Join Us for a Special Zoom Happy Hour!

The new version of the xTx Trail route is finally ready on Ride with GPS!

We’ll debut the new route during this hour long Happy Hour call and also have time for your questions for our Founder and Board Chair Charlie Gandy (who’ll be calling in from thru hiking the trail), our ED Beckie Irvin, and our super volunteer Reed Sallans who painstakingly put together this new route in GPS in collaboration with Beckie and Charlie.

About the call: 6:30 PM Central Time, 60 minutes on Zoom

In order to participate we need you to register below! You’ll be emailed the Zoom link details the week of the call.

Like what we’re doing to make the first cross-state hiking, biking and equestrian adventure trail for Texas?

About Reed Sallans

Reed Sallans is an outdoor recreation professional, cyclist, and route creator who believes some of the best ways to understand a place are on two wheels. Originally from Austin, Texas and now based in Missoula, MT. Reed has spent years designing and riding routes to get from point A to A, often by the path less traveled. His work blends logistics, storytelling, and a deep appreciation for the people and places that make bike travel meaningful. Above all, he just wants more people to get out there, ride bikes, and enjoy doing it.

Zoom Call Registration

Like what we’re doing to make the first cross-state hiking, biking and equestrian adventure trail for Texas?

Please join us for our first Volunteer Zoom call with our new Executive Director in Training Beckie Irwin.

Beckie will share the “menu” of volunteer opportunities she’s organized so people can participate in a way that’s the most meaningful for you and works with your schedule. Here's a sneak peek at some of the volunteer opportunities she'll be rolling out:

• Show & Tell Events: Outreach Support

• Show & Tell Events: Marketing Support - Photographers, videographers, social media pros

• Trail Historians: xTx Storytelling

• Sweaty Taste of xTx Hill Country: Event Support (11/2-8/25) - Equestrians, Hikers, Bicyclists

• Trail Angels & Warm Showers Hosts

• Connect us with Landowners

• Future Volunteer Opportunities: Grant Writers & additional ground proofing weekends

On next live xTx Zoom call update Charlie, Melissa, xTx advisors and expert volunteers will be sharing why it became clear the xTx needs to be created to a “Horse Healthy” standard to make the trail safe and friendly for all trail travelers.

Charlie’s learning that leading with horses is opening far more doors with landowners than he thought!

Everyone’s welcome! Make sure to register below.

We’re asking seasoned, expert equestrians with skills and knowledge of horse needs on the trail to help us craft recommendations for a “xTx Horse Healthy” designation for communities and towns along the cross Texas trail.

If you have a deep understanding of the logistics to make sure horses are safe, and comfortable on long distance trails we’d love to you join us to weight in.

Please register for the Zoom call with the link below!

Charlie’s looking for 2 - 4 people to join him on a day hike of Santa Elena Canyon accompanied by one of our photographer/videographers and another journalist.

• This is a 4-mile total trip, however, you need to be hardy and comfortable in the heat and hiking, wading, and possibly swimming through water and mud.

• You need to be available and willing to be interviewed by Charlie in advance to confirm your skill level.

• You need to be completely ready to go right on time on Sunday. This is a quick trip. It will likely be done before 4 pm.

• You need to have your own reliable transportation to/from the trailhead.

• You need to be willing to sign our regular waiver.

• You need to be comfortable being photographed, videotaped, and even interviewed for our website and possible news stories.

Thursday, April 10th from 6 - 7 pm Central Time

Join us for the next xTexas Online Happy Hour! Charlie will tell us all about the adventures he, Pam LeBlanc and Nick Taylor had in their recent hike of Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend State Park.

Charlie wants this Santa Elena Canyon route to be an alternative possibility for xTexas Trail hikers because of the water sources, and of course, the incredible beauty.

The event is free but you need to register. Bring along your favorite brew or sweet tea and join us for a fun conversation with plenty of time to have your questions answered.

This event is free, but please RSVP so we can know how many to expect!

The event is free - but please RSVP below so we can track the numbers!

This event is from 6 pm to 7 pm Central Time!

Join us for a special Happy Hour live from the trail! Melissa will check in this time Charlie and the others live via Zoom during the “Sweaty Tast of Texas: The First 100 Miles” group ground-proofing adventure!

As always it’s free, but you need to register to join!