[DIRECTION & PARKING:
Take 880 or 680 to Fremont, exit Mission Blvd/Warren, go to the east side. After you pass Paseo Padre, immediately turn Right to Stanford Ave., all the way to the end is the gate at the foothill to the trail. Watch out for the parking sign. You may have to park at the Vinyard Ave, or the lower part of Stanford Ave, if it's getting too packed in parking. ... [read more]

[DIRECTION & PARKING:
Take 880 or 680 to Fremont, exit Mission Blvd/Warren, go to the east side. After you pass Paseo Padre, immediately turn Right to Stanford Ave., all the way to the end is the gate at the foothill to the trail. Watch out for the parking sign. You may have to park at the Vinyard Ave, or the lower part of Stanford Ave, if it's getting too packed in parking.
Gathering time: 9:15 - 9:30am. ]

Yeah, we are totally in the mood for hiking and EATing!
[call it *social* because smurfs are doing it.]

Mission Peak in Fremont, the most underrated summits in the East Bay, offers breathtaking panoramic view of the Bay, once you reach the top. Uphill usually takes around 1 1/2 hr. avg. speed , downhill is about 1 hr. Depending on your speed, usually no more than 3 hrs.
Park information and map:
http://www.ebparks.org/parks/mission

The reward for making the round trip back? Pig out in one of Fremont's best buffet restaurants! All you can eat, fresh seafood, pork, beef, veggie, noodles, rice, Chinese, Japanese, desserts, fruits, etc. etc.,

After-Party:
Lunch: arrive b/w 12:30 - 1:00, eat till you drop to your knee!
Pacific Buffet (about $12.99 for Sat. lunch)
39550 Paseo Padre Pkwy
(between Kearney St & Walnut Ave)
Fremont, CA 94538
http://www.yelp.com/biz/pacific-buffet-fremont-2

Morning gathering time: 9:30AM. Otherwise it gets pretty hot.
BEWARE OF WHERE YOU PARK BY THE FOOT HILL.

Bring your friends. Smurfs are social, why aren't we?

Contact:
Shirley Lin, Sana Choudary