Trinity Trail Halloween Trail Ride and Festivities – Oct 31, 2009

The Trinity Trail Preservation Association (TTPA) will sponsor a Halloween trail ride and costume lunch on Saturday, October 31 at the Brockdale Park trailhead in Lucas, Texas, weather permitting.

Trail Ride: Arrive trailhead at 9:30 PM. Ride out at 10:00 PM.

Lunch: TTPA’s hardworking Chuck Wagon volunteers will expertly cook hamburgers for a small donation ($5) starting at 12:30 PM.

Costume Parade: At 1:30 PM we will have a costume parade around the trailhead. It should be a great photo opportunity and fun for all.

Trick or Treating: Starting at 2 PM we will have horse trailer trick or treating. This is where the kids wearing their costumes go from horse trailer to trailer to receive their treats. This should provide more photo opportunities.

In addition to your camera, bring your own beverages and lawn chair. Share lunch and good times with other riders.

The ride will be automatically cancelled if it is raining or if there has been so much rain as to make the trail extremely wet, muddy and dangerous. To check on trail conditions call Trail Steward Charlie Gaines at 972-824-3369.

Don’t forget your current negative Coggins Certificate for each horse, as state law requires us to check. You can’t enter the park without one. For safety reasons, dogs will not be permitted on the trail. They must remain tied at your trailer in camp. For more information, see the Trinity Trail Preservation Association’s website at www.trinitytrailriders.org or the TTPA blog at http://www.trinitytrailsblog.org/.

Directions to Brockdale Park Trailhead

Lucas is northeast of Dallas, TX. From Dallas, go north on US 75 to the Bethany Drive exit in Allen and go east. Take Bethany Drive through Allen into Lucas (about 5 miles). Counting the light at the expressway exit, you will go through nine lights. The ninth light is at Bethany and FM 1378 where Lucas City Hall will be on the left. Go straight. In about ½ mile, when the road makes a sharp curve, you will see a stoplight and the Lucas Food Mart and Fina station will be on your left. Turn left here on FM 3286 and go less than a mile to Brockdale Park Road. There is a brown Brockdale Park sign on the right just before the turn. It turns off to the right. If you get to the bridge over Lake Lavon you have gone too far. Follow Brockdale Park Road around to the trailhead. You will drive through three 90-degree turns. The trailhead is at the 3rd 90-degree turn on the right and is bordered by white pipe fence. If you get to the boat ramp you have gone too far.

About Trinity Trail Preservation Association

The Trinity Trail Preservation Association is an all-volunteer equestrian organization whose main purpose is to maintain the 25.5-mile long trail on the Corps of Engineers land along Lake Lavon and to network with other trail riders. Besides maintaining the trail, the group sponsors trail rides and cookouts and has quarterly meetings with speakers on horse-related issues. The group is truly regional and has nearly 200 member families from the nearby communities. In addition, riders and hikers from all over the Metroplex come to enjoy the beauty and peacefulness of the trail. The trail runs from Highland Park in the north through Brockdale Park in Lucas through Collin Park in St. Paul to East Fork Park in Wylie.

For more information about TTPA, call Membership Chairman Ruth Blom at 214-418-4106. To support the trail and get emails of the monthly newsletter, send $25 to Trinity Trail Preservation Association, c/o Pat Martin, 4040 Avion Drive, Wylie, TX 75098. For more information, see the Trinity Trail Preservation Association’s website at www.trinitytrailriders.org or the TTPA blog at http://www.trinitytrailsblog.org/.