Calendar for 2008
| 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!
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SAFARI REUNIONS

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

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 alls well that ends well we
treated ourselves to a big, juicy hamburger feast in Mojave.

MAMMOTH BACKPACKING TRIP
Annual Star Party
IN THE PLANNING STAGES:
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.

August 17-23, 2008
Trek with us into the heart of the Sierras 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.

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 whats 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.>
OTHER EVENTS:
BIBLE-SCIENCE ASSOCIATION of the San
Fernando Valley
Monthly meetings: special speakers, large creation book
table. Meets 3rd Sat of
month (except summer and December), 7:00 p.m. in Granada Hills, California.

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