I see we have some hikes and APC style training down by Waco/Houston, but is anybody interested in doing that around the DFW area?

There are lots of miles of trails on the Caddo / LBJ National Grasslands, plus other locales in the area. Any interest?

Yep.

Don't have the bandwidth to plan anything. But set a date and time and see who shows

Just throwing a thread out to the where and when is how I started it. First day, nobody showed. Second time got some bites. It's hit or miss as everyone has lives and obligations but folks will show up.

The biggest issue is this state is so goddamned big, most folks don't want to drive 2 hours on the regular. I have to do that roughly every weekend anyway, so there was no way I was gonna start showing up regularly down in Houston or DFW.

If you start it, folks will show eventually.

No.

https://www.ar15.com/forums/Hometown/Texas/69-647408/

You might @ a few of the folks that started the linked thread. I believe precovid the DFW crew had some momentum with APC style events.

I’m interested. I made it to one before. If someone wants to run with organizing I will do my best to make it out.

I took my kids out to Goat island last year. I didn't have a good map and ended up looking for a second trail back out of that place that either didn't exist or wasn't well maintained. We basically bushwhacked our way back out of there for half a mile till we hit a trail. I need to get a new GPS.

We did a few last spring but the organizer left town so it kind of died off.

I'd be in.

Those were fun times.

I've been hiking with the family nearly every weekend but it's not quite as intense hiking with an 8 year old.

We had a fairly decent crew meeting  a few times a month but momentum fizzled out once covid hit and everyone's lives got flipped upside down.

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I think we’ve done River Kegacy in Arlington before.

Forgive my ignorance but what does APC stand for?  Like plates?

Previously we have been out at, with my impressions of each.  Haven't been out in 2021 so I don't know how busy they are this year.

Cedar Ridge Preserve (near Cedar Hill State Park)
7171 Mountain Creek Pkwy, Dallas, TX 75249
Very busy with lots of trail runners and hikers, narrow paths with shade, limited parking, hilly for medium to tough workout

Murrell Park (north side of Lake Grapevine)
880 Simmons Rd, Flower Mound, TX 75022
Busy but not overwhelmed by mountain bikes and hikers. narrow paths with some shade, small ridges for medium workout

Wynnwood Park (east short of Lake Lewisville)
1000 Lebanon Rd, The Colony, TX 75056
Relatively lightly used by bikes and walkers, wide improved trail with some shade, essentially flat so easy workout.


I am investigating the Trinity Trail on the west side of Lake Lavon.  It is maintained by the horse organization but it open to hikers too.  I was just looking for something more isolated but still relatively near the metroplex.  http://www.trinitytrailriders.org/trail-map/

https://www.americanpioneercorps.org/

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Wear comfortable clothes, and walk the distance at a certain pace. Usually the trails are mixed terrain. I think the last time we all went to Chili’s.

We are in public so it's just hiking gear, no reason to worry the squares unnecessarily
Main reason is to meet other folks, close second to get a good workout.  Most folks don't carry a load for a decent distance, it's a skill.

This is a good thread: https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/The-Martial-Art-of-Foot-Soldiering/5-1609811/