Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Day 3: Down to Santa Cruz we go!

Early morning ride 21 miles to San Jose.

Outreach presentations at Almaden Country Day School

Afternoon ride 10 miles to base of Santa Cruz Mountains, and then continue 21 miles to Santa Cruz Camp at New Brighton State Beach.



Hey check it out...we made the news from our visit to Almaden Country
Day School! http://www.almadentimes.com/current/schools.htm

We woke up at the crack of dawn to bike 21 miles to Almaden. They
welcomed us and we began programming in the garden with 1st graders,
quickly followed by some more classroom activities with 5-8th graders.
So cool to see these students in their own community!!!

Next we had an amazing celebratory Thanksgiving feast with the whole
school! We felt like guests of honor amongst various teachers,
students, and parent volunteers. The AOTE volunteers headed up
compost monitoring for the 450 people who attended the event. Our
visit ended with a party in the compost bin (mixing in food and
tearing up paper table cloths). Thanks for the warm welcome and
fantastic visit ACS.

A exhilarating mostly downhill ride through the redwoods led us to New
Brighton State Beach, where we had our 1st night of camping.
Burrrrrrrrr...... [Happy 25th Birthday Becky!]





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