August 2, 2025 | 
Author We’ll be hardening the two sets of newly installed culverts north of Brockdale Park with 60lb sacks of concrete. We’ll need lots of volunteers (all of whose hours will count towards our TPW grant). We’ll need one set of volunteers to unload the concrete bags onto our fleet of UTV’s. Another set of volunteers to unload the UTV’s beside the creeks. And a third set of volunteers to stack the bags to harden the culverts, up- and down-stream. Gloves are needed, and if you’re stacking bags in the creek, you’ll need high boots. We’re talking a lot of bags (100+), so it won’t be easy, but it will be worthwhile.
We’ll also need UTV’s (aka side-by-sides or Gators) to deliver the concrete to creekside, so if you have one that we can use, contact Duke at 214-422-2929.
When – 7am, Saturday, August 23, 2025
Where – meet at the Churchill’s, 1125 Brockdale Park Rd
What to bring – lunch, bug spray, gloves, water (lots), wading boots (if you’ll be in the creek).
This hike had been planned to go north from the East Winningkoff trailhead, but the weather is looking iffy at the end of the week and stretches of the trail will be quite muddy.
So this Saturday’s hike is cancelled. I will reschedule it for another day, possibly in the fall when things are cooler.
We’ll meet at the Highland Park Equine trailhead at 9am and head north to the Highland Park boat ramp, then turn around and hike south, through the Lakeview Downs easements to the Corps gate. This is a hike to introduce you to this section of the trail if you haven’t been there before. You can turn back at any point and return to the trailhead.
When – 9am, Saturday May 24, 2025
Where – Highland Park trailhead
What to bring – raingear (just in case), water, comfortable hiking shoes that you won’t mind if they get muddy (it has been raining quite a lot lately and the trails won’t have completely dried out yet).
We’ll meet at Brockdale Park trailhead at 9am and head north. The weather is iffy, so we’ll meet at the trailhead and decide if it is ok to hike. This is a hike to introduce you to this section of the trail if you haven’t been there before. The goal would be to go from the trailhead to the Lucas Rd underpass (max distance is 6 miles – 3 miles out, 3 miles back), but you can turn back at any point and return to the trailhead.
When – 9am, Saturday April 19, 2025
Where – Brockdale Park trailhead
What to bring – raingear (just in case), water, comfortable hiking shoes that you won’t mind if they get muddy.
I’m not liking the weather forecast for the tonight, so I’m cancelling the workday.
We’ll meet at Natha Ct and head south towards Lucas Rd, trimming and clearing as needed.
When – 9am, Saturday, March 8, 2025
Where – Natha Ct, Lucas
What to bring – Loppers, water, gloves, long sleeves
We’ll meet at Collin Park (tell the gate attendant you are there to work on the Trinity Trail) and trim the trail going north. The Collin Park folks would like us to park at the vault toilet (ugh) – enter the Park through the manned gate, drive south and turn left at the first roadway, the toilet is there on the right).
When – 9am, Saturday Feb 8, 2025
Where – Collin Park
What to bring – loppers, gloves, water
The rain is making me nervous, so we’ll postpone this till Dec 14. Same time and plan.
We’ll meet at Sharon Berryman’s house, load up our new picnic tables and go install them. Need some able-bodied folks to help lift and move the tables.
When – 9am, Saturday, Dec 7 2024
Where – 2 Woodview Ct, Lucas, Tx 75002 (park in the cul-de-sac)
What to bring – gloves, loppers, water for yourself
We’ll convoy from Sharon’s to the access points we’ll use to get on the trail with the tables.
Too much rain on Friday, we’ll find another day.
We’ll be doing trash pickup north of the Highland Park boatramp. We’ll meet at the E. Winningkoff Trailhead and enter the trail at the Welborn gate.
When – Saturday, Oct 5, 2024 at 9am
Where – E Winningkoff trailhead (under the water tower)
What to bring – gloves, long sleeves, water
