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Sierra
Expedition - YMCA
Adventure Guides
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2008
YAG Campout at Gilroy Gardens
Just bring a tent and
get ready to
explore the most beautiful gardens on the West Coast.
When: Friday April 25th -
Saturday
April 26th
Times:
Check-in at 4:30pm on
Friday
Dinner begins
at 6:00pm
Cost:
$55.00 per person
(Includes
dinner on
Friday, breakfast and lunch on
Saturday, park admission, and special camp activities)
Payment: Make checks out to SWYMCA and get them
to
your navigators. The checks should be bundled by
circle and
passed
to Expedition Navigator: Jim Pyle
Payments
are due to Miranda
at the YMCA by April 18th
Information from Gilroy Gardens about their
sleepover program:
- Please respect
the grounds and pick up trash.
- Be prepared for a few
mosquitoes at this time of year.
- Be aware of
water lines, while pounding in stakes for your tents, if you feel
resistance, please remove the stake and move it over to another
location.
- Camping Areas
will be numbered before you arrive, so as to
ensure your group being able to camp close together.
- Sleepover is for Dads & Daughters
only, but family can come on
their own on Saturday for the park time.
- The
sleepover is tent camping in a field near the park portion of
Bonfante. Here is a map of their
camping area in .pdf format.
- The web site for Gilroy Gardens is here.
In CASE of an
Emergency: 408-840-7199
Directions:
- 3050
Hecker Pass Hwy. (Hwy 152 W) Gilroy, CA
95020 (408)
840-7100
- Take
the 101 towards Gilroy.
- Exit
on Leavesley Rd./CA 152-W/ CR-G9 W toward Gilroy/Watsonville
- Turn left at
Monterey
St./CA-152
- Turn right
onto 1st
St./CA-152
- Continue to
follow CA-152
- Turn
left at the Gilroy Gardens Sign.
- Take another immediate left and
follow the
employee parking signs to the left. Tell the guard your Name/Group and
that you are there for GG Camp Nights.
- Proceed through the
security
gate, and
go approximately 200 yards. On your right-hand side you will see a dirt
lot.
This is the parking area for the GG Camp Nights program.