Valley Lodge Trail Ride Leadership Team

Willie Fry

Trail Boss & President 

Kelli Braunagel 

Assistant Trail Boss & Co-Vice President

Rachel Cook 

Assistant Trail Boss & Co-Vice President

Carol Diller

Treasurer

Kim Haraway

Assistant Trail Boss- Scout & Paramedic 

August Hernandez 

Assistant Trail Boss- Bar

Bill Head

Assistant Trail Boss- Trash/ Clean Up & Camp Fires

Ace LeBouf

Assistant Trail Boss- Ground Logisitics and Routes

David Martinkewiz

Assistant Trail Boss- Scout

P-Nut McKinney

Assistant Trail Boss- Maintenance 

Jerry Patton

Assistant Trail Boss- Potty Trailer

Valley Lodge Trail Ride Executive Board

Michael Murphey Jr

Chairman of the Board & Past Trail Boss Trail Boss 

Willie Fry

Trail Boss & President

Kelli Braunagel 

Assistant Trail Boss & Co-Vice President

Tim Braunagel 

Executive Board Member & Past Trail Boss

Rachel Cook

Assistant Trail Boss & Co-Vice President

Carol Diller

Treasurer

Bill Fry

Executive Board Member & Past Trail Boss

Roland Fulton

Executive Board Member & Past Trail Boss

Mike Murphey

Executive Board Member & Past Trail Boss

Nancy Schmidt

Executive Board Member & Past Trail Boss


Address


Houston, US

About us

The Valley Lodge Trail Ride Association, known as the “Champagne Trail Ride” is one of the oldest trail rides sanctioned by the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. VLTRA’s mission is to promote family values, friendship, and western heritage. The trail ride is scheduled In late February each year to ride over 75 miles to downtown Houston and requires several days on the trail. In the off season, members often participate in local trail rides and parades for community events.