Hiking in Castle Rock State Park this Saturday, July 31

[xinming2002]

Dear Friends,

I am going to organize a hiking trip to Castle Rock State Park this Saturday, July 31. This hiking is easy-to-moderate with a round-trip distance of 4.7 mile and 1000 feet evalation change. For more information for the hiking trail, you can visit the following web site:
http://www.bahiker.com/southbayhikes/castlerock.html

For this trip, we will first gather at Milpitas 99 Ranch Market (338 Barber Lane, Milpitas, CA) at 1:30pm. After that, we will meet again at the park parking lot at 2:30pm (the park entrance fee is $8 per car). We will hike for about 3 hours and come back around 5:30pm. We will have an optional dinner in Milpitas after the hiking.

The driving direction is below.
1. Head southeast on Barber Ln toward Alder Dr 0.6 mi
2. Take the 1st right onto Alder Dr 0.2 mi
3. Take the 1st right onto E Tasman Dr 0.2 mi
4. Turn right to merge onto I-880 S 7.3 mi
5. Continue onto CA-17 S 4.4 mi
6. Take the exit onto CA-85 N toward Mountain View 3.3 mi
7. Take the Saratoga Ave exit 0.3 mi
8. Turn left at Saratoga Ave 1.9 mi
9. Continue onto Big Basin Way 0.6 mi
10. Continue onto CA-9 S/Congress Springs Rd 1.9 mi
11. Turn right to stay on CA-9 S/Congress Springs Rd 4.8 mi
12. Turn left at CA-35 S/Skyline Blvd 2.5 mi

If you are interested in this trip, please POSTREPLY here or PM xinming2002 for reservation. If you want to participate in carpool, please let me know if you need a carpool seat or can provide carpool seats. Carpool cost will be shared among participants (around $5 per person for gas and park entrance fee, given to the driver directly). If you have any question, please feel free to contact me through email or cell phone (213-327-4298) .


Xinming(Simon)

[Weiming Lake]

Hi,

Long time no see!
How is it going?