TTPA Halloween Horse Trail Ride and Costume Contest – Oct 25, 2008

Oct. 15, 2008 - PRLog -- The Trinity Trail Preservation Association (TTPA) will sponsor a trail ride and Halloween costume contest, Saturday, October 25 at the Brockdale Park trailhead in Lucas, Texas, weather permitting. Arrive trailhead at 2:30 PM. Ride out at 3:00 PM.

The Horse and Rider Halloween Costume Contest starts at 5 PM. Dinner will follow at 6 PM. TTPA will provide hamburgers and hot dogs for a small donation. Bring your own beverages and lawn chair. Share dinner and great conversation with other riders. You can adjust your ride to your own schedule.

The Costume Contest will have four divisions: 6 and under, ages 7-12, 13-18, and Adult (over 18). Prizes for all participants in the 6 and under and for the first 3 places in the older divisions. Join the fun.

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 .

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 non-profit all-volunteer equestrian organization whose main purpose is to maintain the 17-mile trail on the Corps of Engineers land along Lake Lavon and to network with other trail riders. Please RSVP to Event Chairman Berdine Eberhart (eberhart at flash.net) or via telephone at  214-215-6141.  For more information, see the Trinity Trail Preservation Association’s website at http://www.trinitytrailriders.org.

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The Trinity Trail Preservation Association (http://www.trinitytrailriders.org) is non-profit all-volunteer equestrian organization whose main purpose is to maintain the 17-mile trail along Lake Lavon and encourage hikers and horse owners to use the scenic trail.