[EBB Sightings] more Vasco Caves tours this year

Hi All,
These tours sound great. we are unable to go in October but hope there will 
be enough interest in November. Thanks
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Couch" 
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Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 1:18 PM
Subject: [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
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