Monthly meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of the month. The location is the Northwest Recreation Center at 2913 Northland Dr, 78757. Enter the front doors, look left, and you will see and hear us.
Visiting begins at 6 pm with our business meeting following at 6:30. Our speaker begins at 7.
Our agenda is typically the following: bring your brown-bag dinner or a snack; we gather at 6 pm & socialize; 6:30-7:00 greetings, introductions, business, outings reports and planning; 7- 8 speaker; 8 – 8:15 adjournment and cleanup.
Karen Hoffman Blizzard will give a presentation on mountain-biking and hiking at Big Bend Ranch State Park. Highlights will include a “map tour” of the park’s layout and geological features; tips for preparing for the park’s signature event, Chihuahuan Desert Bike Fest; and easy-to-access day hikes in the park.
Blizzard is a freelance writer and musician who previously worked at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department from 2006 – 2014. As a communications professional she wrote extensively about state parks, and led hikes and mountain-biking rides at Becoming an Outdoors-Woman weekend workshops. As a member of the team that implemented the public use plan for Big Bend Ranch State Park, she participated in trail building, wrote numerous articles for TPW magazine including the award-winning “Mountain Biking Dream Ride,” and co-authored the park’s Biking Guide. She also publicized and worked as a Bike Patrol member for Chihuahuan Desert Bike Fest, which has been produced by Desert Sports and TPWD every February since 2011. In October 2017, Texas Highways magazine published her article about hiking in and around the Sauceda area of Big Bend Ranch State Park.
Join us and bring a friend!