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ACTIVITIES and EVENTS General Participation Guidelines Additional information about these activities
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If you did not sign up for
an event or activity at the last club meeting and Every Tuesday, 5:45 pm – WALK THE DOWNTOWN BRIDGES: Meet at the Chart House restaurant parking lot to be ready to walk a bridge loop at 5:45pm. There is no need to call in advance. Leader: Judy M 398-2750. |
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April 22nd thru 23rd , Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 am - CAMPING AND PADDLE CLINIC AT OCEAN POND: We will be camping at Ocean Pond, Saturday night. Ocean Pond, is a natural 1,760-acre lake located near Olustee in the Osceola Forest. Dinner will be “bum stew” around the camp fire. Bring your camping gear, other meals and a vegetable for the stew and appetizer to share. Meet Earline at the Hardee’s on Lane Ave. at 9:00 am Sat. morning. Sunday morning at 9:30, there will be a paddling clinic given by Earline V. If you are not camping with us wear your bathing suit, bring a picnic lunch and change of clothes. And don’t forget the sunscreen and bug spray. This will be a fun time and a great learning experience. This is for all paddlers – canoeists and kayakers - beginners (we all had to learn) or paddlers with experience. Bring a boat if you have one and dry clothes, but having a boat is not required to do the clinic. There will be several there for you to use. You don’t have to camp, to do the clinic. Sunday afternoon we may just paddle around on the lake and do a little exploring. Please call so we know how many to expect for camping and/or the clinic. Leaders for camping Jeff P. and Sandy P. 955-4550, Leader for the clinic Earline V. home 998-4244 cell 614-8629. April 29th, Saturday, 8:00 am. – PAINT THE TOWN: Sidetrackers will join other volunteer teams to paint a house in the north Riverside area. The homes usually belong to older citizens who can’t afford to have repairs and paint done on their homes. All participants get a free t-shirt and lunch. Meet location to be announced. Leader: Judy M. hm. 398-2750, wk. 630-1212x3897 May 3rd, Wednesday 6:30 pm, MONTHLY MEETING: We will meet at the Southeast Regional Public Library at Gate Parkway off of J. Turner Butler Blvd. for a report on last month’s events and highlights next month’s events. All members and prospective members are invited to attend. At 5:00 pm, prior to the meeting, some members meet at Bono’s restaurant on Gate Parkway, for dinner. After the meeting, we move to a local Restaurant for socializing, coffee, dessert, late dinner or a snack. May 5th, 6th and 7th - CAMPING AND TOUR OF CHARLESTON, S.C.: We will be camping and touring Charleston with a trip to Middleton and or Magnolia Gardens which is comparable to Callaway Gardens. It will be spring time and the flowers should be in full bloom. We will do a lot of walking that weekend. The venues will be the city itself (like Savannah, like Charleston); Middleton Plantation and/or Magnolia Plantation (like Callaway Gardens, like the plantations); the Charleston Aquarium. More research to be done before trip time as to activity possibilities, we will not be just sitting around. It will be a great weekend. Call now to reserve your camp site. Leader: Marta W. 725-9521. May 13th, Saturday, 8:00 pm, - MOONLIGHT PADDLE ON JULINGTON CREEK: We will be paddling on Julington Creek in the moonlight. We’ll put our boats in the water around 8:00 PM at Clark’s Fish Camp and Seafood Restaurant, 12903 Hood Landing Road in Mandarin, 268-3474 and paddle for a couple of hours. These are fun and different trips so plan on joining us. Be sure to bring water, bug spray and a flashlight or headlamp. There are no rentals so if you don’t have a boat let me know and I’ll try to make some arrangements for you. I will also appreciate everyone that does have a boat that plans on going to contact me. Leader: Earline V 998-4244 h 614-8629 c e.veltman(at)comcast.net. May 20th, Saturday – OPEN and waiting for a fun activity. May 21st, Sunday, 2:00 pm, - HIKING AT FT. CAROLINE NATIONAL MONUMENT: Come join us hiking the trails, visiting the visitor’s center and learn about the history in the area and explore the fort. Wear comfortable shoes, bring bug spray and water. Leader: Bob H. 241-4341, cell 866-1375. May 26th – 29th , Saturday thru Monday , CAMPING TRIP TO HIGH FALLS STATE PARK: We will be spending Memorial Day weekend camping at beautiful High Falls State Park in Georgia. The park offers 112 campsites with electrical and water hookups (five comfort stations with hot showers are provided in the camping areas), individual picnic sites and group shelters, fishing and boating in the 650-acre High Falls Lake (private boats are permitted and fishing boats, canoes and pedal boats can be rented at the park office), a swimming pool that is open Memorial Day through Labor Day and about five miles of hiking and running trails. If you are interested in going, please call the leader, ASAP. There will be a limited number of campsites reserved after that you will be on your own to make reservations. It is a three night min. at $22.00 a night (2 tents per site). Plan on bringing your boat, if you have one, hiking boots, camping gear and meals. Leader: Diane J. 821-6707. http://gastateparks.org/net/go/parks.aspx?locationid=31&siteid=5 June 2nd, Friday, 5:30 - ART WALK IN ST. AUGUSTINE: Come wander through the streets of St. Augustine, browsing in art galleries, sipping on wine and nibbling on cheese. Leader: Marta W. 725-9521 June 3rd, Saturday, 10:00 am, - SNORKELING AT SALT SPRINGS: We will snorkel and swim in the natural springs of Salt Springs. http://www.saltspringscampground.com . Bring mask and snorkel, fins if you want, dry clothes, chair, towel, sunscreen and water. Cost is $4.00 a person. Meet at the McDonald's on US 17 across from the Dog Track in beautiful downtown Orange Park. Leaders: Bob H. 241-4341, cell 866-1375, Denise R. hm. 241-4319, cell 463-0535. June 4th, Sunday afternoon, 4:00 pm, - QUARTERLY PLANNING MEETING: The activities listed in this newsletter are planned and organized by members of Sidetrackers, there is no planning committee. If there is something you want to do and want someone to do it with, check out, pick a date, fill out the Activity Write up sheet and bring it to the planning meeting. We will be picnicking in one of the city parks and planning activities for July, August and September. Leader: Diane 821-6707. June 7th, Wednesday 6:30 pm, MONTHLY MEETING: We will meet at the Southeast Regional Public Library at Gate Parkway off of J. Turner Butler Blvd. for a report on last month’s events and highlights next month’s events. All members and prospective members are invited to attend. At 5:00 pm, prior to the meeting, some members meet at Bono’s restaurant on Gate Parkway, for dinner. After the meeting, we move to a local Restaurant for socializing, coffee, dessert, late dinner or a snack. June 10th, Saturday, 7:00 am, - HIKING AT BAYARD CONSERVATION AREA: Join us for a moderate 3-4 hour hike from the John P. Hall Sr. Nature Preserve to a beautiful campsite on the St. Johns River. We will see mostly intact turpentine cups hanging from a cat faced stump from a after Civil War turpentine processing camp in the 1940’s. We will climb an observation tower to view wildlife. http://www.sjrwmd.com/programs/operations/land_mgmt/index.html Bring hiking boots, water, sunscreen and snacks. We will meet at the McDonald's on US 17 across from the Dog Track Orange Park. Leader: Heike M. - 998-2312. June 17th, Saturday, 10:00 AM - PICNIC AND PADDLE ON THE LAKE IN INTERLACHEN: My friend Mary Kay has invited us to have a picnic and paddle at her lake house in Interlachen. Bring your boat, fishing gear, yard games, etc. We will leave McDonalds on Park Ave.(US 17) in Orange Park across from the Dog track at 10:00 to caravan there. Bring a dish to share and whatever you would like to cook on the grill. We will have a fun day just hanging out at the lake. It is quite a large lake so it will be fun to paddle and quite different than paddling on a river. There is no place to swim, but we can sit on the dock and enjoy the view. Be sure to bring sunscreen, plenty of water and anything else you would like to drink with your picnic. Please let me know if you plan on attending. Earline V 998-4244 h 614-8629 c e.veltman(at)comcast.net June 24th, 8:00, Saturday – CANOE/KAYAK THE ST. MARY’S RIVER (near Folkston, Georgia): This will be about a 14 miles, 4 and half hour paddle, all downstream, however some may be tidal. Canoes and kayaks can be rented for Canoe Country Outpost at US 1 and the St. Mary’s river, 866-845-4443. We will be shuttled to Thompkins Landing and paddle back to the outfitters. Bring water, snacks, lunch (chair, blanket to sit on), dry clothes. Leader: John T. 910-9417.
July 5th,
Wednesday 6:30
pm, MONTHLY MEETING:
We will
meet at the Southeast Regional Public Library at Gate Parkway off of J.
Turner Butler Blvd. for a report on last month’s events and highlights next
month’s events. All members and prospective members are invited to attend.
At 5:00 pm, prior to the meeting, some members meet at Bono’s restaurant on
Gate Parkway, for dinner. After the meeting, we move to a local Restaurant
for socializing, coffee, dessert, late dinner or a snack. |
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