Friday, September 12, 2008

Backcountry Trails 30th Anniversary Celebration and Peter Lewis Memorial

Following is the schedule of events for the Backcountry 30th Anniversary Celebration and Peter Lewis Memorial, invitation for the event and a map to the Yellow Pine campground. A limited number of camping spaces are available on Wednesday evening. Please RSVP at rsvp@ccc.ca.gov if you would like camping space. We experienced some computer difficulties and if you previously replied to rsvp@ccc.ca.gov, please resubmit your RSVP for the event.

At the entrance station(s) to Yosemite let Park Service staff know that you will be attending the Backcountry Trails Project 30th anniversary event and the memorial service for Peter Lewis. You will be provided free entrance to the park.

Due to road construction you can only access the event site at Yellow Pines Campground by driving from the west on the Southside Drive. You can only exit Yellow Pines Campground by driving to the west on Southside Drive. To access Yosemite Village you must drive west on Southside Drive to Northside Drive. During construction, Northside Drive is open to two-way traffic.

Please be especially careful driving to the event.

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008-
1:00pm- Arrival and Gathering of Friends
2:00pm- Backcountry 30th Anniversarry Celebration Program
3:00pm- Barbecue
4:30pm- Peter Lewis Memorial
6:30pm- Informal Campfire Gathering, Singing and Telling of Tales


















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David Murak1, CCC Director

Many of you have heard that Peter Lewis, my dear friend and the CCC’s treasured leader of the Backcountry Trails Project passed away unexpectedly at his home in Arcata. Peter was 58 years old and leaves behind his wife Cheryl and sons Gabriel and Forrest.

Simply stated, Peter was the best friend one could ever wish for and the best person one could ever hope to know. Fortunately, many of us in the extended CCC family could call Peter our good friend. He was extraordinarily thoughtful and generous beyond measure with his love, his time, and his energy. Peter’s ripple effect was a giant one touching more lives more deeply than anyone I’ve ever known. He connected us all in a sweeping social network that made all of our lives so rich. Peter honored tradition and at the same time was wholly unpredictable. He could and did change the energy in a crowd as if he controlled a switch.

By this point in any message, Peter would have written something really funny and there will be time for us to share the stories we have of our time with him. There will also be time to expound on his many accomplishments. Thankfully, the differences he made are long-lasting and embodied in real people now grieving throughout the world and in real useable products, some made of granite, throughout the mountains of California.

We will honor Peter. The more we reflect on and learn from his life and his work the better we will be as people and as an organization.

I will forward along more information as it becomes available. My best wishes to all of you.

From the all of us and your friend forever: Happy Trails Peter

David Muraki, Director

California Conservation Corps


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