Dear Brothers, Sisters, and Friends:

 

This is the plan for our fellowship Spring Outing (Picnic and Hiking). The date is this Saturday (April 24) from 11am at Blue Hills Reservations. We will start with picnic, then go for 2-3 mile hiking.  Each family please bring one or two dishes to share (enough for yourselves, plus cover some guests). If you bring in dishes, please bring the serving utils as well.  Our fellowship will prepare plates, cups, bowls, spoons and napkins. 

   

The weather will be good this Saturday.  Invite your friends to join us. It must be a fun event, and enjoy the nature the God created for us, and exercise our body as well as our soul.

 

Special Thanks to Fan Bin, Zhang Hui/Bao Shuqing, and many others for organizing this outing route (The map and route has been circled in the attachment).  The following are details sent from Fan Bin.

 

In Him,

 

Lixin

 

 
Time: April 24 (Saturday)

Agenda:

A) 11:00am—1:00pm:  Picnic at Houghton's Pond, Blue Hill. No grills. Bring your own cooked food and drinks/cups/napkins/forks/plates/picnic blanket etc. We will share the food, though.


B) 1:00pm—4:00pm: Hiking, hiking trail is highlighted with big red dots in attached image file.  The hiking is about 3 miles.

Direction:

There are several entrances, we meet at Houghton’s Pond near Blue Hills Reservation Headquarters. Here is the Google map:

http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&q=880+Hillside+Street++Milton,+MA+02186&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=880+Hillside+St,+Milton,+MA+02186&gl=us&ei=cvjMS_SSM4yB8gal9OXrDA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ8gEwAA

For GPS, enter “880 Hillside St, Milton, MA” and the pond entrance is at right hand side.

It is quite easy to find, actually: Take exit 3 (Houghton's Pond, Ponkapoag Trail exit) from Rte. 93. Follow the signs to Houghton's Pond.

There is parking space there. After park your car, go to Visitor Center. 

The picnic area is behind Visitor center.

Note: it is possible that other people may have reserved the picnic area. If that happens, we will probably picnic on the meadow. View this link for the details around the Houghton’s Pond:

http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/metroboston/maps/houghtonMAP.jpg
 
Weather Forecast:

Partly cloudy with high around 60 degrees.  Check this URL for detail:

http://www.weather.com/weather/weekend/02186

Help:

If you get lost, call Bin Fan at 617 620 7267