Just gotta walk! April walking news

Fear not! We’ve got lots of great opportunities for you to walk. Check out any of our Year Round Events (time is ticking on the Grand Island event – see this post.

For North Central Region events from now until the end of the year (always more being added!) check April 1 2015 North Central Region Walks to come for the latest listings.

Luckily, we are pretty centrally located, so there’s always plenty to do with the clubs to our south. Check out https://clayplattetrackers.org/calendar.html for a list of their upcoming Group Walks and their first Traditional Event of the year in Olathe, KS on April 25th.

Those folks are pretty fantastic about supporting other clubs. Check out this Clay-Platte Trackers walking weekend with GDMVA for details on how the Clay-Platte Trackers are going to host a weekend of walks in conjunction with the Greater Des Moines Volkssport Association’s 30th Anniversary events! Our club is making carpooling arrangements to walk with the GDMVA in the morning (see this link for details and note the alternate start point for the morning of April 18th!). If you haven’t let Butch Spaulding know that you want a ride (or want to drive), let him know or email us right away!

April Walk reminder!

Just a reminder of our walk this Saturday. Admission to the exhibits at the Western Historic Trails Center is free, so plan to spend a little extra time enjoying the hospitality of our start point hosts!

Date: April 4, 2015

Where: Western Historic Trail Center / Welcome Center, 3434 Richard Downing Ave, Council Bluffs, IA

Start Time: 9:00 AM until 12 PM, off the trail by 3 PM

Trail and rating:  A 10 K and a 5 K trail will be available.  Walk is rated 2 A.

Directions to Start/Finish Point: From I-80/29 take South 24th Street exit and turn south to either the first street on your right (at first traffic light south of I-80/29) road to Trail Center / Welcome Center road goes to the parking lot.  Or go to Richard Downing Ave (at second traffic light).  Turn right on Richard Downing Ave to Western Historic Trail Center.  There is some construction near the entrance.

Sad news – Grand Island Year Round closing May 17th

This is to notify you that our year round in Grand Island will be closing at the end of the day on Sunday, May 17, 2015.  This action is due to the upcoming closure of our starting point, Skagway Discount Center effective May 22, 2015.  
 
We will be looking at having a group walk (or two), perhaps on a Sunday afternoon.  Please let us know if you are interested in carpooling. This is a great walk and the perfect time of year to make walking memories to last a lifetime.
 
A special thanks to Jim and Martha McGahan of Grand Island, who have kept the Volksmarching torch burning brightly in Grand Island and nearby. Thank you, Jim and Martha!

Late February News

February must be Soup News Month! We had 20 walkers attend the Shelby Old Stone Arch Nature Trail Soup Off on February 7th. Here are just a few photos from that event – lots more photos are available in the NWFT Mar-Apr 2015 newsletter and on Facebook.

The Workers’ Walk for the March 7th Soup Walk will take place at 9 a.m. on Saturday, February 28th, at St. Barnabas Church in Omaha. Please arrive 15 minutes early to take care of paperwork and to bundle yourself up for a rather chilly walk. Too bad that there won’t be any soup at the workers’ walk!

The Soup Walk itself will take place the following Saturday, March 7th, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. to start walking and be off the trail by 3 p.m. St. Barnabas Church is located just north of 40th and Dodge. Club President Mel Bohn promises that there will be more parking available this year.  Please bring 2 cans of soup – one for the pots of chicken or vegetable beef soups and one for the food pantry.

Our last two walks of 2014 – coming very soon!

 

 

 

 

Midtown Crossing Dec 2011
Midtown Crossing Lights Walk 2011
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. ‘Nuf said! If you want to read about these two walks, go back to our last post!

There is no January regular meeting, but we’ll see you at the annual dinner on January 17th – more details to come! The next regular meeting is scheduled for February 2, 2015. Please keep in mind when traveling to our winter meetings: we don’t hold a meeting if Omaha Public Schools calls off school due to bad weather.

Workers’ Walk for November 1st Pie Walk in Blair

What: Worker’s Walk

Where: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 1734 Grant Street, Blair, NE

When:  Saturday, October 18th, 9:00 a.m.

Directions to Start/Finish Point:  From the west on Hwy 30 (south 19th St in Blair). As you are entering Blair turn right (east) on Colfax St. (3 blocks north of traffic lights on South St),  go about 2 blocks to 17th St., turn left for 1 block to Grant, turn left to park on the north side of the street.   From the East on Hwy 30 (Washington St in Blair) turn left (south) on S 17th St.  Go about 2 blocks to Grant.  Turn right on Grant to start/finish on your right.

Restroom will probably not be available at the start/finish for the worker’s walk, but there are nearby service stations while driving to the Start Point.  Restrooms are available shortly after starting walk (2.5K).

Beautiful Bellevue Walk

What a wonderful fall day for walking! We had 74 walkers join us for the “Beautiful Belleuve Walk”, including 14 new faces. Here’s a picture of 2 of them, with “old face” Butch Spaulding.  The Luciers are veteran Volksmarchers from living in Germany, and we welcome them, and the 12 other folks new to our walks. Just think – our next walk also starts with a “B” – in Blair, with the added bonus of PIE to sweeten the deal.

Karen and Michael Lucier - first walk with us

Weeping Water Walk – Lincoln Volkssport Club

Have you seen the forecast for this weekend? Absolutely too fabulous to stay home on the couch!

The Lincoln Volkssport Club is holding a walk in Weeping Water, Nebraska on Saturday, September 27th. Start times are from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., and walkers are asked to be off the trail by 1:15 p.m. The walk start point is the Heritage House Museum, which is on the corner of H Street (Nebraska Hwy 13K) and Randolph Street. The museum faces Randolph. The route takes you through the city of Weeping Water and the surrounding countryside. Wagons, wheelchairs and strollers will have much difficulty.

Be sure to mark your calendars for the LVC’s next event, which is the always popular Wyuka Walk, October 25th, starting at the Wyuka Cemetery at 3600 O Street in Lincoln, right in time for Halloween!

October Walk – Workers’ Walk

What:  Workers walk for Bellevue event.

When:  Sunday September 28th
Time:  3:00 PM
Where:  Sarpy County Museum – 2402 Clay St, Bellevue, NE
 
NOTE:  For the workers’ walk there will be no restrooms at the museum – it is closed on Sundays. (There are plenty of places a couple minutes away by car, back out on Hwy 370.)
 
Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to complete paperwork so that we can start walking at 3 PM.

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Wine and Walk Updates

A few updates on our upcoming Wine and Walk on September 6th:

  1. Worker’s Walk is at 8 a.m. on Saturday, August 23rd. Come a few minutes early to handle paperwork and payment. No bathrooms are available at the Start Point, so factor that in to your timing. There are gas stations nearby.
  2. On the day of the actual walk, Too Far North Winery has donated two bottles of wine for us to give away to two lucky walkers (of legal drinking age). Just pull the lucky cork from the basket and a bottle of wine is yours to take home and enjoy!
  3. Fort Atkinson will have reenactments beginning at 10 a.m. and our walk route goes through the Fort. Plan to spend extra time on the route to enjoy seeing scenes from daily life 150 years ago, or re-enter the Fort after the walk with your Nebraska State Parks sticker.
  4. The walk will pass the Washington County Museum and the Frahm House. A special price of $4 allows our walkers to enter both buildings, starting at noon.