Please join Tuesday at 8:30pm for a full moon hike up Sobrante Ridge, an undeveloped piece of land just within the Richmond city limits that is now managed by the East Bay Regional Park System and just off I80 (Sobrante Ridge was formerly used to raise horses and cattle critical in the development of the tetanus and diptheria vaccines). We will take a short hike to the top of the ridge, starting at a parking lot that is more than half way up to the 832' high point. Other than a notable manzanita grove, Sobrante Ridge doesn't have much to offer during hot summer days when the Richmond sun bleaches the hills dry. But at night the hillside comes to life -- cool bay breezes, coastal live oaks casting moon shadows, and wide open views of Mt. Tam and Mt. Diablo and the east bay hills. It will be a short hike given the relatively small size of the park but one well worth attending as we expect special guest commentary from visiting members of the New York full moon hike chapter.
Feel free to invite like-minded friends and acquaintances. If you need/have a carpool opportunity, please let me know, and do RSVP in any case so we know to expect you.
Directions:
From Interstate 80, exit San Pablo Dam Road (exit 18). Drive about 3.5 miles southeast on San Pablo Dam Road to the traffic light at Castro Ranch Road. Turn left and drive 0.8 mile, then turn left (into a housing development) on Conestoga Way. Drive uphill on Conestoga Way 0.3 mile, turn left onto Carriage Drive, drive 0.2 mile, and then turn right onto Coach Drive. Take Coach Drive 0.3 mile to the park entrance at the end of the road.
Inspiration Point, Tilden - June 2009
Hello everyone.
So Ben and Melissa are out of town for the upcoming full moon, so I was honored to be asked to organize our monthly luminescent expedition.
It's not especially creative but I've never been to Inspiration Point in Tilden on one of these, so that seems like a good spot. I'll be coming from a weekend away at Desolation Wilderness, but perhaps RSVP.
Meet at the parking lot of the Inspiration Point Trail in Tilden Park at 8:30. Hope to see a good first days of summer turn out.
Here are some directions:
Once you're In Berkeley take Martin Luther King to Marin. (MLK turns into "the Alameda.")
Go RIGHT up Marin.
It's a little tricky when you hit "the Circle", but stay on Marin
Right on Grizzly Peak
Left on Shasta
Then shortly after, inside the park gate, RIGHT to stay on Shasta Rd.
Veer LEFT on E Park Drive (About a mile)
At Wildcat Canyon Rd. slight left and you should be there.
Hopefully there's no curfew, but we've worked around that before. Even if there is our cars won't get locked in. Refreshments will be provided.
umm, Lunarly yours,
Will
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