Emerald Empire Adventures is excited to announce the $165/person, all inclusive; food, lodging, guides and transportation from Redwood Valley (1.5 hours north of San Francisco on Hwy. 101) Saturday and Sunday throughout the season (October -??? depending on the rains) Mushroom Pickers are TOUGH; we hunt with just a knife and a paintbrush! The creek crossing very rarely rains out and becomes impassible and as every mushroom picker knows, the forest can be wet and the trails muddy, be prepared! We depart Base Camp at 9001 C North State Street in Redwood Valley and after a 10 mile climb up to Leonard Lake (for those who wish), we'll take an hour to settle you into your guest house, whichever of the five classic craftsman style, fully equipped units best fits the group. We'll have a light lunch ,and dinner will be started after we go out on our first picking expedition into the old growth redwood on pastures of plenty (Mushroom Gods willing), where no one has picked in many a year, if ever. After a long afternoon tramping the hills and picking, we will return to the lake houses with your bounty where our chef will incorporate it into dinner and pair it all with some carefully chosen local vintages for your dining pleasure. It will all be ready after you've changed out of those soggy togs, and we can swap stories around the fire after the meal, till the sandman calls you away. You'll wake up Sunday morning to the smell of coffee and a hearty country style breakfast to warm you up for the Leonard Lake mountain bike loop, 3.5 miles of up and down (see map and profile on the blog), 'round the lake through more untouched picking grounds than you can shake a mushroom brush at. There will be a vehicle for those who'd rather not ride, those 3 and half miles could easily take 6 hours to pick through and the truck makes it easy to pick for your freezer or dehydrator and not have to lug the whole booty bag back to the cabin! A picnic lunch will be served along the way and warming beverages will be provided. At the end of the day, we'll load up you and your gear in our bus and bring you back to you car, booty and all. The true hard-core cyclists can ride back down that 10 mile hill they climbed on Saturday, and accommodations will be made for those who don't want to ride at all. Email treasures@emeraldempireadventures.com, comment on the blog or
call us at 707-462-5795 or book on-line to reserve your spot now. We
can accommodate groups of from five to forty and there's a ten percent
discount for groups of ten or more.
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