Our STA workday at Phipps Park on Friday was a huge success.  We set out to clear a new trail teaming up with North Florida Back Country Horse Association (NFBCHA) members. 

After doing some preliminary scouting and routing, Robert Steele, City of Tallahassee, lead the way from the Gate A entrance parking area cutting the trail with his equipment.  Then our crew followed, cleaning up debris and splitting up logs, cutting branches and installing new signs where appropriate.

We zigzagged our way to the Gate B parking area, crossed the Gate B entrance road, then continued to create a loop amongst the pines and oaks eventually connecting to the existing STA equestrian trail. 

Because one area was too dense for his machine, Robert will go back next week with some heavy-duty equipment to finish clearing that area of the trail.  We plan to have one more workday finishing up the approximately 1.5 miles of new equestrian-only trail. 

Thanks so much to our crew:  Sharon and Herb, Nancy, Linda, Maria, Wendy and Laura.