Second Saturday Access Days

 

YES! ... we are open every Second Saturday for  taking tours/outings/self-guided walks, viewing exhibits, enjoying picnics,  appreciating art and history, and more. And, as of October 2010, we are also open EVERY weekend Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10:00am-5pm in the winter and longer hours beginning in late February through late October.


What made Second Saturdays Happen?


That darned “Road Closed” sign! A member of the USS Boston Shipmates drove all the way from back East and could not get in to see the USS Boston Memorial in our Mare Island Naval Cemetery. Both he and we were heartbroken.


So we put Myrna’s phone number on the gate ... to lessen the chance that something like that would happen again ... and a few travelers from across the country have since called her to get in ... and a few dedicated volunteers decided to open The Preserve to the public once a month ... every Second Saturday.


We had to make i
t happen ... and we did.  We salvaged a “welcome/information” sign ... sanded, painted, reinforced, dug post holes, and secured ... took many hands and skills.






Then we researched and made history, bomb, nature and art displays in the visitor center ... while cleaning, mopping ... and mopping again the building.







... all the while having fun.







We opened the gate
, put an “Open” banner across the gate’s “Road Closed” sign and moved the “Road Closed” point down the road by our newly opened headquarters and visitor center. The picnic area and cemetery are a lovely short walk away ... and the walk or bike ride to the top is wondrous. We set up a “shuttle” for disabled persons and those with heavy picnic or artist     materials.


Then the first Second Saturday Access Day came. We set out our directional signs, opened the gate and waited ... people came (thanks, in good part, to the Vallejo Times-Herald story).








... and the next Second Saturday Access Day more came.






We plan to have a different theme for each Second Saturday Access Day. Refer to the Second Saturday schedule by clicking here.


Also, click here for important information to “plan ahead.”




We hope that you visit The Preserve every Open Access Day ... to relax, have fun, reinvigorate, and expand. It is a refuge for our heritage and spirits.


Get Out and Go Live!

You will find more fun is waiting for you than you ever thought possible.