The Trail Companion

Winter 2002

Trail Center Notes

Spiffy Tools, a Spotless Trailer and Well-fed Volunteers!
2001 Volunteer Appreciation, Annual Meeting, and Tool Party

It was party time at Board member Scott Heeschen's home in Campbell on Nov. 18. We scrubbed, swept, ground tool heads, replaced handles and more before chowing down on pizza. During the Annual Meeting, we unanimously elected two new members to the Board of Directors, Kim Cousin and Gael Erikson (see New Faces on the Board ), as well as re-electing David Croker and Scott Heeschen. We finished up with Dave Croker's stunning slide show of wilderness scenes from across the West.

Whether you were able to make the party or not, we want to say a big "Thanks!" to all our members and volunteers for another good year at the Trail Center.

Office

LifeScan Grant Provides New Camera and Computer

We are pleased to announce that LifeScan awarded the Trail Center a $1500 grant toward purchase of a digital camera and replacement of our aged computer. We inaugurated our new camera at our August Gazos Creek event and were able to post photos on our website within a few days. The camera will be an important part of our upcoming project to create a digital collection of park, trail and trail building images to use on our website and publications.
Our new computer enables us to run desktop publishing and database software that our old computer simply couldn't handle. Thank you, LifeScan!

Maps

Transit to Trails Map Available

The Trail Center Map Source continues to grow with the addition of the free Transit to Trails map for the Bay Area. You might be surprised at how many wild places you can visit without your car!

Trail Center Map Source (click for larger version)

Photo by Geoffrey Skinner

Thanks to David Coale of Acterra, we are making available a number of reprints of Transit Outdoors' map showing transit access to Bay Area parks and open spaces. The map originally appeared in the July-September 2001 issue of Bay Nature (www.baynature.com) and also features several great photographs by former Trail Center volunteer Alan Justice. Highlighted hikes include shuttle trips such as the Ohlone Wilderness Trail and Sweeney Ridge-Mori Ridge Trail. You can pick up your copy from the Trail Center Map Source located in the lobby of the Peninsula Conservation Center.

Transit Outdoors is a project of the Bay Area Open Space Council. For more information, see www.transitinfo.org

Website

We welcome new volunteers Ashley Holt and Roderick Chow on board! They are working on various projects, ranging from website usability and organization to a park and trails database for our five-county region.

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