Pacheco State Park's Eleventh Kite Day

Park: Pacheco SP

Experience the color and excitement of Kite Flying on Saturday, June 16th, 2012, and let's see how many kites we can fly up at Pacheco Pass.  The eleventh Annual Family Kite Day will be held at Pacheco State Park, in a big windy field.  Watch the sky dance with clever and imaginative kites—an afternoon of fun is in the air!  Action is from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

There will be other fun activities including a 'Make Your Own Kite Free' table and free face painting as well as Pie Eating Contests and Bubble Gum Blowing Contests.  Plus, there will be interesting tables to check out, including nature tables and a 'sun and wind' table, as well as free crafts for the kids. The Fish and Game representative will have the children make Father's Day cards. Families are encouraged to bring a kite, hats and/or sunscreen, drinking water, lawn chairs, and a picnic lunch (plus it may be cool and windy or very hot). 'Hot Dog Heaven' from Los Banos will sell inexpensive lunches as well.  Drop by anytime and join the fun. (There is no drinking water at Pacheco State Park.) The only fee is the $5 state park Day Use Fee per Car.

This special recreation event is sponsored by California State Parks and Pacheco State Park’s Fatjo Corporation, and marks the occasion of Pacheco State Park's Fifteenth Year Anniversary as a state park.  To request a sign language interpreter or other auxiliary aids or services for people with disabilities, contact Jennifer Morgan at (209) 826-1197 at least one week in advance.  For more information, please see: www.parks.ca.gov/events, and choose Pacheco State Park.

To reach Pacheco State Park, take Highway 152.  The park is located 25 miles east of Gilroy and 22 miles west of Los Banos, at the top of historic Pacheco Pass. Turn south off of Highway 152 at the "Dinosaur Point" exit, and then turn right, going through the Park gate, down the dirt road into Pacheco State Park.  (The physical address is 38787 Dinosaur Point Road,  Hollister, 95023.)

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