was good to see Jason for a change. We did try a new area. It was ok but Im not much for "bogging".

Just wanted to see if anyone is interested in some off roadin this weekend. could be a good weekend for it. supposed to rain.

You're just upset cuz you couldn't make it up the hill!

ha ha the hill sucked but It was more of the BS and near wrecks.