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MAKING YOUR HOTEL RESERVATIONS at the HOLIDAY INN, TROY I-75 at Rochester Rd. Exit 67 You will be making room reservations on your own. It is recommended that you call the Troy Holiday Inn directly at (248) 689-7500. Do NOT use the 800 Holiday Inn reservation number. Identify yourself as attending the Michigan Botanical Club's Spring Foray to be eligible for the special rate of $59 per room (single or double) per night, plus 3.5 % tax. A limited number of cots are available for $10 per night. If you wish to share a room to further reduce costs, make your roommate plans first and provide the hotel with the names of those sharing the room with you. The MBC-SEC registrar will maintain a list of people who wish a roommate if you need to find someone. The Holiday Inn's deadline for room reservations is May 13, 2005. The maps below indicate the location of the Holiday Inn, Troy and the local roads. Registration will take place in the lobby. Evening programs and meals will take place in the ballroom on the ground floor. There is a restaurant and lounge in the hotel as well as a fitness center, outdoor pool and a very extensive parking area useful for staging field trips. WHAT TO BRING Although southeastern Michigan includes some of the most populated counties in the state, we will be visiting some relatively wild places; swamps, fens, marshes, and forests, so leave your city clothes at home and be prepared with boots, insect repellent, sun screen, etc. For those registered on the Walpole Island Trip, please bring your driver's license AND a passport or birth certificate. Canada requires these for crossing the border. MAKING RESERVATIONS FOR ATTENDING THE 2005 SPRING FORAY Please fill out both sides of the registration form completely and return it by the deadline of May 6, 2005. There will be no refunds given after May 13. We have set a limit on registrations of 150 people due to the need to limit numbers on the field trips, some of which will be going into fragile areas. Therefore, we will be accepting registrations in the order that they are received until we reach our limit. Current MBC members in good standing will have first priority in their foray registration and field trip assignments. All evening programs on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings will be held at the Holiday Inn and will be free and open to the public. A variety of day and weekend registration and meal packages are available, including children's prices and a discounted rate for college students. Your registration form and payment should be mailed to: Kathleen Thomson (248)
435-2070 Questions about registration should be directed to our registrar, Kathleen Thomson, above. Questions about student discounted pricing and/or scholarships should be directed to Emily Nietering at 313-278-9269 or knietering@att.net Questions about field trip locations, conditions or schedules should be directed to Nina Misuraca Ignaczak at misuracan@co.oakland.mi.us or 248-858-2470 (work) For those wishing to camp, a list of local campgrounds is provided. You must call and make your own reservations. All of these campgrounds are at least 30-45 minutes away from the hotel. Clarkston: Holly State Recreation Area 248-634-8811 Highland: Highland State Recreation Area 248-889-3750 Holly: Groveland Oaks County Park 248-634-9811 Leonard: Addison Oaks County Park 248-693-2432 Milford: Proud Lake Recreation Area 248-685-2433 Ortonville: Ortonville State Recreation Area 248-627-3828 Waterford: Pontiac Lake Recreation Area 248-666-1020 More information is available on the Michigan Botanical Club website at www.michbotclub.org including links to some publications of interest, and other local attractions you may wish to visit such as The Henry Ford, the Detroit Zoo, and the Detroit Institute of Arts. Information on these and other locations will also be available at the foray on our literature table. Oakland County also has 57 miles of trails and linear parks suitable for hiking and bicycling. Trail maps will be available at the foray as well.
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