203rd Annual Walnut Creekathon

OVERVIEW

**Update: There is no fee**

Here ye, here ye. The time has come for the ANNUAL WALNUT CREEKATHON.

What is this momentous occasion you ask? It’s the picnic of all picnics, a cookout for the ages, an pastime we must protect for ourselves and our posterity.

We have reserved one of the shelters at the park, complete with grill and picnic tables. The club covers all burgers (of both the meat and vegetal varieties), hotdogs, buns, condiments, and utensils, and everyone who comes brings an additional food item (salad, veggies, dip, chips, soft drinks, cookies, brownies, etc.).

BUT WAIT. This is not just a cookout, but also a mega-trip a la NRGE. The picnic is just the base camp for all sorts of outdoor shenanigans. Leaders set up trips before the cookout at the park or elsewhere (mountain biking, trail run, hiking, kayaking, outdoors survival skills, disc golf, slacklining etc. – again, get creative!), so you can rock out with an outdoor activity before chowing down with fellow outdoorsists.

Never been to Walnut Creek Park? It’s got loads of hiking trails, a large lake, and a disc golf course (yes, the club has discs). Check out more at the park website: http://www.albemarle.org/department.asp?department=parks&relpage=2744

Main departure for the picnic will be 2pm from BONNYCASTLE CIRCLE (note this is not the Brick Wall by Echols). Separate Creekathon trip leaders will coordinate transportation for their own attendees. Return to UVa Grounds will be on an as-needed basis, so don’t worry about getting back, as drivers will be returning at all times of the evening.

If you plan on coming separately (whether in your own car or you’ll be at the park anyway because you’re attending a trip) SIGN UP FOR THIS CREEKATHON TRIP ANYWAY so we know how much food to purchase.

Club provides: the main food groups of meat, bread, and condiments; a ride in a car (I’ll send out a list of the drivers and their riders a day or two in advance.)

You provide: an additional awesome food contribution; a smile, walnuts.

NOTE: No alcoholic beverages are permitted at Walnut Creek Park.

Praise be to Walnuts.