Grateful Dads – East Bay Chapter

FAMILY/FRIENDS CAMPOUT

And Hike #62

Anthony Chabot Regional Park

Family Campground to Raccoon Point

Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21, 2009

Lake Chabot is a 315-acre lake with an intimate feel, which has many nooks and crannies along its shoreline that form bays and inlets, and an island in the middle.  Today, Anthony Chabot Regional Park is one of the most popular fishing spots in the East Bay, and boats and canoes can be rented for trips into the various narrow inlets and bays.  This is the first family/friends hike of the season.  Those who have RSVP’d and reserved a spot for this trip, will meet at campsites 69-72 in the family campground.  There can be two tents on each campsite, so we have room for 8 families so far.  We’ll meet between 2pm and 3pm at the sites to set up our tents.  After the tents are set up we will go on the hike from the campground to Raccoon Point and back.  We’ll have a campfire cookout on Saturday evening, enjoy a RESTFUL night under the stars that night, and on Sunday morning we’ll take down camp and leave around mid-morning.

PLEASE RSVP SOON, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH CAMPSITES RESERVED!!  WE HAVE 6 OPEN SPOTS!

SCHEDULE:

SATURDAY, JUNE 20

2:00pm to 3:00pm – meet up at campsites 69-72 and set up tents.

3:00pm to 6:00pm – hike to Raccoon Point and back

                We’ll take Honker Bay Trail to East Shore Trail, then Huck’s Trail back to camp.

6:00pm to 7:00pm – campfire and dinner

SUNDAY, JUNE 21

10:00am to 11:00am – pack up and leave the campground.

DIRECTIONS

From Castro Valley, take Redwood Road west to the Marciel Road entry gate.  Take Marciel Road to the family campground entry kiosk.  We will meet at campsites 69-72, which are located towards the back of the campground.