February 13, 2016 | 
Author 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
With the high lake levels and flooded trail, we’ve cancelled this workday. Enjoy your time off!
We’ll go north from Highland Park and clean up more of the flood debris next to the trail.
When – Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 9am
Where – Highland Park Trailhead
What to bring – gloves, boots, long sleeves. We’ll provide the trash bags!
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.
We’ll continue the flood debris cleanup. We’ll have the trashbags, you’ll need gloves and energy!
When – 9am, October 10, 2015
Where – Highland Park Trailhead
What to bring – water, gloves, long sleeved shirt is recommended, bug spray
Questions or RSVP to Duke – 214-422-2929
