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Come one – Come all

The Annual SFBC Holiday Party

Sat. Dec 9, Gather at 5:00 PM, Potluck Dinner at 6:00

Activities: include Dinner, Socializing, Auction and Gift Exchange.

Auction (bring stuff to donate, expect to take it home if it doesn’t sell) – Bill and John T. will step aside if a new volunteer Auctioneer comes forward.
Gift Exchange – Bring a wrapped gift valued at $20.00 if you want to participate.

Great trip to Millerton Lake Caves this past weekend. We had a few newcomers join us in exploring the cave. It’s been good to see the local campsite and visitor’s center of the San Joaquin Valley Gorge being utilized. Water levels in the cave were far higher than last year but not as rapid as the 2012 high water year.

SFBC Holiday Party
Saturday Dec 12 6:30 – whenever

Where: Bill & Peri Frantz’s home
16345 Englewood Ave. Los Gatos CA, 95032

Home phone: 408 356-8506 (We screen calls so if you get the answer machine, start leaving a message – if we’re home, we’ll pick it up.)
Peri’s Cell 408 464-7141
Call if you have questions or get lost.

What:
Potluck Supper: We’ll start eating about 7:00
Turkey and Ham are already committed.
Bring something to complement them – side dishes, salads, desserts, whatever.

Thieving Gift Exchange : If you want to participate, bring a wrapped gift worth $20 or less.
Rollicking good fun. Rules will be explained at the start of the exchange.

Auction: Raise money for Grotto Equipment and Grants Fund
Contribute caving gear, publications, or anything else of interest to cavers.

Directions: Google Maps does a pretty good job.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/16345+Englewood+Ave,+Los+Gatos,+CA+95032/
Call if you need more info.

Everyone is invited to spend the night. Bedrooms available on a first come, first served basis. RSVP to 408 464-7141 for a room. Otherwise, bring a sleeping bag and mat.

Happy hour time, last one of 2015!

AT LONG LAST THERE WILL BE HOME BREW AGAIN! Though that’s not exactly true as has Theral picked up the slack with a couple ales while renovations had the Scott brewery shut down.

Bring photos and regale us, over a beer, with stories of your latest caving adventures or ask about how to get into caving in California and meet some fun people. If you have photos to share of a recent caving trip, bring a URL, USB drive or a laptop and we’ll show them on the big screen. If nothing else I can talk about trip planning for an upcoming expedition to the Philippines.

Drop by anytime after 7pm. There will be beer, wine, snacks and lentil soup.

Location:
Mark & Elaine Scott’s house

Howdy!

Yes, it’s that time of the month again! Time to join your fellow cavers
and get high. By climbing on rope, that is.

Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, 6 October, for our monthly vertical practice.
We can practice from something very basic to something very complex.
Choose your own adventure!

Our kind hosts will be Bill and Peri Frantz. You can arrive anytime
after 6:30, and after dinner we will get on rope to practice. Please
bring a helmet and a headlamp, and a jacket, since we will be practicing
outdoors. If you don’t have yet a helmet or headlamp, do come still
since we will have a couple of extras. Bring your vertical gear if you
have it, and if not, we will also have a couple of extras.

The address to the Frantz Haunted House, Cider Mill and Corn Maze is:

16345 Englewood Ave
Los Gatos, CA 95032
http://goo.gl/maps/rKNoy

Looking forward to seeing you this Tuesday!

– Fofo

The August 2014  SFBC meeting will be held at the Menlo Park USGS Conference Room Bldg 3 Tuesday 26 August at 7:30PM.  Matthew Garrett will be giving a talk on his experiences in China where he spent three years living, working, caving and traveling.

The March SFBC March meeting will be held at the USGS facility Tuesday 25 March at 7:30PM.  Bruce White will show a video on the caves of Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia (TAG) which is the site of this years NSS convention.