I guess this goes back to my question of "what could 5 or 6 motivated people do in a day". As long as there are plentiful tire-killing thorns, it's going to be tough to get normal people out on the trail. But if a few people with a chainsaw and a bob trailer could make big segment safely passable, where the Farmersville to, say, Roxton section could be promoted as a survivable ride, then the whole "if you build it they will come" thing could start to come true. I mean, even for me, knowing that a sharp, experienced guy like bergerandfries flatted twice in a short distance makes me think twice about going out there.

As far as a surface, I hope the Katy trail message sank in and people will quit laying asphalt out there. That asphalt near Celeste is scary. With the packed gravel base they have already, 4 inches of decomposed granite 8 feet wide would be a nice, low-cost, low-maintenance way to get started.