Two of Hill County’s finest
community oriented organizations, Hill
County Paw Pals and Hillsboro Police
Department Community Outreach Programs, have joined together again to
launch their third annual “Waggin’ Trail Bike Ride” on Saturday, September
25. The event is planned with five
routes to meet the needs of avid cyclists to the casual rider which include 66,
54, 40, 26, and 10 mile routes.
Registration begins at 7:30pm with staggered starts beginning at 9:00am
at 126 West Elm Street (Antique Village) in Hillsboro, Texas. Hillsboro is conveniently located 56 miles
south of Dallas/Worth or 32 miles north of Waco on I-35. Once in downtown Hillsboro, the business
Antique Village (start point), is located one block west of the courthouse on
Highway 22 (Elm Street).
The planned routes of Waggin’ Trail
Bike Ride offer cyclists a unique tour of Central Texas. Hill County is 986 square miles of rural area
that is joined together with miles and miles of splendid paved farm-to-market
roads. With a combined population of
only 33,000, Hill County offers open spaces.
On many areas of the bike ride, one can see for miles around—the
splendid beauty of open land—flowing creeks, pastures with cattle and horses
grazing, farmers’ cultivated fields, and proud, rural communities. The varied routes all explore the back roads
of Hill County and go through communities that were established during the
1850’s when Hill County was created and named after Dr. George W. Hill, a
settler who served as a congressman and Secretary of War for the Republic of
Texas.
This year’s event has been planned
in conjunction with “Go Texan Cotton Pickin’ Fair” and “Roadhouse America Elm
Street Rod Run (car show)—fun for entire family!
Planning committee for this year’s event
are (in alphabetical order):
Detective Israel Abrego (HPD),
Chief Tony Cain (HPD), Vivian Caldwell (HCBGC), Lana Crow (HCPP), Barbara Diltz
(HCPP), Dana Fuchs (HCPP), Mike Hendricks (HCPP), Carol Knight (HCPP), John
Knight (HCPP), Warren Smith (HCPP), and Greg Solomon (HCC)
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