Trail Association activities for the month

The Heartland Chapter of the Florida Trail Association has a busy month planned for September.

Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 4 and 5, there will be a Trail Improvement at the Avon Park Whillingham Trail where members can come for the day or stay overnight.

Contact Bob Hummel at 471-1814 for meet-up time, location and other details.

Saturday, Sept. 11 will see a Chapter Meeting, Bike Ride and Pot Luck lunch at the Circle B Bar Reserve in the Lakeland area.

Entrance is on the south side of SR 540 (Winter Lake Rd.) between US 98 and Thornhill Rd.

For the ride, bring a bicycle with tires suitable for dirt paths, water and a helmet.

For the Pot Luck, please bring a dish to share, based on last names beginning with A-H, salad, I-Q, main dish, R-Z, desert.

Contact Betty Piper at 293-3053 or bpiper2005@aol.com for meet-up time and other information.

Saturday and Sunday, Sept 18-19, will see another Trail Improvement, overnight or come for the day, on the Arbuckle tract of the Lake Wales Ridge State Forest.

Call Jim and Rose Kellerman at 676-2889 for meet-up time, location and other details.

And on Saturday, Sept. 25 there will be a ride on the Ft. Fraser Trail, beginning at the trail head on Hwy. 98 in Highland City.

Bring bicycle, helmet, water and snacks.

Following the ride will be a lunch at the Catfish Country restaurant.

Call Eileen Valachovic at 956-2145 for meet-up time and other information.