Hi South Bay Area Folks- I'm planning another S24O to Castle Rock State Park this weekend...
(Article on S24O camping: https://www.adventurecycling.org/resources/Petersen_S240s.pdf ) When: Sunday evening 9/2/2012 Where: Castle Rock State Park "hiker-biker" campground, aka "Castle Rock Trail Camp" Camp map: http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/538/files/CastleRockCGmap.pdf I did my first-ever S24O here on Memorial Day this year, and it was lovely. There are several clusters of campsites. I found the ones on Frog Flat (#1 through #5) to be most pleasant, with open sky for stargazing, so that's where I'll probably be. Full moon is Friday 8/31 (my birthday!) so it will rise a couple of hours after sunset on Sunday. Bike access to the campground is only via the ~1 mile dirt road called "Service Road Trail" on the map, which is about 1.5 miles South of Hwy 9 on Hwy 35/Skyline Blvd. The "Service Road Trail" shares a driveway with the Los Altos Rod& Gun Club at 14750 SKYLINE BOULEVARD, LOS GATOS, CA 95033. The Service Road is to the left when facing the Gun Club entrance. There is piped drinking water at the campground, though in these times of tight state budgets, I'll be bringing enough water to get me through the night, just in case it is not available. I'll be registering for a campsite, which is good for up to six people, so no need for you to register unless we get a crowd. I'm planning to ride from our home in Redwood Estates via Summit/Skyline, leaving late afternoon Sunday, with a very rough ETA at the campground of 5-6pm -- time enough to pitch camp, eat some dinner, and maybe take a little hike before sunset. In the morning I'm planning to rise when my body is ready to wake up (Yay!) and ride home to Redwood Estates again via Skyline/Summit. I lucked out when I was there on Memorial Day, in that it was the last day of the burn season, so I was able to build a campfire. Now that it is peak fire season, we won't be able to have a campfire. (I'll be bringing a tiny camp stove). It is predicted to be in the low 50's at night, so I'll be bringing layers of wool... I'd love to have some company; hope to meet you there. cheers, Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
