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This video is a part of the 2023 Big Bend Ultra Marathon series of videos that we are producing for Overland Racing and BigBend50. This video features Check Point Bravo on the 50K route. This location was the last check point reachable by vehicle on the main route. Check Point Charlie required 4x4 Jeep type vehicles to get in to their area & those volunteers drove in from the western side of the park, before the day of the race, because of the rough terrain. For more info about this annual cross country race held in the Big Bend Ranch State Park, visit https://BigBend50.com For more info about us, visit us at https://YellowRoseDrones.com or follow us on YouTube, Rumble, Instagram and Twitter. Music track from Epidemic Sound.

This video is a part of the 2023 Big Bend Ultra Marathon series of videos that we are producing for Overland Racing and BigBend50. This video features Check Point Alpha on the 20K, 30K & 50K route. This location handled every route except the 10k. The 30K and 50K runners passed thru this Check Point twice. The 80K runners did the 50K first, then returned for the 30K route. These volunteers were out there before sunrise and stayed until after the last runner had been accounted for. They recorded every runner's bib number on each trip, with the time, so that race officials could be sure every runner was off the course. Many of the volunteers drove in the night before the day of the race, because of the rough terrain and having to be in place before 5am. For more info about this annual cross country race held in the Big Bend Ranch State Park, visit https://BigBend50.com For more info about us, visit us at https://YellowRoseDrones.com or follow us on YouTube, Rumble, Instagram and Twitter. Music track from Epidemic Sound.

We spent a few days down on the US/Mexican border for the Big Bend Ultra Marathon in Big Bend Ranch State Park, but our home base was at the Mavrick RV Park in Lajitas, Texas. If you drove west on FM-170 to the edge of Lajitas, just past the Lajitas Golf Resort, there was an empty field where you could easily drive down to the Rio Grande river, so we did just that. We tried to be careful about not flying across into Mexico, but there weren't any FAA flight restriction in effect, nor any Border & Customs Patrol nearby. We still decided to err on the side of caution and stay mostly on the US side of the river, or over the river itself. For more info about us, visit https://YellowRoseDrones.com or follow us on YouTube, Rumble, Instagram and Twitter. Music from Epidemic Sound. Drone flown was the DJI Mini 3 Pro.

This area of the desert was out near Terlingua, off of Lone Star Mining Road & FM170. We spotted what looked like a mine entrance up on the slope of a Mesa, so we stuck out DJI Mini 3 Pro drone up in the air to take a look. Not sure what was dug into the side, perhaps a mine, but there was an active residential area at the base, so we departed. As we turned down the slope, we saw some tiny white bubbles, which turned out to be rental cabins. Summit at Big Bend was the name on Goggle Maps, so we presume that was the name. Because we were driving on an unpaved dirt road, we hand caught the drone instead of landing in the dusty road. We found this website for the cabin rentals... https://www.summitbigbend.com/ For more info about us, visit https://YellowRoseDrones.com or follow us on YouTube, Rumble, Instagram and Twitter. Music from Epidemic Sound.

Dash cam video of an accident in New Braunfels Texas tonight at 8:53 p.m. intersection of FM 306 and IH-35. This footage was supplied to the New Braunfels Police department and with the two drivers that got hit by the girls in the white car. This is the dash cam that produced the video... Vantrue N2 Pro Uber Dual 1080P Dash Cam, 2.5K 1440P Front Dash Cam, Front and Inside Dash Camera w/ Infrared Night Vision, 24hr Motion Detection Parking Mode, Accident Record, Support 256GB max(2023) https://a.co/d/cbH0n6v

This video is a part of the 2023 Big Bend Ultra Marathon series of videos that we are producing for Overland Racing and BigBend50. This video features Check Point Delta on the 30K route. This location is only accessible on foot after a hike of about 0.6 miles from the main road. They had to pack in all of the supplies and equipment on foot because motor vehicles were not permitted off the main road. For more info about this annual cross country race held in the Big Bend Ranch State Park, visit https://BigBend50.com For more info about us, visit us at https://YellowRoseDrones.com or follow us on YouTube, Rumble, Instagram and Twitter. Music track from Epidemic Sound.

We were restricted on where & how we flew inside the Big Bend Ranch State Park during the Big Bend Ultra Marathon Race, but we found an area outside the park, on private property, where we had authorization to be. In this video, we're flying the DJI Avata Drone just above the ground, checking out places where plants / flora were growing in unlikely areas. It was amazing to see the wide variety of plant life growing in the desert, where they get less than 10 inches of rain per year (average rainfall). For more info about us, visit https://YellowRoseDrones.com or follow us on YouTube, Rumble, Instagram or Twitter. Music from Epidemic Sound.

This video is a part of the 2023 Big Bend Ultra Marathon series of videos that we are producing for Overland Racing and BigBend50. This video features the Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) Communications Net Control Team for the 2023 Big Bend Ultra Marathon Race at the Barton Warnock Visitors Center in the Big Bend Ranch State Park. For more info about this annual cross country race held in the Big Bend Ranch State Park, visit https://BigBend50.com For more info about us, visit us at https://YellowRoseDrones.com or follow us on YouTube, Rumble, Instagram and Twitter. Music track from Epidemic Sound.

This video is a part of the 2023 Big Bend Ultra Marathon series of videos that we are producing for Overland Racing and BigBend50. This video features the start of the 30K course at 8:15am, after sunrise, as the runners moved out onto the Contrabando Trail System off of FM-170. 71 runners chose to run the 30K route. For more info about this annual cross country race held in the Big Bend Ranch State Park, visit https://BigBend50.com For more info about us, visit us at https://YellowRoseDrones.com or follow us on YouTube, Rumble, Instagram and Twitter. Music track from Epidemic Sound.

This video is a part of the 2023 Big Bend Ultra Marathon series of videos that we are producing for Overland Racing and BigBend50. This video features the start of the 50K course at 7:45am, still before sunrise, but we had sufficient light as the runners moved out onto the Contrabando Trail System off of FM-170. Around 70 runners started this 50K route. For more info about this annual cross country race held in the Big Bend Ranch State Park, visit https://BigBend50.com For more info about us, visit us at https://YellowRoseDrones.com or follow us on YouTube, Rumble, Instagram and Twitter. Music track from Epidemic Sound.

This video is a part of the 2023 Big Bend Ultra Marathon series of videos that we are producing for Overland Racing and BigBend50. This video features the start of the 50 mile / 80k course at 5:30am, well before sunrise, which provided us with the challenge of flying in the dark and still trying to get good resolution on the video. Fortunately the runners had head lamp LED lights that really lit them up in the dark. For more info about this annual cross country race held in the Big Bend Ranch State Park, visit https://BigBend50.com For more info about us, visit us at https://YellowRoseDrones.com or follow us on YouTube, Rumble, Instagram and Twitter. Music track from Epidemic Sound.

We had the opportunity to drive out into the desert in the Big Bend Ranch State Park for the annual Big Bend Ultra Marathon. One of the check points, Bravo, was within line of sight of 2 abandoned mines. This mine, the Whit-Roy mine, was mining a mineral called Cinnabar that was refined by heat into a liquid metal called Quicksilver or Mercury. Mercury was a key ingredient in detonators used by the US Military in World War II and the Korean War. It was very hazardous to humans, but they didn't know about that back in 1935 when they started mining and refining it. The mine was closed and abandoned in 1973, with all of the equipment left on site to rust. #bigbendranchstatepark #abandonedmine #abandonedmines #mercurymine #quicksilvermine For more info about us, visit https://YellowRoseDrones.com or follow us on YouTube, Rumble, Instagram or Twitter. Drone flown this time was the DJI Avata FPV drone. Music from Epidemic Sound.

We were out flying our drones near Terlingua, Texas, when we spotted this roadside info sign about the Quicksilver (Mercury) mines in the area. The Terlingua Mining District played a big part in World War II because they supplied the Mercury used in the shells used by the military. We'll be posting a couple more videos later for the Whit-Roy and Buena Suerte Mines that we found inside the Big Bend Ranch State Park, so be sure to check for those once we get the time to edit the footage. For more info about us, please visit https://YellowRoseDrones.com or follow us on YouTube, Rumble, Instagram and Twitter. Music is from Epidemic Sound.

We were driving thru Terlingua, Texas, and spotted this place. Nobody was home, so we naturally put a drone up in the air to grab some video footage. Its always fun to spot weird places and share them on our channel. For more info about us, visit Https://YellowRoseDrones.com or follow us in YouTube, Rumble, Instagram and Twitter. Live audio recorded by ourselves.

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We had authorization from the Hill Country State Natural Area Park Supervisor for drone flights within the park, in the areas of the run for the 2023 Bandera 100k Hoka Hoka One endurance cross country trail race. Due to time constraints, we only flew near 2 of the Aid Stations, Yaya and Equestrian. There was another team (not affiliated with Yellow Rose Drones) of drone pilots out there on Saturday, flying multiple DJI Mavic 3 Drones and live streaming portions of the race via a satellite Wi-Fi system back to their base in Arizona. One of those teams is the couple that you'll see near the end of the video, speaking with Charles from Hill Country REACT Team. Hill Country REACT Team has been supporting this race for about 20 years, as of 2023, providing radio communications at the 5 check points from start to finish. Our son David & I were based out of the Yaya Aid Station (as seen in the start of the video). Another Ham Radio Team (Charles & Greg) were setup at Equestrian Aid Station, complete with a carpeted area and comfortable chairs, positioned to record the runner bib numbers as they departed the Aid Station. There were 3 other Aid Stations (Chappas, Boyle & Nachos) with members of Hill Country REACT Team staffing them, along with the Lodge (aka the Start / Finish Line). Tejas Trails was the producer of this trail race series. For more information about them, please visit https://www.tejastrails.com/ Hill Country REACT Team was the radio team providing communications around the race course. For more info about them, please visit them at https://HillCountryREACT.org For more info about us, please visit https://YellowRoseDrones.com or follow us on YouTube, Rumble, Instagram and Twitter. Drone used was the DJI Avata FPV drone. Music track from Epidemic Sound.

In this video, we give you a brief tour of Aid Station YAYA during the 2023 Bandera 100k Race out in the Hill Country State Natural Area Park. We ran a small suitcase style generator, a Predator 2.2k, to charge our 12v 100AHr AGM battery (normally used for our solar panel setup). We got 7.5 hours of run time for the generator per fill up and we used Ethanol Free fuel (rated @ 90 octane). We only had one LED 1000 watt light connected (mostly to provide a steady load on the generator) and a Schumacher 12v battery charger (that kept our battery topped off in trickle mode). Traffic cones don't work at night very well, unless you illuminate them. We put some Harbor Freight pop up lamps (3-AA battery powered) inside of each cone to light them up. We ended up using 6 AA batteries each, by the time sunrise got here, because they only lasted about 7-8 hours per set. The last runner on the 100k course didn't arrive until around 6:30am, so we stayed awake and powered up all night, about 15 hours of operation all together.

One of the challenges to conducting nighttime trail run events is providing lighting on the course that doesn't mess with the runner's night vision. Each runner has their own head or body mounted LED lights to illuminate the trail, but when we have these check points to manually track their bib numbers (for safety reasons, not timing), we need to make it obvious they need to check in with us. We want to do that without totally screwing with their night vision that their eyes have gotten used to, because the trail beyond us will be very, very dark, lit only by the moon.

Just having fun on New Year's Eve and just happened that the drone was in the right place at the wrong time.

This is a short promo video for a local small business operation on the shores of Medina Lake in Mico, Texas. Red Cove Marina has been around for decades, serving those who wish to boat, fish, ski and otherwise enjoy the calm waters of Medina Lake. You can visit them at https://www.redcovemarina.com/ for more information. Unfortunately due to the drought in recent years, plus the fact this lake was built to be an agricultural reservoir rather than purely recreational, the water level has been steadily decreasing for many years. But this is a seasonal pattern and eventually the rains will return and fill up the lake once again. In the meantime, the low water levels provide the opportunity to perform extensions to the boat ramps and make other improvements that the marina might have otherwise been too busy to accomplish. If your business could benefit from a promotional video like this one, feel free to reach out to us at https://YellowRoseDrones.com and we'll be happy to discuss your vision and work up a reasonable budget. We truly enjoy helping small business owners grow their businesses via a marketing platform like these short videos. Follow us on YouTube, Rumble, Instagram and Twitter for updates to our latest videos and projects. Music was from Epidemic Sound.

This is another fun video from New Year's Eve celebrations at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort, in the kid's area of their exhibition hall. They had 3 sections, the first area was for the adults, middle area was the Games2U inflatable game area (very popular with the kids) and the third area had a huge wall screen where animated movies were being played non-stop. The Movie Room, as you will see for yourself, was not nearly as popular as the Games Room. We flew our DJI Avata Drone (this drone has enclosed props) around the 2nd and 3rd rooms, but we stayed out of the first room with all of the adults. The kids really enjoyed seeing our drone & chasing it around the room, as you will see in the video. The adults with kids, seemed to like it as well, but we didn't want to push our luck in the main room. Our thanks to Mike with Drone Force & Games2U for inviting us out to play on New Year's Eve. This was a lot more fun than sitting home waiting for midnight to arrive. For more info about us, visit https://YellowRoseDrones.com or follow us on YouTube, Rumble, Instagram and Twitter. Music from Epidemic Sound.

We had the chance to drive out to Medina Lake, just west of San Antonio Texas, on New Year's Day 2023 to check out the water level. It's one thing to read about it on the Internet, but it's a whole other experience to see it from the air for yourself. We put our DJI Mini 3 Pro drone up in the air from a couple different locations and stitched it together into a short video that demonstrates how bad the water level really is today. This isn't the worst it's ever been, but it's getting pretty bad. The water level was only 6.4% on this date. For more info about us, visit https://YellowRoseDrones.com or follow us on YouTube, Rumble, Instagram and Twitter. Music track from Epidemic Sound.

We were out flying at the JW Marriott Hill Country Resort in San Antonio earlier on New Year's Eve and we decided to launch our drone from their parking lot when it approached midnight. Wow! What a fireworks show we saw from 300ft AGL (Above Ground Level) at this location. We used our cellphone's audio recorder to record the fireworks sounds that were very loud in the parking lot, even though they weren't being shot off from the Resort's property. We edited it down to under 3 minutes by using some speed ramping to increase the video speed by 20%. We used our DJI Mini 3 Pro drone in automatic exposure mode, with manual focus, but it still had trouble getting really sharp images without some noise caused by the low light conditions. For more info about us, visit us at https://YellowRoseDrones.com, or follow us on YouTube, Rumble, Instagram and Twitter.