BOGGS MOUNTAIN, Calif. – The Lake County Big Read Program, together with the Friends of Boggs, is presenting a “Hike and Read” event on Sunday, Oct. 20, at Boggs Mountain State Forest.

The Big Read provides citizens with the opportunity to read and discuss a single book at various events within their community over a period of a month.

The Lake County program month is October, and the reading selection is the popular “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan.

The Lake County Big Read is a grant-funded program of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) designed to restore reading and the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with Arts Midwest.

To nurture these goals, the Boggs Mountain Event will feature a 2.9-mile hike, and at the half-way point, the group will take a break and enjoy a snack as they discuss “The Joy Luck Club” and share one of their favorite passages in the novel and listen to the readings presented by others.

This will be a moderate-level hike on moderate terrain with some elevation and will be led by the director of the Big Read for Lake County, Robin Fogel-Shrive, together with Darlene Hecomovich, a member of Friends of Boggs.

Attendees will have the additional benefit of exercise while they hike through the Douglas fir/ponderosa pine forest enjoying lovely vistas and the beauty of fall in the forest.

Wear sturdy shoes, dress appropriately for weather conditions, and bring water, your snack as well as a bundle of enthusiasm.

Meet at the parking lot kiosk promptly at 9 a.m. The forest entrance is located off Highway 175 just 1½ miles north of Cobb Village. Turn at the blue State Fire Station/Boggs Mountain Forest sign.

For further information phone Darlene at 707-928-5591 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .