Stick with me here. . .

  Last week I visited some atypical vacation locations, including 
  Missouri. Stopped by the famous St. Louis Arch, which is part of 
  the the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (got the stamp). This 
  monument celebrates aspects of the Westward expansion of the US 
  territories, which started with Thomas Jefferson sending Lewis and 
  Clark off to find a route to the Pacific (and to check out the 
  newly acquired land from France) in 1803.

One can only assume Lewis and Clark explored a lot of land while getting
rained on, and thus it logically follows that we should re-enact their
historic trip by hiking in rain this Saturday. So get off your Sacagawea 
and come celebrate the near-bicentennial anniversary of the Lousiana 
Purchase on a pioneering hike that goes Westward (on the way back).

Oddly enough, last time we were here (50 hikes ago), it was also raining
and we had a new person show up *because* of it.

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  Hike #292:  St. Joseph's Hill OSP

       Date:  Saturday, November 9, 2002

       Meet:  10:00 @ Intel / 11:00 @ trailhead

    Weather:  Rainy, upper 50's

   Distance:  3-4.5 miles (depending on the weather)

 Difficulty:  1 out of 5

      Bring:  Rain gear, change of clothes, snacks, and water (or not!)

Directions to the trailhead:
              From Intel, take 101 south to 880/17 south.  About 4 miles
              south of Los Gatos, take the Alma Bridge Road exit at
              Lexington Reservoir.  Park at the large parking on right
              hand side next to the reservoir and just past the dam (SJ03).
              Trailhead is right across the road.

Directions to Intel: (for car pooling)
     http://www.rawbw.com/~svw/inch/faq.html#dir

Park Info: 
     http://www.openspace.org/preserves/st_josephs_hill/st_josephs_hill.html