August 2011

San Francisco’s Camp Mather – Best Kept Secret?

Where did you spend your summer vacation? We spent a week at Camp Mather which prompts the question, "What is Camp Mather"? Camp Mather is a family camp located outside of the Yosemite Valley, owned by the City of San Francisco, run by the Recreation and Park Department and originally housed the workers building the Hetch Hetchy Damn. O'Shaunasey Damn Spill way I first heard about it from parents in my son's kindergarten class. Seemed like everyone knew about it but us. As a child my parents brought...