PASSPORT TO THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS!
Did you know that the East Bay Regional Parks District is the largest urban park system in the entire country? This geocache is part of the "Passport to the East Bay Parks" series.
There is one special geocache in each of the East Bay Regional Parks properties (except a few that don't allow geocaches.) At the time of this cache placement, the park district encompasses 199,000 acres. Please enjoy all the parks and trails, but please respect the Park rules.
Be sure to stamp your passport with the stamp provided in the geocache. Many of the Passport geocaches have blank passport booklets in the container. You can also download a Passport via the website above.
When you completely fill up your Passport, you can redeem it for a special prize. Of course, there is no cost for participating. For further information on the Passport series, see the website: oraclemagician.com/index.php?p=1_16_Passport-to-the-Parks
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Info from EBRPD website:
On December 6, 2016, The Park District Board of Directors renamed Martinez Regional Shoreline to Ted and Kathy Radke Martinez Regional Shoreline in honor of Ted Radke and his wife, Kathy. Ted Radke served on the Park District Board from 1978 to 2014 and was instrumental in preserving the Martinez waterfront, increasing funding for land acquisition and working with legislators to protect the environment. Kathy Radke worked to save Mt. Wanda from development, preserve Franklin Hills as open space and, with her husband, was a co-founder of the Contra Costa Ecology Action Education Institute.
The shoreline park offers visitors a variety of experiences. There are group picnic areas, Baseball fields, bocce ball courts and soccer fields in the eastern section of the park, operated by the City of Martinez. The District operates the western section with its quiet open lawns, small family picnic areas, and ponds and creeks. Nearly three miles of trails offer peaceful walks through the marsh and along the shoreline.
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For this letterbox, follow these simple directions:
Start at GZ
Head NE towards the trail between the fence and building
The trail splits to the north (left), or to the east (right); go north (left)
The cache is hanging in the first eucalyptus tree on your left (edited in April 2021 after original first Eucalyptus tree fell.
Find cache, sign the log, and stamp your passport!
Congats to RV CREW for FTF!