SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2011

NOTICE

ADVANCE TICKET PURCHASE

REQUIRED

Hikers need to call the ticket office at 916-808-7059 (hours 10AM-5PM) and pay the $15.00 ticket fee to reserve their spot on the 11:30 am November 12^th tour. Tours are limited to 20 participants so your prompt action will help ensure getting on the 11:30 am tour. Once filled, overflow hikers should request the noon tour. See addition information below.

DIFFICULTY: Easy. The trail is all asphalt, paved, roadway, or wooden boardwalk.

HIKE DISTANCE: Approximately 3 Miles—in and out, not a loop. Add to that the tour and enjoying Old Town.

GENERAL LOCATION: Old Town Sacramento and along the west side of the Sacramento River

DESCRIPTION: This hike has 2 distinct components. The first one is a walk south the length of Old Town Sacramento. We will cross from Old Town near the Tower Bridge onto the “Riverfront Promenade”. This walkway has information boards about Sacramento and vistas of the River. We continue along the river on a bike trail to its end. Here we have a to walk a short distance on low volume roads into the Sacramento River Marina. In the marina we will follow a paved walkway to a picnic area where we can have a snack. We return the same way. The only difference is along the promenade where we will go down a ramp to a walkway that walks over the river and through the tourists boats in the area to the Delta King paddle boat and back through Old Town (about 30 stairs steps up and down)

The second component is a docent led tour of the Old Sacramento Underground. This tour lasts an hour and tickets MUST BE ACQUIRED in ADVANCE. There are low overhangs and uneven surfaces on the tour.

TRAVEL DISTANCE: 35-minute drive time to Old Town. A donation of $6 is suggested. Parking costs should be split among those in each car (The lot costs $1.25 for the 1^st half-hour and a dollar for each additional half-hour).

UNDERGROUND TOUR TICKETS: The tours are limited to 20 people per tour. Call the ticket office and book your reservation on the 11:30 am tour. If filled, request the noon tour. Cost is $15.00. THESE TOURS GO RAIN OR SHINE AND TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. If inclement weather is forecast, we may limit our hike to the underground tour only.

LUNCH: There are many dining possibilities. I will take the group to a cluster of 4 modest priced eateries that have shared outside tables to sit at. They are a hot dog place, fish and chips, Indonesian food, or burgers, etc. However, you can select from many other establishments in the immediate area. After the underground tour is over, each carpool can decide on lunch options or other activities to pursue.

HIKE LEADER: Jim Cutler SWEEP: Gail Cutler Call us for questions 253-7437.

THINGS TO DO AFTER THE TOUR: Enjoy Old Town shops and museums. The end of the Pony Express was here, as well as, the end of the transcontinental telegraph. Have a drink on the Delta King or visit the Railroad Museum.

RISKS: Frivolous spending on taffy or other stuff in the shops!!

MEETING TIME: 8:30 at blue mailbox and leave at 8:45.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS: Take Highway 65 to Interstate 80 westbound and go south on Interstate 5. Take the J Street –Old Town exit (the 3^rd exit). Stay in the left lane. Take a quick left onto 3^rd Street and another quick left onto I Street. Enter the parking garage to the left. Park and REMEMBER where you park your car. Meet outside the garage in front of the Railroad Museum.