Castle Rock State Park hike

Wate Bakker,Jackie Jones,Gigi Clarke,
Susan Brown,Phil Grote

Five brave long hikers and 2 ramblers joined Wate and Johanna to the unique Castle Rock State Park hike Saturday.You can’t see it from the road but as soon as you leave the parking lot and start walking on the trail, you will see the stunning rock formation and the beautiful view of the forested hills. Wate took us on a 4-5 mile, partial loop trail with 6-700 elevation. Most of the trails were straight forward but at times we had to scramble on big slippery boulders. This is a popular park for rock climbers and we saw a few groups on the big rocks. The view from the top is fantastic! We had cloudy and cool weather all day and the fog rolled in just as we were leaving in the afternoon.

Wate Bakker,Phil Grote,Jackie Jones,
Gigi Clarke

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Annual New Years Brunch-2014

Wednesday, January 1st 2014 was a bright sunny day, just right for the annual New Years Day brunch at the top. This year we had both a Rambler hike part way up the hill as well as the usual march to the top for the Long Hikers.  Bonnie Preston  led the Rambler hike to the new picnic table at the intersection of Sky and Indian trail for an 11:30-12:00 celebration and a glass of bubbly. Nancy Rumple led the Long Hikers also starting at about 10:00 AM at Foothill parking lot for a celebration at 11:30 to 12:00 at the top of the hill, where there is now two picnic tables. There was good fellowship and fun for all that attended. There were about forty combined people that attended.

Jim Beyer,Nora Chang,Amy Meier
Sy Gelman,Gigi Clark,Karan Foss,Jackie Jones

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