July BOP Social and Walk/Run

DATE: Sunday July 17

TIME:   10:00 AM (hoping to dodge the heat)

PLACE: Meet at the new parking lot on Deer Creek Road, just past the railroad tracks on the left, before the hill to the Overlook.

ROUTE:   From the parking lot take a new gravel trail 0.5 miles to the old railroad tunnel, then back 025 miles to the Overlook Trail junction.   Climb about 200 feet on a narrow single track through the forest to the overlook.   Eat lunch at picnic tables near the overlook.   Return down the Overlook trail and out to the parking lot.   (A shorter, flatter option is to return from the tunnel to the parking lot and drive up the hill to the overlook.)

FOOD AND DRINK:   This time (for a change) we are asking everyone to bring their own lunch/snacks/beverage in a backpack or running vest.   We will have our social time midway on the hike in the overlook area at the top of the hill. Hopefully the picnic tables will be open.