TPW TV -- TRAILBUILDER: A man whose passion has him 
taming trails ... ahead on Passport to Texas. 

This is Passport to Texas (January 15)

Seventy-nine year old retired math teacher Robert 
Newman looks after the Franklin Mountains; he hand 
builds the trails visitors enjoy.

06 -- I just take it day-by-day. One Rock at a time. Ah ... it looks 
alright.

For fifteen years, Robert has done this difficult work on 
his own. And says he doesn't mind because the 
surroundings are beautiful. 

24 -- Now this is going to be a pretty rough ride, I'm going to go 
very slow. Today we are at the Tom Mays unit of the Franklin 
Mountains State Park, and we're going on up to where we are 
working on a new trail. There's existing trails, well actually old 
bulldozed roads basically. That are really tough, so I'm trying to 
put in one that's more user friendly!

Robert takes his old jeep up the side of the mountain as 
far as it will go, before walking the last half mile over 
rocky terrain to his work site where, with simple tools, 
creates trails.

23 -- When I'm out here working on a trail I have basically three 
settings: the first setting is very slow. The second setting is 
even slower, and the third setting is stopped. And stopped eats 
up more time than the other two put together. When I'm out 
here working most of the time I'm sitting and I'll just sit and 
look in awe at what's out here.

Enjoy the scenery and meet Robert Newman on the TPW 
TV series on PBS next week. Check your local listings.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife, I'm Cecilia Nasti.






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