Category: Past Events
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Urban Hike: Mt Sutro ‘13 Event Report
When:12/14/13 Where: San Francisco Location: San Francisco, Twin Peaks, Mt Sutro, Haight-Ashbury, et al. Trip Summary: First we went to Daly City and took BART to Glen Park. We walked to Glen Canyon park. The trails weren’t well marked and we backtracked several times and climbed out of the canyon at the wrong point. From…
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Sweeney Ridge Day Hike (11/24/13) Event Report
Destination Urban Hike: Sweeney Ridge (Approach via Mori Ridge Trail) Start at Shellback Nursery parking lot off of Hwy 1 in Pacifica (entrance is very steep) Trip Time 9AM -4PM, ~20 min one-way drive time from Foster City. Facilities porta-potty at junction of Mori Ridge – Sweeney Ridge Trails pit toilet at Sweeney Ridge &…
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Fish Hatchery Trip Report
When: 11/10/13 Where: Mokelumne Fish Hatchery By: Matthew Location: at bottom of Camanche Dam, 25800 N. McIntire Road, Clements, CA Trip Summary: The fish holding tanks were full of Chinook salmon ready to mate. They were three to five feet long and males were bright red. We saw them smash into the gates in the…
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Fall Backpacking at Henry Coe Trip Report
When: 11/1-11/3/13 Where: Henry Coe Pk By: Matt Location: Henry Coe Park Trip Summary: We met at the library at 4:00 and we arranged our carpools to head out on our journey. We arrived at the park at about 6:00 or 6:30-ish, split up troop gear, grabbed our head lamps and walked under the stars…
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Lake Tulloch Event Report
When: 9/28-29, 2013 Where: Lake Tulloch Event: Webelos Weekend/Fishing and Boating Trip Summary: We left in two shifts from the FC Library, one in the morning and one afternoon. We set up camp and provided all of the tents and food for the Webelos. During the day we took shifts bringing people boating and tubing.…
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Bay to Burgers Event Report
When: Sept. 15, 2013 Where: FC, Redwood Shores, San Carlos By: Jacob Location: Foster City levy-redwood shores Holly street San Carlos Trip Summary: we met at the library went over outdoor skills with Mr. Breen. Between the library and Oracle, Adam tried to play a role-playing game with Maddy, me, max and Matt. Then we…
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Picnic (9/8/13) Event Report
Where:Boothebay Park By: Jacob Scouts most of the troop Adults: most of the adults Location: Boothbay Park Foster City California Trip Summary: We set up the food and played. Then we ate hot dogs which were grillled and it was a semi-potluck and some of the fathers and mothers were cooking. This happens every year.…
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Ano Nuevo Elephant Seal HIke
Date: Sun 16 February 2014 NOTE NEW DATE! Sorry of all the date changes: Reserve America once again goofed up our reservation, but we should be good this time Summary: This is a great opportunity to see our Northern Elephant Seals doing their breeding behaviors. It is a 3 mile hike for the seals and…
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Camp Wente 2013
July 7 – 13, 2013 Troop 175 had another successful summer camp session at Wente. We piled scouts and gear into cars on Sunday drove to Willits where we stopped at Burger King for an early lunch, and then on to Wente, where we stayed in our traditional home at the Little Dipper camp site. Over the…
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