[EBB Sightings] more Vasco Caves tours this year

Thank you Clark Peterson (text below) and David Diller!!

I just called the East Bay Regional Parks number also, to confirm 
info I found on their web site at
http://www.classweb.ebparks.org/eConnect5.2/Activities/ActivitiesDetails.asp?ProcessWait=N&aid=2116

The woman answering the phone confirmed that the schedule posted 
there is correct.
It shows tours scheduled pretty much every weekend up through Dec 9.

But she agreed with Clark that tours will be canceled if they are 
under-subscribed, and the October ones are looking more likely to 
happend than the later ones.

The July-September 2006 issue of Bay Nature had a story about Vasco 
Caves and other "land banked" areas in the Bay Area, with a stunning 
photo (a small version is at 
http://www.baynature.com/v06n03/v06n03_landbank.html)

-- David Herzstein Couch, Berkeley

Clark Peterson wrote:

Thanks to David Diller for his report on Vasco Caves. I phoned the 
East Bay Parks number and got the following information.
The last tours of 2006 are scheduled for the following dates:
Oct. 15, 21, 22, 28, 29. That will be all until spring 2007.

They need at least 15 people or the tour is canceled. 22 is max. 
There is room for one more person on Oct. 15 (from Brushy Peak). The other
tours begin at Round Valley. Oct. 21 has 7 signups so far. Oct. 22 
has 1. Oct. 28 has 3 and Oct. 29 has 0.  So it appears all these tours will
be canceled unless there is some quick interest. Cost is $32. You can 
reserve space on your credit card.

The phone # is (510) 636-1684.

Clark