PARRIE HAYNES RIDING TRAILS: Saddle up and ride though 
some of the most diverse landscape in the state ... we'll 
tell you where ... just ahead on Passport to Texas.
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

Just south of Killeen, at the Parrie Haynes Youth Ranch, you and 
your horse can meander through seven different ecological 
areas. 

" ... including Hill Country-type caliche rock, grasslands, 
cedar-covered hills, oak forests, it's absolutely wonderful."

Karl Cloninger is the manager of the Ranch, operated by Texas 
Parks and Wildlife. It has an extensive system of premier 
horse-riding trails, and overnight accommodations for those 
who need them.

"We have 20 sets of 2 horse pens and 22 to 26, 30-amp RV 
plugs with power and 20 sites with water. Our casual day 
riding fees are 10-dollars per rig, per day. A rig is a 
truck and a trailer. And if you come and stay overnight 
with us, and hook up to the power units, its 12-dollars 
a day. It's a very good deal." 

The 44-hundred acre ranch was a gift to the youth of Texas 
from the late Parrie Haynes. Up to 50 riders at time can use the 
ranch trails, and riders must carry proof of a negative Coggins 
Disease certificate in order to bring their horses onto the ranch. 
 
Learn more about the horse trails at Parrie Haynes on the Texas 
Parks and Wildlife web site.

That's our show for today. For Texas Parks and Wildlife, I'm 
Cecilia Nasti