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More than 80 guests showed up Sunday at Leroy Martinelli’s deer camp in Tomasini Canyon to celebrate his mother Hazel Martinelli’s 101st birthday. Mrs. Martinelli, who lives with her daughter Patricia in Point Reyes Station, is seen here with her son Leroy at right and Joan Haley of Point Reyes Station at left.
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Leroy Martinelli, himself 78, with daughters Gail Hale and Margie Langdon during the party he hosted at his deer camp. Such hunting “camps” are common on ranches around Point Reyes Station and typically consist of a small clubhouse with a kitchen and social area. Guests arriving for Sunday’s party found part of the entrance road patrolled by black Angus steers.