State Park Sunday: Fourth of July Fun @Wilder Ranch State Park

bsmith — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:56:54 +0000

: Wilder Ranch State Park, Santa Cruz, Ca

Our family is off on a spur of the minute trip to Santa Cruz, California next week. I am hoping that we will linger until the Fourth of July to enjoy the festivities at Wilder Ranch State Park. This park is a combination of historic buildings, wild spaces, and bike trails like the one featured above. It is a magical place to spend a weekend afternoon. I have only had the chance to visit once, but I remember that it had gigantic climbing trees that could support a whole class full of preschoolers (and indeed they did!)

These are some things that Wilder Ranch has in store for Independence Day:

Old fashioned parade at 11:45 a.m. (It being hyper politically aware Santa Cruz, sufragettes are planning to attend.)
Cake walk
Historic Lawn Games
Ice-cream cranking
Live 1909 Music
Ranch demonstrations like woodstove baking, black smithing, and vegetable gardening.

The picture above is available from flickr creative commons. Many thanks to richardmasoner for posting it.

Hope you enjoyed SOS weekend. Make sure to upload your photos to the California State Parks Foundation Facebook Page. Click here for more info.

Happy Trails,

Bridget

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State Park Sunday: Fourth of July Fun @Wilder Ranch State Park