November 15, 2016 | 
Author The ride is a go, hope we see you there!
We’ll be trying something a little different this time, a pot-luck breakfast and members meeting before the ride. Weather permitting, so check this site or FaceBook for last minute status.
When – Saturday, Nov 19, 2016 – 9am pot-luck breakfast and members meeting, 10am rideout
Where – Brockdale Park trailhead
What to bring – Coggins for the horse(s), breakfast goodies, comfy folding chair and likely a warm jacket.
We’ll be joining the Lucas Founders Day parade for our October ride. So break out the costumes for you and your horse and join us! The town will be serving food after the parade at the Town Hall pavilion.
When – Saturday, Oct 22, 2016 – Parade starts at noon, you should arrive before 10am, since you’ll have to check-in with the parade desk and get your costume(s) on.
Where – Lucas Town Hall – Horse trailer parking will be across the street at the Lucas Vet Hospital (we’ll have someone on hand to direct the parking)
What to bring – A COSTUME! and your Coggins. Hamburgers and hotdogs served afterwards at the Town Hall pavilion.
We’ll be having a scavenger hunt trailride on Sunday afternoon, following a member’s meeting and pot-luck lunch. Bring a food for the pot-luck lunch and share it with your fellow members, as we get updates on the Corps Master Plan Update for Lavon Lake and discuss their impact on the trail. After the lunch and meeting, riders will head out to find the scavenger clues.
When – Sunday, May 22, lunch at noon, rideout at 130pm
Where – Brockdale Park
What to bring – chair, food to share, enthusiasm! And don’t forget a Coggins for your horse.
Thanks to several of our wonderful TTPA Volunteers, the Brockdale Trail North Section is OPEN FOR RIDING to the underpass!
The TTPA calendar shows February 20th as an organized ride but, it is actually an “Open Trail” day for all riders to come out and enjoy the day with your wonderful horses. There is no organized activity for the day. We hope you come out and bring your friends and enjoy the trails.
When – No special time, Saturday Feb 20, 2016
Where – Brockdale Park, you can ride North or South
What to bring – horse or hiking boots, riding/hiking partner, and you should always have a Coggins for your horse(s).
Gather round, one and all! With any luck, the weather will cooperate and the trail will dry out. We’ll be doing several things on this day – a Tack Sale, a Members Meeting, a fine chili and cornbread lunch, and a rideout afterwards, going south from Brockdale.
When – Saturday, Jan 30, 2016. Tack Sale starts at 10am, lunch at noon, Members Meeting at 1pm and a rideout afterwards.
Where – Brockdale Park trailhead
What to bring – tack equipment you’d like to sell (with a portion of the proceeds donated to TTPA), a chair to sit in for lunch and the meeting
Tack sale contact – Kathy Grossman – 972-743-2500, let her know if you’ll be bringing something
Members Meeting agenda – Election of members to the Board, trail status update
Cooks – Sharon Berryman and Tim – 972-839-4375, let him know you’ll be coming so we can get a headcount for the food
With any luck, we’ll also have a qualified person in attendance to give a short lecture on saddle fitting and possibly pointers on fitting the saddle you just bought at the tack sale onto the horse you’ve brought for the rideout!
And the weather still isn’t cooperating – too windy and too cold for being out in the open at Brockdale, so we’re cancelling.
The weather hasn’t cooperated for our rides this year, so let’s try it again for our last TTPA ride this year. We’ll have a short members meeting, get updates on the trail activities, gather nominations for Board positions, have a lunch/dessert, and rideout. Bring a friend or two, and come prepared to renew your membership for 2016!
When – Saturday, November 21, 2015 at noon
Where – Brockdale Trailhead
What to bring – chair, bag lunch, and a potluck dessert, plus a horse if you want to ride afterwards
Meeting/lunch at noon, rideout follows at 1pm.
With the very heavy rain, the Town has CANCELLED the Lucas Founders Day event, so there will be no parade.
• Lucas Founders Day parade, Oct 24, 2015
• Parade starts at NOON on Estelle Rd, next to Hart Elementary.
• Horse trailer parking (not for general parking) will be at Lucas Veterinary Hospital.
800 Country Club Rd (just to the south of Lucas Town Hall, on the opposite side of the road)
• Enter (and exit) using the Hospital driveway.
• Overflow horse trailer parking will be on the shoulder of Spurgin Rd, which is behind Hart Elementary.
• Park trailers (and support vehicles) in the field on the Hospital’s south side. Volunteers will be there to direct parking to use the space efficiently.
• Horse staging will be at 11:30am, in the grassy triangular area immediately in front of Hart Elementary School.
• TTPA costume judging will take place at 11am, ribbons awarded before 1130am. Categories to be determined by Judge(s).
Horse trailer parking will be at the Lucas Vet Hospital in a grass field, caution is advised if there has been heavy rain.
Parade participants are encouraged to register, especially if they wish to compete in the Founders Day Costume Contest. The registration desk will be in front of Hart Elementary, numbers will be handed out to registrants there. Here is an online link to the form if you wish to fill it out ahead of time.
Severe inclement weather may cause the parade to be cancelled. Please check this site before heading out.
After the spring rains lifted the lake level to record heights, the following drought lowered the lake back down to normal levels. But while the lake was flooded, all sorts of debris and trash were washed up and left at the high water mark, and are now littering the trail and the woods and fields next to the trail.
TTPA will celebrate National Public Lands Day by cleaning up trash on and next to the trail that was left by the lake flooding this past spring. If you bring the energy and willingness, we’ll supply the trash bags and dumpster to haul it all away!
When – 9am, Saturday, Sept 26, 2015, we’ll work till noontime
Where – Meet at Brockdale Trailhead
What to bring – gloves, bug spray, water and energy
Too much rain this week, the trails are too muddy…
We will rideout at 10am, heading north to the Sycamore
When – 10am, Saturday April 25, 2015
Where – Highland Park
What to bring – Bring your coggins! and a bag lunch
We’ll be meeting at Brockdale to have a member’s meeting and ride. This is an excellent chance to renew your membership, if you haven’t already, and to bring a friend who wants to join. We’ll be serving chili for lunch, so bring a chair for sitting and prepare to enjoy yourself.
As part of the member’s meeting, we’ll vote on nominations/renewals for the Board of Directors, and the Board will elect its Officers for 2015. We also hope to have a guest speaker on search and rescue tips.
When – Saturday, Jan 31, chili lunch at noon, meeting during and after lunch, rideout afterwards
Where – Brockdale Trailhead
What to bring – Checkbook for renewals or new members, chair for sitting, and Coggins for your horse if you are going to ride out afterwards
