Lake Merritt and Lakeside Park (Oakland)

Trip Leader: Lyla Arum, lyla.arum@gmail.com, Hilary Powers, hilary@salamanderfeltworks.com, Peggy Rehm, peggydrehm@gmail.com
Date: Wednesday, May 22.
Description: Spring has sprung and summer is coming in -- come see who's here to enjoy the lake and the park!
Trip Size: No limit
Directions: Meet at the end of the Sailboat House parking lot nearest the big dome cage. We will bird around there, then either walk down the lake toward El Embarcadero or go up the paved path toward Children’s Fairyland and loop back through the garden, after which we will cover what we missed. The down-the-lake path is all paved, with gentle slopes up from the cage to the road and back down on the other side of the bird paddock. If we go up toward the garden first, it's another gentle, paved rise toward the other end of Bellevue. Coming from El Embarcadero, we're apt to cut across the lawn, but can stick with paved paths if anyone in the group is using a walker or wheelchair.
Regardless of the route, the park offers benches at frequent intervals.
Public transit: Take the 12, N, or NL bus to Grand and Perkins and walk into the park on Perkins. Driving: The Sailboat House lot near the 
dome cage (at 568 Bellevue) is the best spot to park, but there’s plenty of parking along Bellevue between the boathouse and the Nature
Center. Enter via Bellevue near Children’s Fairyland; the $2 “two hour” pass is probably OK even though the trip is about 3 hours, as the
dashboard cards don’t have a start time on them.
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Registration will open at 1 pm on Tuesday, April 16 and it will close at 11pm on Monday, May 20.