Nebraska Wander Freunde Trailblazers
Walk for Fun, Fitness and Friendship in the Omaha and Council Bluffs metro area
The latest club newsletter, full of information about future walking dates and events is available here: January – February 2023 newsletter
Be sure to join us Friday, January 20th at 2 p.m. at the Gene Leahy Mall (13th & Farnam Streets in Omaha) for a group walk of the Mall on National Take a Walk Outdoors Day. The event is free, so save your change for the parking meters and maybe a nice cuppa something hot for after the walk!
All of the information that you need to plan your next couple of months of walking! Click here to read the current newsletter: November – December 2022 Newsletter
The Holiday Lights Festival returns! Mark your calendars for Saturday, December 3rd for our annual Lights Walk. KANEKO at 11th & Jones in Omaha is graciously hosting the club, with plenty of room to spread out and offer cookies, hot drinks and over 100 items for a holiday raffle! Thank you to The RiverFront for sponsoring the walk. This year, there’s no fee to walk, so grab your friends, family and leashed pets and come between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to starting walking 5k or 10k with us. Be sure to save some time and check out all the family-friendly activities a few blocks away at the Gene Leahy Mall at 13th & Farnam, also sponsored by The RiverFront.
You can read up on all the upcoming walks here: September/October 2022 newsletter
Our latest newsletter is available here: July – August 2022 Newsletter
Three important things (besides seeing all the gorgeous pictures!):
Our May – June 2022 newsletter with LOTS of information on upcoming walks is available here: https://www.nebraskatrailblazers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/NWFT-May-June-2022-newsletter.pdf
Our latest newsletter is now available here: Jan – Feb 2022 newsletter Our club members get the full newsletter, delivered right off the presses directly to their email inboxes. Just a reminder: membership dues for 2022 are due right now. Mail a check for $10 for a single membership or $15 for a family membership to: NWFT, P.O. Box 8147, Omaha, NE 68108
Our Annual Dinner meeting will be held on January 15th – reservations were due before the publication of this notice. Our 2022 Officers will be installed and the 2021 Walker of the Year award will be awarded.
Our next regular club meeting will be held at Morning Star Lutheran Church, 331 S. 85th Avenue, Omaha, NE in the upstairs chapel area at 7 p.m. on Monday, February 7th. If you read the newsletter, you’d know that our scheduled speaker for February is on “Ollie the Trolley”! Be sure to bring a mask to wear while at the meeting, as requested by our host.
Our next scheduled group walk will be an indoors walk at the Westroads Mall on Saturday, January 22nd at 9 a.m. Cost is $3 per walker; come 15 minutes early to pay (exact change!) and sign the waiver. We’ll meet on the 2nd floor at the play area by Penney’s and Dick’s Sporting Goods. There’s a entrance door tucked away by Penney’s – you can use that to come inside.
Everyone who has lived in these parts for a while knows that Nebraska winters are very unpredictable. What do you do if there’s a 40F degree day and you want to walk and we don’t have anything scheduled? Well, we’ve got 11 Year Round Walks just for you – some right close and some a bit further away. Check out all of our Year Round Events and start planning on those 4 Seasonal Walks at this page on our website: Seasonal and Year Round Events Invite a friend, take the family or walk on your own – they’re all great walks that you can do anytime you feel the urge to walk!
The latest newsletter link in the last post was incorrect. The correct link is here: November – December 2021 Newsletter Thanks to eagle-eyed reader LF for pointing this out!
Our annual Pie Walk is coming up THIS Saturday, November 6th, starting at 9 a.m. The start location is the APWU at 13th and William Streets in Omaha, but better parking is available just a block north in the church parking lot at 14th & Pine Streets. (Hint: don’t drive Pine between 13th and 14th, even if it is on the map!) Check-in/walk-in registrations end at noon. Cost is $3 per walker. Please consider bringing a pie to share; all leftovers will be donated to the men’s shelter in Council Bluffs. Register online using this eRegistration Link
Our next staffed walking event is our annual Lights Walk on December 4th, this year starting from the Urban Abbey at 1026 Jackson Street in Omaha’s Old Market. Check-in/walk-in registrations run from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and the cost is $3 per walker. The Urban Abbey will have hot drinks for sale, while our club will provide complimentary cookies. Our host has asked us to support their mission with the YES Maternity Group Home by bringing diapers for sizes 3 and up. We’ll be offering “diaper shares” for a $5 donation. Donations are not required, but as always, are greatly appreciated. Register online using this eRegistration Link.
Read more about these walks in our latest newsletter! Be sure to read up on how voting will be handled this year for club officers and Walker of the Year and take a peek at the very full 2022 Walking Calendar (coming soon to a website near you). Newsletter link: November – December 2021 Newsletter
Our club’s latest newsletter is now available! Click here to read it: September – October 2021 newsletter Of course, club members receive the full newsletter hot off the presses. Here’s your chance to join – just follow the instructions on this page: “How to Become a Club Member”
Just in case you don’t get the newsletter read before 7 p.m. on Monday, September 13th – we’re having an in-person club meeting tonight! Our meeting place is still at Morning Star Lutheran Church at 331 S. 85th Avenue in Omaha, but the room has been moved upstairs to the chapel. Our speaker tonight from the Papio-Missouri NRD will talk about local trails. He will be followed by a short business meeting. Our meeting room host requires that masks be worn inside the church building, so please be prepared to mask up upon entry.
Our most recent newsletter is now available. All of the details for our July and August club outings are in it, so you’ll want to read it right away!
Our “Weekday Walks” have been very popular. Our next walk is Monday, July 12th at 10 a.m. for a 5k out-and-back on the Wabash Trace in Council Bluffs, IA. This walk is free, but the Wabash Trace does request a $2 per person payment in order to use the trail. Meet at the Iowa West Trailhead Park at the intersection of Harry Langdon Blvd. & E. S. Omaha Bridge Rd. Please arrive 15 minutes early so that everyone can get walking by 10 a.m.
Future weekday walks are dependent on volunteer availability to lead a walk, summer weather and vacation schedules. Let us know at netrailblazers@gmail.com if you’d like to lead a walk and where.
Reservations for a box lunch for the July 24th outing in Ashland, NE are due by July 15th. All the details are in the newsletter, so if you haven’t read it yet, do it now!
Box lunches will also be available for purchase for the August 14th outing at Chalco Hills in SW Omaha. You did read about it in the newsletter, didn’t you?