Date:   March 16 (Saturday) 2013, at 1:15pm

Place:  San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail

Addr:  5155 Stars and Stripes Dr, Santa Clara, CA

Please park your car at Santa Clara Golf and Tennis Club, which is free of charge. Then, walk to the tennis court area. We will meet there at 1:15pm, begin walk at 1:30pm.

Please call Paul Lee at (510)-676-1343 on 3/16, if you need help.

Descriptions: 

今次健行, 是為校友設計的新路線. 含溪邊堤防道, 防洪調節區,海邊濕地保留地. 全程均為平地, 無斜坡, 適合闔家老幼.  此 路線含San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail, South Bay Trail, Baylands Park Trail 三條步道徑中的候鳥南來此處的主要棲息地. 大雁,水鴨,鴛鴦,鷺鷥散落各處. 你會發現雁兒不在林梢,而在這些溪湖中.    Baylands Park 適合親子活動. 你可携同小朋友走短路線, 在此遊樂, 等待走正常路線大夥在此會合, 再一同回程.

What to bring:

(Except the first few hundred feet with shade, the whole trip is open without shade. )

– Conditions upon the weather, you should bring hat/cap, sunglass, sunscreen lotion etc for a sunny day.

– You should always have a jacket ready for a windy day at the seashore.

– Plenty of water. Snack at break for recharging.

– A pair of comfortable walking shoes.

– Hiking pole is not necessary.

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MORE DETAILS:

 This route is new to NCCUAA-NC, which includes portions of the San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail, South Bay Trail and Baylands Park Trail. I name it with the leading charter of each trails. It is a good warm up route for a new activity year. It is a pure health/leisure walking route without any climbing involved. It should serve most of the ages.

There is an alternative shorter distance of this route. For the regular route, the approximate distance is about 6 miles. The short route is about 4 miles.

From there, we will walk to the trail access point of San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail right behind the Santa Clara Convention Center.

A. We then head north 1 mile to the beginning of the San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail.(1 mile)

B. We will walk in the swam preserve area to watch the transients, then back to the Baylands Park Trail for the access point to the South Bay Trail. (0.7 mile)

C. For people who take the shorter option, they can directly walk to the Baylands Park from here to take rest there, and enjoy the facilities of this Park.(0.4 mile)

D. For people who take the South Bay Trail, there are 2 miles including some street walking to Baylands Park.

E. After taking a break at Baylands Park, we will walk back to the parking through Baylands Park Trail + San Tomas Aqunio Creek Trail with 1.8 miles.

We should return to the Parking around 4:30pm.

Drive Directions:   To Santa Clara Golf and Tennis Club.

From 237, take Great America Parkway Exit towards Great America Parkway;

Turn left at Tasman Dr. ;

Turn left to Centennial Blvd.

From 101, take Great America Parkway Exit towards Great America Parkway;

Turn right at Tasman Dr.;

Turn left to Centennial Blvd.

(After turn in Centennial Blvd, GPS may tell you to turn left for the arrival of destination. So, the parking spaces at there are always occupied. Instead of turning left, turn right to the big parking lot right next to the Fire Station, there are always parking spaces available. Also, there are a lot of street parking spaces right opposite to this parking lot for the Great America Amtrak Station. They are also available with free of charges. ) Park your car, then walk to the Tennis Court area.

Need help on direction, call Paul Lee (510)-676-1343

 What to bring:

(Except the first few hundred feet with shade, the whole trip is open without shade. )

– Conditions upon the weather, you should bring hat/cap, sunglass, sunscreen lotion etc for a sunny day.

– You should always have a jacket ready for a windy day at the seashore.

– Plenty of water. Snack at break for recharging.

– A pair of comfortable walking shoes.

– Hiking pole is not necessary.

For details of San Tomas Trail:

http://www.rhorii.com/STACT/SanTomasTrl.html

p.s. Participants should take full responsibilities on themselves in this activity. NCUAA-NC should not be hold on any indemnity on any occurrence.

Please see the PDF file for more information – SSB Route.PDF