April 28, 2016 | 
Author We’ll be going north from the trailhead to collect trash, flood debris, and tornado debris.
When – Saturday, May 7, 9am
Where – East Fork Trailhead
What to bring – boots (it may be muddy), gloves, long sleeves, bug spray, water. We’ll bring the cutting tools, and trash bags.
The weather is not co-operating, so we’re cancelling this ride.
We’ve postponed the April trailride until April 30th. Please stay tuned for more details.
Instead of a workday on Saturday morning, we’ll be conducting a survey of trailhead/trail users at Brockdale on Saturday and Sunday. We’re doing this to get an idea of how many trail users there are, where they are coming from, and how they heard about us. We need TTPA volunteers to staff the survey station at Brockdale and conduct the survey as folks drive into the trailhead. We’ll have 3 shifts on Sunday, 9am-noon, noon-3pm, and 3pm-6pm and need volunteers for all three shifts. We already have volunteers for the Saturday shifts.
The survey will be short, should be just a quick 2 or 3 minutes to interview each driver for the information we’ll need. At the end of the survey, we’ll hand them a TTPA brochure and use the opportunity to promote membership in TTPA.
Please contact Duke Monson at 214-422-2929 if you can volunteer for one of the shifts. Leave a message with a call back # if he doesn’t answer immediately.
When – Sunday, April 10, 2016 – one of three shifts
Where – Brockdale Park Trailhead
What to bring – water, snacks, something to read or entertain yourself while waiting for arrivals.
We’ll ride out at 9am, and plan a brown-bag lunch afterwards at noon at the Trailhead. Although those who want to go further can have their lunch at the Collin Park picnic tables.
When – Sat. March 26, at 9am
Where – Brockdale Park Trailhead
What to bring – Coggins for your horse(s), brown-bag lunch for afterwards
We’ll be heading north from Highland Park, picking up trash, trimming branches, and clearing fallen trees from the trailbed. We’ll also be setting directional stakes on the west side of the Sycamore Loop.
When – 9am, Saturday, March 5, 2016
Where – Highland Park trailhead
What to bring – water, trash bags, gloves, loppers, we’ll bring the chain saws and other tools.
We’ll be meeting on a weekday (Wed.) to clear the Brockdale North trailbed of flood debris. We’ll have a contractor fixing the two eroded culverts on this section of the trail at the same time, so this is an excellent opportunity to open up the Brockdale North trail segment (finally). Grab a friend who can’t make the weekend workdays and come on out!
When – 930am, Wed. Feb 17, 2016
Where – Brockdale Trailhead
What to bring – we’ll provide the trash bags, you bring the energy! Also gloves, long sleeves, and water.
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).
If this date doesn’t get pre-empted by the January Chili Ride rain date, we’ll meet at Brockdale Park and clean up the tornado debris dropped by the storms and flood debris left by the lake.
When – 9am, February 6, 2016
Where – Brockdale Park Trailhead
What to bring – water, gloves
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!
We’ll meet at Brockdale and do clean-up
When – 9am, Saturday January 9, 2016
Where – Brockdale Trailhead
What to bring – water, gloves, trash bags
