Anybody make it to Palestine for the Dogwood Trails this year? Texas Buckeyes in BigD

[DEMDeepEllumMusic]

I just found out that they had their big weekend with the festival last weekend. What brought this to mind is seeing a few trees in bloom in Lee Park yesterday.

The few pics that the local paper has on line were not that great so not sure how the trees look, I do know that the flowering of the trees is not for a real long time.

Also in the Great Trinity Forest there wasbe a hike to see the Texas Buckeye in bloom a couple weeks ago, http://www.texasbuckeyetrail.org/
They still should be in blossom this week (I've taken the hike a couple times and it isn't bad but I would wear some shoes that you would not mind getting muddy).

If enough people would want to hike out there this Sunday after lunch I can pretty much guide a group out there since I've been on the trail a few times and the trail is reasonably well marked (though several times a year it is under water).

[venchka]

We drove through Palestine last Saturday morning. Saw a sign for an Old Time Music and Dulcimer festival.

From Palestine on Saturday, through Wood County and up to Greenville on Sunday, the dogwoods, wisteria and azaleas were outstanding! I had never noticed the volume of dogwood trees in the woods before. Groups of dozens to hundereds were common.

[Steelsun]

Went through Palestine - Buffalo - Tyler about a week ago - took some back routes but not the specific "Dogwood Trails" that the COCs publish. They were blooming though - even in the hard rain they were quite easy to see.

The Texas RR is even having some Dogwood train rides to see them.

[DEMDeepEllumMusic]

Went out today and most of the trees jave lost their blossoms due to the high winds.