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The first ever "Full Path" Escondido Creek Walk Cleanup event is scheduled for Saturday May 4th: this ev ent is in preparation for "Cruisin' the Creek" on Sunday May 5th. It will begin at 8:00 am and last until 11:00 am. Participants will be divided into 3 Teams: Team A will start at Broadway and end at Harding; Team B will start at Harding and end at Citrus; Team C will start at Citrus and end at Mayflower Park (by the Humane Society). Participating students will receive a Certificate of Community Service.
"Cruisin' the Creek", a family bike ride has been scheduled for Sunday May 5th: registration is from 8:00am to 9:30 am only, and all minors must have a parent or guardian's consent to participate. The ride begins in Grape Day Park, following the creek trail up to Mayflower Park, the turn around point. All riders must completer the course and be back at the start by 11:30am. There will be guides along the way, and prizes for participants. The grand prize---a Kick Bike--will be awarded to the winner of a drawing consisting of the names of all the registered participants who complete the course. Snacks and beverages will be located in Mayflower Park, but bring your own water bottle for the ride. It is a level paved course. All are welcome, but leave your pets at home. See you there!
For a variety of reasons, the upcoming Creek Days interpretive walk scheduled for Saturday April 13, 2013, has been postponed leaving the date TBD later this season. Donna Walker, our trailguide, and the San Diego Archaeology Center have agreed to return when we can select the new date. We will all look forward to the event which promises to be a rich and rewarding experience.
REC's latest creek clean-up, held on Saturday April 6, 2013, was an unqualified success. Students and other volunteers worked together to really spruce up the pedestrian/bike path. Congratulations and many thanks to CX3 and everyone involved!!
On Saturday January 12, 2013, REC launched the first and therefore historic, "Creek Days" interpretive walk. The event began auspiciously with an ancient traditional Luiseno blessing of the walk, the people, the future Plaza del Arroyo, and the entire creek project! Our speaker/guide Mel Vernon, Tribal Captain of the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians spoke briefly giving us an insight into the Native American (Luiseno) Perspective of the creek and it's revitalization. He stated that the Luiseno people have lived here for 10,000 years. Close to 50 people enjoyed the interpretive walk along the channel. Water and snacks were donated by Fresh & Easy grocery store. Olga Diaz joined us and spoke briefly about the REC vision of the creek's future, and how we can hope to enhance the waterway and leave a beautiful 7 mile park for the next generation. Many knowledgeable and qualified experts attended including an expert on weaving ancient baskets, and a professor of Native American Art. The weather was wonderful and the event was a great success! Thank you to all who attended! Please stay with us. You are all invited back to our next "Creek Days" interpretive walk on April 13, 2013.
Reveal Escondido Creek received a grant from the Escondido Charitable Foundation for the Plaza del Arroyo Project for 2013. This project includes the construction of the Plaza del Arroyo "pocket-park" at the intersection of the Creek Trail and Beech Street, where seating, signage, water-wise landscaping and public art will create a pleasant gathering place and link to the trail. The project also includes "Creek Days," which is a quarterly series of interpretive walks to be held throughout 2013 and beyond. Topics include Native American heritage, natural history, local archeology, geology and botany.
REC hosted a clean-up event in partnership with the CX3 team on Saturday, December 1, 2012. More than 100 teens, community members and families participated in a clean-up effort that spanned several miles of the creek path. Thank you to the City of Escondido Neighborhood Services Department for making supplies available and to Fresh & Easy and other area grocery stores for donated refreshments.
"Cruisin' the Creek", a family bike ride has been scheduled for Sunday May 5th: registration is from 8:00am to 9:30 am only, and all minors must have a parent or guardian's consent to participate. The ride begins in Grape Day Park, following the creek trail up to Mayflower Park, the turn around point. All riders must completer the course and be back at the start by 11:30am. There will be guides along the way, and prizes for participants. The grand prize---a Kick Bike--will be awarded to the winner of a drawing consisting of the names of all the registered participants who complete the course. Snacks and beverages will be located in Mayflower Park, but bring your own water bottle for the ride. It is a level paved course. All are welcome, but leave your pets at home. See you there!
For a variety of reasons, the upcoming Creek Days interpretive walk scheduled for Saturday April 13, 2013, has been postponed leaving the date TBD later this season. Donna Walker, our trailguide, and the San Diego Archaeology Center have agreed to return when we can select the new date. We will all look forward to the event which promises to be a rich and rewarding experience.
REC's latest creek clean-up, held on Saturday April 6, 2013, was an unqualified success. Students and other volunteers worked together to really spruce up the pedestrian/bike path. Congratulations and many thanks to CX3 and everyone involved!!
On Saturday January 12, 2013, REC launched the first and therefore historic, "Creek Days" interpretive walk. The event began auspiciously with an ancient traditional Luiseno blessing of the walk, the people, the future Plaza del Arroyo, and the entire creek project! Our speaker/guide Mel Vernon, Tribal Captain of the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians spoke briefly giving us an insight into the Native American (Luiseno) Perspective of the creek and it's revitalization. He stated that the Luiseno people have lived here for 10,000 years. Close to 50 people enjoyed the interpretive walk along the channel. Water and snacks were donated by Fresh & Easy grocery store. Olga Diaz joined us and spoke briefly about the REC vision of the creek's future, and how we can hope to enhance the waterway and leave a beautiful 7 mile park for the next generation. Many knowledgeable and qualified experts attended including an expert on weaving ancient baskets, and a professor of Native American Art. The weather was wonderful and the event was a great success! Thank you to all who attended! Please stay with us. You are all invited back to our next "Creek Days" interpretive walk on April 13, 2013.
Reveal Escondido Creek received a grant from the Escondido Charitable Foundation for the Plaza del Arroyo Project for 2013. This project includes the construction of the Plaza del Arroyo "pocket-park" at the intersection of the Creek Trail and Beech Street, where seating, signage, water-wise landscaping and public art will create a pleasant gathering place and link to the trail. The project also includes "Creek Days," which is a quarterly series of interpretive walks to be held throughout 2013 and beyond. Topics include Native American heritage, natural history, local archeology, geology and botany.
REC hosted a clean-up event in partnership with the CX3 team on Saturday, December 1, 2012. More than 100 teens, community members and families participated in a clean-up effort that spanned several miles of the creek path. Thank you to the City of Escondido Neighborhood Services Department for making supplies available and to Fresh & Easy and other area grocery stores for donated refreshments.
About the Project
Revealing Escondido Creek aspires to create a new vision of the creek by the community and residents of the region. The Escondido Creek, through the increased participation of the community, can become a functional and aesthetically pleasing recreation and transit corridor that acts as an asset to its community and its environment.
The Escondido Creek Trail is an underutilized Class I bike path that follows the course of the channel through the center of the city of Escondido. The bike path holds great potential for the city of Escondido and the larger region to be a main artery in a larger system of pedestrian and bicycle corridors.
The vision of Revealing Escondido Creek is to increase public access, address issues of public safety and facilitate increased community awareness of the Escondido Creek and Trail.
