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Abilene, hell, they should pay people to visit and ride there... Being along a regional trail with no gates/access control whatsoever and being the "neighborhood" trail system limits our options significantly. I have reached out to Wilco to see if they will allow us to add additional LARGE (Yuge) signs or maybe a wall... We'll see. I will reach out to Curt Randa at Cedar Park about parking lot signage. We definitely cannot erect gates...

It's easy enough to get a Master Lock with a whole bunch of keys. But yea, the flip sign would have a couple of eye bolts with a couple pad locks to secure "Open" or "Closed". I'll check with the county and cedar park. They damn sure won't pay for it, that'll be on me or ARR. (Signs and locks).

Another issue is the parking lots - those are City of Cedar Park parks. Deception is not IN Cedar Park. It's in Austin and it's manager is Wilco. Parking lots would be the best places for the signs - for both trail stewards and users. By the time a user reaches the trail head they are probably 'committed' at least the stubborn irresponsible types. We could see about getting permission from Cedar Park to erect such signs. Yep, I said 'erect'.

I pretty much gave up on trying to put YT content out...just not a fan of the post riding parts - editing sucks. Definitely keep your eyes open for BKXC, he's already got a few of his videos from his recent Austin trip up - feature BCGB and Cat Mountain. He new 'interview style' with an actual camera/sound guy is not public yet, but the preview looks good. I might be a bit biased since Deception is in it, even though he swap Eric Scott and my last name in the captions... It includes some Deception and RPR. He says it will drop to the public domain on Jan 28, 11am, so stay tuned: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3DFdy_qc-cqgKCyQTHLGzA/featured

Sound good in principal, but frankly, I am not going to monitor the various meetup, facebook, whatever groups. The ride caller/host should know the conditions of the trail and call the ride off when the conditions warrant. The Dead Sailor group has members that know the trail well enough (have helped trail maintenance and improvements) and is actually organized by a former ARR VP I believe...so they really should know when to cancel. That said, I DID comment on the DS group ride that it's too wet and should be cancelled. I know AJ and Jenny called off the Wed night Peddler shop ride due to trail conditions. If we're lucky they will just trash Peddler's Pass.

Thanks for the update with the pics and map you sent. I'll get in there and check everything out.

Thanks for the love and concern for your trails. No, really. Lining the trail with rocks or logs is the last thing you want to do with issues like this. Even if you think you've left room for water to drain, it will be captured by the rocks. Lining the trail also gives a very 'artificial' look IMO. To address this you 'drag' the widened bits back to the center and pack it down. Ideally with a slight raised bit of tread. We can try to transplant some grasses from adjacent areas to the sides of the widened stuff, but they usually just die. As for armor, we prefer to reserve that for areas that are wet/soggy for extended periods of time, typically the dry creek bed areas. Like lining the trail with rocks, extraneous armoring looks 'artificial', unless it's at a low crossing or true wetland situation like Candyland (Gum Drop and Snow White). I will schedule a work day very soon when it's drier but moist enough to mold and pack. It's really just the entrance and first 1/4 mile of 1/4 Notch that needs attn and a little bit on the beginning of Picnic.

If we are talking about the same place...maybe you are riding the wrong bits, or the wrong ways, or maybe it's not just your cup of tea...for most of it that is newer it flows very well and being built pretty damn well, with tons of flow and fun - most, not all. I still love the tight bits, but most of those are just a way to get to the top and when you put it together it works very well IMO - tight, long, tech, climbs with fast, flowy, fun downs. I can see the frustration in the more recent 'criss-crossing' in a particular area - that could be done better and poached less on existing lines...but in the big picture, that is literally line 10 seconds of trail experience at the most. P.S. - NOW, THAT SAID - DON'T BUILD UNSANCTIONED TRAILS

Technically Mulligan is not exactly sanctioned, that's why it has no signs...not that it matters.

I've finally caved and joined...what did I miss?