20th Annual
Rattlesnake Rendezvous
Sunol-Ohlone Regional Wilderness
Sunol, California


Travel 7 miles (by car) and about 2,000 years into the past to experience life with no metal or electricity. Practice a wide range of primitive skills including cooking, stone tool use, cordage, fire and fun.


May 28 - 30, 2004
Course #6397

Leaving: noon (or evening) Friday - Departing campsite: 6 pm Sunday
Fee:
$80 (adult) / $40 (child) ($88/ $44 for non-Alameda or Contra Costa County residents)
Call East Bay Regional Park District for registration & additional information, (510) 636-1684


Contact Norm Kidder at:
Sunol-Ohlone Regional Wilderness
P.O. Box 82, Sunol, CA 94586
Information: (925) 862-2600
E-mail: Atlatl1@aol.com or Svisit@ebparks.org
Registration: (510) 636-1684

 

Paul McHugh (reporter) and Eric Luse (photographer) from the San Francisco Chronicle
attended the Rattlesnake Rendezvous - 2000. Access website: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/06/01/SP93369.DTL
to see the article written by Paul in the "Outdoors" section of the San Francisco Chronicle.

 

Photos of Rattlesnake Rendezvous - 2001

Photos of Rattlesnake Rendezvous - 2000

Photos of Rattlesnake Rendezvous - 2000 (continued)

 

 

 

E-mail your comments to "Norm Kidder" at atlatl1@aol.com

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