Get a life! Get outside and see the wonderful world our Heavenly Father has made.  Creation SafarisTM, now in our 24th anniversary year, can take you to unusual and beautiful places where you can have fun, fellowship and worship God while enjoying the Great Outdoors.  And while you’re at it, you will learn important evidence for creation and against evolution. Creation Safaris: Escape to Reality! Join the E-Trail!  Write the Chief Bwana to get on the Creation Safari E-Trail and receive up-to-date information on coming events!  Please supply your name, age, city and state, and a brief description of your background and experience (Southern California only). Note: All events and dates are subject to change without notice here.  Call or write for latest information before showing up for any activity.  For most trips you must RSVP.  We recommend you try a Creation Safari rated Easy before attempting the more challenging events. The bwana of a Creation Safari reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone at his discretion.

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SAFARI REUNIONS   
Slide and video shows of previous trips, sometimes with dinner (call ahead).

• Watch for: Backpacking photo party and dinner

GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY     
Saturday June 7, 2008
Rating: easy
Trip Report:  A small but happy group of eight met at the venerable Griffith Observatory and enjoyed the tour.  The new planetarium’s effects are incredible.  The short film in the Nimoy Theater is well done.  And the Big Picture wall downstairs is very thought-provoking: imagine all those stars and galaxies portrayed on the 20 x 150 foot panorama occupying a part of the sky you could cover with your index finger.  Our God is an awesome God!

Red Rock Canyon Campout  at Red Rock State Park
 
February 29 and March 1, 2008
Trip Report:  13 people, mostly young men and teen boys, had a great time in this wonderland of cliffs and rock formations.  The group enjoyed good views of Saturn and other astronomical treats Friday night.  Saturday morning, 10 men and boys hiked into Secret Valley, where they explored Slant Shire, Gully Heaven and the Palace of Malice.  The bwana found a connection to Hagen Canyon and other routes through the southern valleys.  On the hike out the wind almost blew us over, but all’s well that ends well – we treated ourselves to a big, juicy hamburger feast in Mojave.

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MAMMOTH BACKPACKING TRIP 
 
August 17-23, 2008
Trek with us into the heart of the Sierra’s magnificent wilderness.  From Mammoth Lakes to McGee Creek, we hike through forests and meadows, along sparkling streams (where the fishing is great), and up to alpine lakes.  Majestic peaks like Mt. Isaak Walton provide endless inspiration.  The waning moon, two days past full, rises later each evening to give us more starry nights as the week progresses.  We drop down the last day to McGee Creek trailhead, where a waiting car shuttles our drivers to the starting point to pick us up in a couple of hours and return us home.
    The trip is moderately strenuous but not exceptionally so.  Highest elevation is 11,000'; lowest 8000', but most of the time we are between 9000 and 11,000' elevation.  Total distance spread over 6 hiking days (with one layover day at Lake of the Lone Indian) is about 35 miles.
This trip is expected to fill up, so notify the bwana immediately if interested.  So far we have a Wilderness Permit for ten.  To get an early start we suggest you arrive Sunday afternoon and stay in the Lake Mary campground.  This will give you time to get last-minute gear in town and check your pack before departing Monday morning.

Annual Star Party
 
at Mt Pinos
Saturday Aug 2, 2008
It's time for the annual mountaintop experience!  Join Creation Safaris and stargazers from all over on one of the best best viewing mountains in the southland, Mt. Pinos (over 8000').  Chief bwana Dave will teach about astronomy from a Christian point of view, and tell what’s new in scientific research about planets, stars, galaxies and the universe.  Best viewing begins around 9:30 and gets progressively better after that.  Stay as long as you can.  Overnight camping is available, and portable toilets are usually set up in the parking lot.  You can arrive earlier in the day and hike some of the trails.  There is a dirt road leading about a mile to the summit, where you can get good views west and north.
Where to meet:
• 5:00 p.m. at Flying J Cookery restaurant, Frazier Park exit on I-5, for buffet dinner.
• 7:00 p.m. on Mt. Pinos parking lot (directions below).
Sunset is about 7:35.  If at all possible, arrive no later than 7:00.
What to bring: Flashlight with red-cellophane covering; folding chair; warm, wintery clothes and blankets (it can get very cold).
Optional: binoculars, telescope, snacks, thermos with hot drink.
To Mt. Pinos: from I-5, take the Frazier Park exit.  Head west on Frazier Mtn Rd.  You will pass a stop signal at about 4.5 miles; continue straight ahead, past the Lake of the Woods junction (do NOT turn toward Lockwood Valley).  Keep going straight.  The road will start curving south a few more miles ahead and start climbing the mountain (do NOT turn toward Pine Mountain Club; stay on the main road).  You will pass some steel gates; keep going, the road winds upward quite a ways, about 20 miles from the I-5.  After passing some campgrounds, the paved road will dead-end at a large parking lot near the summit.>

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JPL Lectures: NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California has public lectures each month on a variety of topics, from space exploration to earth science to medical benefits of space research.  Though presented from the standard evolutionary perspective, the lectures are nevertheless interesting and informative, and usually provide good raw material for creation science.  Presented in the historic Von Karman auditorium with its full-size model of Voyager and other spacecraft, the free lectures are usually on the third Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m.; click on the link above for the current schedule, and here for directions to JPL.

"Creation Safari" and "Creation Safaris" are trademarks of Master Plan Association, CA.
David Coppedge, Founder and Chief Bwana.