Posted in Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on Jul 5th, 2010 No Comments »
Plan now to come and walk in Douglas – Saugatuck MI this weekend. Our seasonal walk goes through the historic villages of Douglas and Saugatuck where the 12th Annual Waterfront Film festival is being held this weekend. Saugatuck is known for its art colony dating back to 1910 and the Film [...]
Posted in Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on Jul 1st, 2010 No Comments »
I have updated YRE #1808, Auburn city walk, challenges. The challenges are:
AVA CS, FH, MV.VM, and RA
ESVA FA, ST
I hope to see you on the trail.
Preston Johnson
YRE Trailmaster
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Posted in Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on Jun 26th, 2010 No Comments »
Ed, Carol and I went down to the hill country to walk today. We got started walking a little before 10am. I was number 201 out on the trail. Congrats on the good turnout! It was a very enjoyable walk and we got to visit with lots of walkers we know.
Pictures online at: http://2010.walktx.org/JoshuaSprings/index.html
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Posted in Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on Jun 24th, 2010 No Comments »
While I was up at the Columbia River Gorge in OR, I realized how many things
there are to do in addition to the great walks and hikes. Because I write up
everything…. here are my comments about the Gorge. I highly recommend the two restaurants I mentioned. And, the host hotel was wonderful. Loved the
views of [...]
Posted in Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on Jun 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
I produce a television series, “Perils For Pedestrians”. www.pedestrians.org
I will be in Pittsburgh in early July. I am looking for people to interview on camera discussing issues of concert to pedestrians in their community. If you are in the Pittsburgh area and are
interested, please contact me.
Thank you.
John Z Wetmore
john@pedestrians.org
Producer of “Perils For Pedestrians”
A television series [...]
Posted in Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on Jun 21st, 2010 No Comments »
Pre-registration is required. Normally we just show up and register. I noticed that will not be the case this year. If you want to do these events you must preregister by Sep 10.
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Posted in Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on Jun 19th, 2010 No Comments »
There weren’t any weekend events this weeked (due to Father’s Day) so Brandy, Ed and I walked the Turtle’s YRE in Salado. It wasn’t too hot, we had some cloud cover and a nice breeze. The route has a lot of shade.
Pictures: http://2010.walktx.org/Salado/index.html
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Posted in Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on Jun 13th, 2010 No Comments »
Carol and I walked the Tin Star Ranch/Crabapple School event on Saturday. It was overcast to start, but clouds soon broke up and it got hot. It was on country roads with little traffic. Very enjoyable walk.
Pictures: http://2010.walktx.org/Fredericksburg
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Posted in Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on Jun 11th, 2010 No Comments »
Next Saturday in Solomons – hope to see you there.
Join us for the 1st IVV walk in Solomons and on Solomons Island on Saturday, June 19, 2010. Our 10-km and 5-km trails include special programs: Cemetery Stroll, Historic Churches, Islands, Museums, Native American Culture & RiverWalk America, Honoring Law Enforcement and Veteran Memorial.
START/FINISH: The [...]
Posted in Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on Jun 9th, 2010 No Comments »
To: “walklist@yahoogroups.com” The Historic Pathwalkers invite you to a group walk of our Grand Rapids seasonal walk on Saturday, June 12. We plan to start walking at 9:30 a.m.
The trail takes you along the Grand River, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum and burial site, historic Heritage Hill with it’s magnificent architecture as [...]
Posted in Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on Jun 9th, 2010 No Comments »
Grab your walking stick, your neighbors, children, grandchildren and head for Denver City Park for the National Get Outdoors Day Volkswalk this Saturday, June 12. Check out the website at www.getoutdoorscolorado.org.
Start: 9 AM – 12 Noon. Finish: 3 PM
Parking: Available in and around the park or across the street at Each High chool, 1600 [...]
Posted in Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on May 1st, 2010 No Comments »
Texas group walked in Austin today with the Colorado River Walkers. The event started at the Whole Food Store and covered parts of 6th Street with its boutiques and speciality stores, Clarksville, and some very upscale houses. It wasn’t as warm as they thought it would be, but it was dry for most of the [...]
Posted in Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on May 1st, 2010 No Comments »
Traverse City offers the National Cherry Festival July 3 – 10, a must see if you’ve never been to it. www.cherryfestival.org
Manistee has the National Forest Festival July 1 – 4 another fun event with lots of activities. www.manisteechamber.com/forestfestival
The tulips are blooming in Holland MI just in time for the Tulip Time festival which runs from [...]
Posted in Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on May 1st, 2010 No Comments »
This coming Saturday, May 1, The Falcon Wanderers will celebrate the start of *NATIONAL PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SPORTS MONTH* and their *28TH ANNIVERSARY* with their walk at the Air Force Academy just north of Colorado Springs,
Come walk with us and enjoy the brats and other goodies.
For more information, navigate to
*http://www.falconwanderers.org/brochures2010/May10.html*
Hope to see you there!
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Russ [...]
Posted in Adventure Trip, Organizations, Stay The Night, Walking Events, Walking Trails on Apr 27th, 2010 No Comments »
Join us for the 1st IVV walk in Solomons and on Solomons Island on Saturday, June 19, 2010. Our 10-km and 5-km trails include special programs: Cemetery Stroll, Historic Churches, Islands, Museums, Native American Culture & RiverWalk America, Honoring Law Enforcement and Veteran Memorial.
START/FINISH: The Holiday Inn Select ,155 Holiday Drive, Solomons, MD 20688.
TIMES: Start [...]
Posted in Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on Apr 27th, 2010 No Comments »
Texas group went up to walk this event on Sunday. The Bluebonnets were beautiful as promised. It was a great walk.
Pictures: http://2010.walktx.org/Fossil_Rim/index.html
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Posted in Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on Apr 25th, 2010 No Comments »
The tulips are blooming in Holland MI just in time for the Tulip Time festival which runs from May 1 – 8. Come and do our seasonal walk and enjoy the sounds and smells along with the beauty of thousands of tulips and spring flowers. The walk has been revised to include the [...]
Posted in Adventure Trip, Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on Apr 25th, 2010 No Comments »
Columbian feature article on the Vancouver Discovery Walk Festival
http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/apr/23/discovery-walk-takes-steps-in-vancouver/
So far, we had 519 on Friday, 1201 on Saturday.
Of the Saturday walkers, we had
- 83 marathon finishers
- about 300 half marathon finishers
- about 350 on the Family Fun Walk — of those, about 100 were children age 12 and under.
- We had 104 participants of the [...]
Posted in Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on Apr 24th, 2010 No Comments »
Texas group went down to this state park which is just west of Navasota. It rained hard most of the night and they waited until 8am to head south. They were pleasantly surprised to find it hadn’t rained at the State Park. The trails were dry.
This is a wonderful historical location. It was a good [...]
Posted in Organizations, Walking Events, Walking Trails on Apr 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
*FALCON WANDERERS 28TH ANNIVERSARY WALK*
The Falcon Wanderers Volksmarch Club will celebrate their 28th Anniversary with a walk where it all began… The Air Force Academy.
Register from 9:00 am to Noon at Picnic Area #2 off Stadium Blvd. Proceed at your own pace on the 5k (3.1mi) or 10k (6.2mi) trails to finish by 3:00 pm. [...]