This is the 6th of what I hope to be a long series of hides that I
place in Berkeley parks that don't have caches (and are eligible
for caches). I wanted to do some more hides; Berkeley has many
parks without caches... seemed like a good match. I am seeing a lot
of Berkeley's smaller parks, and noticing things that I might not
have seen otherwise; perhaps you hunters will appreciate this, too.
With its land having been purchased in 1907, this is the City of
Berkeley's oldest park. It boasts a huge span of turf, with large
fields for baseball/soccer/football, plus tennis courts, a
community center, basketball courts, picnic areas etc. The
(working-class) neighborhood values it, and the "Friends of San
Pablo Park" are notably active. When I first scouted this location,
on a Friday night in October, there were boys of all sizes holding
several individual football scrimmages; their parents seemed
friendly and happy. I found several possible hiding spaces, and
eventually realized that I could combine the best two of them into
a multi (That first one is no longer part of this hide.) Anyway,
the Russell St. Bike Boulevard runs along the southern edge.
Berkeley parks are open from 6am to 10pm (unless otherwise
posted). Please represent responsible Geocaching, and respect the
rules of the park.
The initial cache is a camo-taped 35mm film
canister magnetized laminated business-card sized sheet,
containing the coordinates for Stage 2. Please put it back
with the lid downwards, for best camo and maybe
waterproofing.
The actual cache is a 2" diam x 4" tall plastic vial, similar to
BzP+RO #2 (Ohlone Park). Small trade items only.
You may find parking for some of this series to be somewhat
challenging. I encourage you to find out how
bikeable/walkable/transit-able (most of) Berkeley's parks can be.
(The ones that are hardest to transit/walk to have the easiest
parking; funny how that works out. %-} )
FTF: Erickson!
Congratulations!