Explore Sonoma County Club

Explore Sonoma County Club endeavors to help kids explore hiking trails all over the county. The club works with outside agencies such as LandPaths.org (a truly wonderful group) and has taken students to places including Bodega Bay, Armstrong Woods, Taylor Mountain, Hood Mountain, Doran Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore, Spring Lake and Annadel. We went to Alcatraz last year too. Explore Sonoma County Club is a wonderful way to be outdoors and to learn more about the beautiful area we live in.

Contact Alan Petty at apetty@srcs.k12.ca.us .

Alan Petty A native Californian, Alan Petty grew up in Oakhurst, CA near Yosemite. He was in the USMC Reserves, attended CSU Long Beach and graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Russian History. Alan Petty played rugby for Long Beach State, UC Berkeley, and The Old Blues of Berkeley. His rugby coaching career began at Lamorninda which is a club comprised of kids from Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda, CA. He coached there for 5 years. He moved to Santa Rosa and coached rugby at Piner High School for 4 years and then transferred to Elsie Allen High School where he’s been coaching for the past 18 years. Alan has been a high school rugby head coach longer than anyone else in California. He is married and has three children and a dog named Zia.