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  Please note a Tulare County map is very helpful to see a route and area.
See Stony Creek Village and Stony Creek Camp on the map. These points are located
right near Fir Group Camp.

  Please be advised to be ready for the cold nights and have particular clothes
and rain coats with you.

  Please have clothes and foot wear for walking and hiking.
Trekking poles are very helpful for hiking.

Dear Friends,

Recreational Club Time Presses invites you to join the club

in a trip to the beautiful sequoia forest. We will stay at a nice

shady place Fir Group Camp in May 23 - 26, 2008.

This campground is located near the Sequoia National Park

entrance in a scenic vicinity approximately 95 miles North-East

of Fresno, adjacent to Sequoia National Park.

It is part of the Hume Lake Ranger District. Pictorial Hume Lake is

approximately 18 miles from the campground, offering swimming,

trout fishing, boating and hiking. There are some other lakes and

hiking opportunities in the area including ones in the Sequoia NP.

This is a trip you should not miss!

It is just 1/4 mile from the camp to gas, pay telephone, store and

showers.

The services and amenities within the camp include:

Bear Boxes

Benches

Fire Rings

Potable Water

Vault Toilets

Site Type: Group Standard Nonelectric

Check-in: 2:00 pm

Check-out: 2:00 pm

Stay Type: Overnight

Shade: Full

Getting There:

Fir Group Camp, CA (approximately 95 miles North-East of Fresno)

From Fresno, go East on Highway 180 towards Kings Canyon

National Park.

Take a Right on the General's Highway and travel approximately

10 miles South to a campground entrance on the Right.

Please note a Tulare County map is very helpful to see a route and area.

See Stony Creek Village and Stony Creek Camp on the map. These points

are located right near Fir Group Camp.

Please be advised to be ready for the cold nights and

have particular clothes and rain coats with you.

Please have clothes and foot wear for walking and hiking.

Trekking poles are very helpful for hiking.

A direct link to view a Regional Map:

http://www.reserveamerica.com/camping/map_of_Fir_Group_Ca/r/generateBrowseMap.do?topTabIndex=CampgroundMap&map=PARK&parkId=71553&contractCode=NRSO

A direct link to Map Driving Route:

http://www.reserveamerica.com/camping/map_of_Fir_Group_Ca/r/generateBrowseMap.do?topTabIndex=CampgroundMap&map=PARK&parkId=71553&contractCode=NRSO&drivingDirections=true

CAUTION:

Bears are frequent the area. This is black bear country!

All food must be kept in the approved containers. There are

the bear boxes within the campground for the campers.

No all-terrain or off-highway vehicle use in the campground.

No chainsaw use.

No firearms or fireworks.

Pets must be leashed at all times.

Prices and deadlines for this trip:

1. Bus trip - $215.00 for adults, $180.00 for kids up to 15 and seniors 65+

Deadline for a reservation - 05.13.2008

2. If you drive yourself - $40.00 for adults, $20.00 for kids up to 15 and

seniors 65+

Deadline for a reservation - 05.20.2008

Additional information and maps will be placed on the Web

at www.timepresses.com.

Our Email: info@timepresses.com.

Phones: (323)850-5899, (323)874-4926.

Recreational Club Time Presses

Please do NOT take a HWY 245 - very windy!

Please use a link above the map to get a direction to the Fir Group Camp.

Map # 2:

Map # 3: