Are you ready for fun?  Are you ready for adventure?
Then sign up now for Don Girard’s excellent travel weekend! 
This is not an official FaGowee trip, so all your dealings will be directly with Don.

The itinerary:

Thursday, September 20, 2007
   7:45 am - Leave Sacramento
   9:00 am - Meet in Truckee for a hearty, leisurely breakfast at the Wagon Train Restaurant, which is on Commercial Row, about one block
       from the Truckee Hotel (actual address is 10080 Donner Pass Road; take the central Truckee exit to get there)
   10:00 am - Leave Truckee
       Stop in Chester for lunch, and then we’ll take a 20 minute drive to Mount Lassen and hike down to Bumpus Hell.   And watch out!  The volcano
       could erupt again like it did in 1915!  We’ll watch the hissing fumaroles and boiling mud pots.  (And you will be amazed… this definitely beats
       Yellowstone!) Then we backtrack a bit to the Lassen Mineral Lodge, This is where we’ll be staying the night.  It’ll be $87/night with two or 3 beds
       (which, if you share a room, will work out to $43.50 per person or even less!)
   5:00 pm - After we check in we head for the funky bar/restaurant across the street, and relax with libations, all the time admiring the picture of the
       half-naked lady.  This will be followed by yet another hearty meal! 

Friday, September 21, 2007
9:00 am - Hearty, leisurely breakfast at the neat old ham and egg restaurant next to the Ranch.
10:30 am - We’ll head out to the lava beds Past Bumpus Hills, to the Devastated Area, where we’ll be Happy not Devastated!  We’ll admire the
    pink rocks and hope they don’t slide down on us.  We can’t stop because it is scary and maybe even Dangerous near those rocks!   We’ll pass
    through Hat Creek and stop for groceries in Burney.  If you want, we can visit the waterfalls in Burney, where real water boils out of the side of
    the cliff.  We’ll admire all the volcanoes along the way and then in Canby for gas and a hearty picnic lunch.  
Around 4:00 or 4:30 pm - We should pull into Lava Beds.  This’ll give us time to visit the Visitors Center and check out the cave next to it.  After
    we set up camp in either RV or tent at the Indian Wells campgrounds, a safe haven after that scary Devastated Area!   We’ll prepare for yet
    another hearty (potluck) dinner.  Then it will be campfire and ghost stories.   Cost: $10/entrance fee, $10/night.  Trailers that are under 30 feet
    are allowed right by the tents, so we can use the trailers for cooking. 

Saturday, September 22, 2007
After breakfast, we’ve got a day of exploration and discovery before us at Lava Beds.  You may never have another chance like this to view such magnificent cinder and spatter cones, pit craters and lava tubes caves.  Too bad we won’t have time to explore all 600 caves!  We’ll also drive over and check out Captain Jack’s Stronghold.  In between, we’ll have a relaxing lunch with wine at the campground.  Then, of course, we’ll have another hearty dinner, followed by frivolity and maybe games. 

Sunday, September 23, 2007
     Delicious breakfast, break camp, then mosey down to Redding to check it out.  We’ll cross the Sundial Bridge, explore the new exhibits at the
     Turtle Bay Exploration Park.  Yummy lunch.  Then sail on home and start our diets! 

Space is limited!  Hurry to sign up!  Contact Don at 638-7804 to reserve a spot.

Then,

mail your check, made out to Don Girard ($87, or half of $87 or a third of $87, depending) and mail to Don at:
P.O. Box 338
Rancho Cordova, CA 95741

Trip, Trips and more Trips

Horseback Riding??
Line Dance Lessons??
Comedy Club??
Kayaking??
Bike Ride??
Apple Hill?? 

Which one of these activities do YOU want to share with other FaGowees???

The FaGowees have a new policy of having members host fun activities without having to publicize them in the newsletter or get board approval.As long as the event doesn’t conflict with a major FaGowee event, even the sky’s not the limit
(if you’re a sky diver, that is!) 

You may have noticed Kati White’s email in July in which she invited FaGowees to come camping with her.
But it could be anything:

a bike ride or kayak adventure you’d like to share with others.
Maybe, you’re looking for others to go on a ski trip, go waterskiing or golfing.
Or maybe attend the Music Circus, a play or concert or spend the day in San Francisco or maybe just take a cooking class.
Maybe you live out of town and want to give FaGowees an opportunity to do something in your neck of the woods.

There are no limits. 

 Maybe you want to go somewhere or try something new; this is a good opportunity to find like like-minded souls. All you need to do is figure out the dates, costs, extras, like sharing a meal afterwards. You may want to limit the number of attendees; it is all up to you. Then email Andrea Woelfle and your announcement will be emailed to the entire membership! We would like it for you to come to the next social meeting to present your plan, if at all possible. This is a way for you to share your interests and to make the FaGowees a more fun club.

It is also easier to get an official FaGowees event going. You can just e-mail the club president and present your idea. It is possible for the board to discuss it by email and approve it without waiting for a board meeting. 

A small contingent of FaGowees are responsible for running the club and planning activities.
This is your chance to get involved!!

On August 23, ten FaGowees helped the River Cats win 3-2 and maintain their first place standing
in the Pacific Conference with our vigorous cheering. To maintain our sustenance during this
vigorous activity, we scarfed down $1 hot dogs and $1 ice creams and choked on the prices of drinks.

A good time was had by all!!

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