Calling all Del Valle Lakers! It’s a perfect May!  What else can be better! Campout happens every other weekend for May.  Del Valle and Great Western Bike Rally are two weeks apart, and if you were on Lupine Loop, then you got a bonus campout in April.

Lake Del Valle campout is a fabulous campout which happens on the weekend of May 9 – 10th.  Treat Mom to a perfect weekend of, cycling, camping, and numerous outdoors’ activities, and still get home in time for Sunday dinner. A fun Saturday cycling from Milpitas to Lake Del Valle, continue on with swimming, boating, hiking or relaxing and a dinner feast, then campfire with all your friends.  Wake up to breakfast on Sunday and a great ride back.  We’ll be rewarded with sighting of abundant wild flowers, and wild life.  Lake Del Valle activities and mt biking trail map:   http://www.ebparks.org/parks/del_valle#activities

Saturday morning ride start and meet at Murphy Park in Milpitas at 7:30AM.  Murphy Park is at 1570 Olympic, Milpitas, CA 95035, on the north side of Yellowstone Avenue, east of S. Park Victoria Drive. Drop off gears with SAG vehicle that will be driven to the campsite.  Many route options from 40-70 miles; choose your route, to make it to camp for dinner.  Return the next day with one of the route options, from 40 to 70; again, choose your route, to make it back for Mother’s Day dinner.

Fee is $25, residual $ will be distributed back on Sunday.  Fee covers camp fees, SAG fuel, Saturday dinner, and Sunday breakfast. Free fun-ness provided by you

Everone pitches in to work on chores, food prep and clean up.  We’re looking for someone with towing capable vehicle to tow our club Chuck wagon.  Fuel reimbursement and immense gratitude from your fellow Del Valle Lakers.  Will take turn driving or someone can drive to camp early for mt biking, swimming, boating, hiking or just relaxing.

Sign up soon, space is limited.  Please contact Megan Nguyen , Nancy Kenny,  or Brian Chun

The campsites available this year for camping are 101, 109A, 109B and 110. These are different sites than last year, click this link for the campground map Campground Map or please see map at www.casiniranch.com. Thanks! One thing we ask in regards to camping is that; No one parks their car in middle of the campsites. This will leave more area for tent set up. The new management of Casisni Family Ranch requires that each car check in at the gate and provide names of all people in the party and the vehicle license number. Once checked in you will receive a parking pass that must be displayed in the vehicle while parked at the campsite. This will prevent cars from being towed.

Camping for ACTC will be available on Friday 7/18/08 at 12 noon. Anyone planning on arriving before this time must make his or her own camping arrangements.

Many people will arrive on Friday evening. This year we will be having a chili dinner with all the trimmings. However, we encourage you to bring a cooler with your beverages of choice, an appetizer for before the dinner and any other snacks and drinks you will need for the weekend. ACTC coolers will not be available for personal use.

Saturday morning a continental breakfast will be served. Saturday night we have a potluck BBQ in camp. Please bring meat to grill, and a nice dish to share with all. Charcoal will be provided by ACTC.

Sunday morning, everyone is on their own for breakfast. Many people ride into Occidental or Duncan Mills before packing up to go home.

Route sheets will be provided for rides of all abilities.

Click this link for the location of Casini Ranch – Location Map

Remember your chairs.

We ask that all campers be prepared lend a hand with the housekeeping and cooking as needed. It means a lot to have everyone pitch in!

Nancy Kenny, (408) 244-4650, nancykenny@sbcglobal.net
Pat Stenstrom, (408) 227-8724, mylo-pat@sbcglobal.net.

The Great Western Bicycle Rally is held each Memorial Weekend and this year will be on May 23-26. It is one major club events each year.

As an ACTC member you are invited to join in the club activities at the Rally in Paso Robles. The club trailer will provide light breakfasts and snacks each morning from Saturday Monday. All miles ridden at the rally will count as club mileage; sign-up sheets will be provided at the campsite. Saturday night ACTC will once again be “hosting” the Wine and Cheese Party. Carol Borders will need about 40 people to work two hour shifts; we’ll pass around a sign-up sheet at the May meeting. For information about ACTC camping and dinner, contact Paul Vlasveld at 408-247-6472, For other GWBR information, contact Carol at (408) 259-8933. See you in Paso Robles!

Don Axtell leads a one day club ride down to the event on that Friday. See here for ride details.

Registration and camping fees for the GWBR should be paid directly by club members to the GWBR organization through their website.