Club Happenings
Meetings: We meet monthly at the downtown Puyallup Library, except for our usual May walk (this year in June instead), August picnic and December Christmas party. Meetings start at 6:45pm in one of the meeting rooms off the south entrance.
June Meeting Walk: Our June meeting this year will be a walk in Sumner on Monday, June 12, followed by dinner at Aversanos at 6:15pm. To walk meet at the start at Stafford Suites and be ready to walk the 10k at 4pm. 5k walkers can judge when they should start to be at dinner at 6:15, probably meet at 5pm.
2017 Daffodil Club Challenge: Club members can participate this year in our Daffodil Challenge which requires us to do a walk each month with a particular theme or type of location. Those who finish will receive a "fabulous prize.". Club members can get the Daffodil Challenge record book at any club meeting or from the club president.
2017 Club Trip: Our club trip this year will be to Spokane October 19-22. We will travel Thursday and do the YRE in Moses Lake. We will stay at the Oxford Suites Spokane Valley with it's great Happy Hour. There are several YREs to do in the area on Friday. Saturday Lilac City Volkssport Association will put on a traditional event for us. Then on Saturday we return home and can schedule our own walk on the way.
Wednesday Morning Walks
Everyone is welcome on our Wednesday Morning meetup walks. See the schedule and detailed information at www.meetup.com/south-sound-walkers.
Monday Morning Walks
We walk Monday mornings 9:15am on the Puyallup Riverwalk Trail from the back parking lot of Mrs. Turner's Restaurant on East Main St.. This is a sanctioned volkssport walk. We walk one east (6K) towards Mama Stortinis one week, and west the other (8K). You can also see this on our meetup. We leave promptly at 9:15am.
June Meeting Walk: Our June meeting this year will be a walk in Sumner on Monday, June 12, followed by dinner at Aversanos at 6:15pm. To walk meet at the start at Stafford Suites and be ready to walk the 10k at 4pm. 5k walkers can judge when they should start to be at dinner at 6:15, probably meet at 5pm.
2017 Daffodil Club Challenge: Club members can participate this year in our Daffodil Challenge which requires us to do a walk each month with a particular theme or type of location. Those who finish will receive a "fabulous prize.". Club members can get the Daffodil Challenge record book at any club meeting or from the club president.
2017 Club Trip: Our club trip this year will be to Spokane October 19-22. We will travel Thursday and do the YRE in Moses Lake. We will stay at the Oxford Suites Spokane Valley with it's great Happy Hour. There are several YREs to do in the area on Friday. Saturday Lilac City Volkssport Association will put on a traditional event for us. Then on Saturday we return home and can schedule our own walk on the way.
Wednesday Morning Walks
Everyone is welcome on our Wednesday Morning meetup walks. See the schedule and detailed information at www.meetup.com/south-sound-walkers.
Monday Morning Walks
We walk Monday mornings 9:15am on the Puyallup Riverwalk Trail from the back parking lot of Mrs. Turner's Restaurant on East Main St.. This is a sanctioned volkssport walk. We walk one east (6K) towards Mama Stortinis one week, and west the other (8K). You can also see this on our meetup. We leave promptly at 9:15am.
Our Otter Rock beach walkers.
Club Trips -- In 2012 our club traveled to Lincoln City October 12-14. There were about 20 of us, including some from other clubs in the area, that carpooled down, stopped to walk in McMinnville and had lunch, then dinner in Lincoln City Friday night. Saturday many of us walked the Otter Rock event. Others did the Lincoln City walk. We ate dinner at the casino. Sunday on the way home, many of us walked in Cannon Beach. Click here to see pictures Sharon Moat took.
Mt. Angel, Oregon Road Trip 2013 -- In 2013 we went to Woodburn, OR September 12, 13 and 14. Some of us walked the Longview YRE on Thursday on the way down. On Friday we walked the Mt. Angel YRE and visited all the booths at their Oktoberfest festival. Saturday we walked the Silver Falls 11k walk that visited 10 waterfalls on the very scenic loop trail. Some of us walked a 5k Silverton YRE after lunch. That night we ate a great dinner at the Country restaurant on the golf course at Woodburn. Sunday we were on our own to do a YRE if we wanted on the way home. There were 24 of us. We all had a great time, thanks to John Warhol who planned it all and kept us all informed along the way.
Yakima and Prosser Club Trip -- September 11 - 14, 2014 we did a wine country weekend on the east side of the mountains. On Thursday many of us stopped in Ellensburg on the way to do the city walk. Then, we headed to the Wild Horse Wind Farm for a tour. After that it was on to Yakima where we stayed at the Oxford Inn, situated right on the greenway and the start of the Yakima Greenway walk, which we did on Friday morning. On Saturday we caravaned to Prosser to do the Prosser walk and go to the farmers' market there. We finished the day with dinner in Yakima. Sunday we did the Roslyn historic walk on the way home.
Port Angeles Trip -- October 9-11, 2015. We traveled to Port Angeles for their Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival. We walked the Port Gamble YRE with lunch afterwards on the way Friday, the Olympic Penninsula Explorers' traditional walk on Saturday and the Gardiner YRE on the way home Sunday. Friday night we had dinner at a Mexican Restaurant, and Saturday at another restaurant. Twenty people enjoyed the weekend.
Bellingham & White Rock, BC -- August 5-7, 2016. We travelled to Bellingham and White Rock, BC for the Northwest Tulip Trekkers and Surrey Trekkers Friendship walks August 6th and 7th. On Friday we did the Mt Vernon YRE. We ate dinner Saturday night at a Mexican Restaurant. We stayed at the Oxford Inn and Suites in Bellingham. Saturday we carpooled to the Peace Arch Park in Blaine. The Surrey Trekkers walk started there and crossed the border to White Rock and back. On Sunday we did the NW Tulip Trekkers walk at Lake Padden in Bellingham before returning home.
Mt. Angel, Oregon Road Trip 2013 -- In 2013 we went to Woodburn, OR September 12, 13 and 14. Some of us walked the Longview YRE on Thursday on the way down. On Friday we walked the Mt. Angel YRE and visited all the booths at their Oktoberfest festival. Saturday we walked the Silver Falls 11k walk that visited 10 waterfalls on the very scenic loop trail. Some of us walked a 5k Silverton YRE after lunch. That night we ate a great dinner at the Country restaurant on the golf course at Woodburn. Sunday we were on our own to do a YRE if we wanted on the way home. There were 24 of us. We all had a great time, thanks to John Warhol who planned it all and kept us all informed along the way.
Yakima and Prosser Club Trip -- September 11 - 14, 2014 we did a wine country weekend on the east side of the mountains. On Thursday many of us stopped in Ellensburg on the way to do the city walk. Then, we headed to the Wild Horse Wind Farm for a tour. After that it was on to Yakima where we stayed at the Oxford Inn, situated right on the greenway and the start of the Yakima Greenway walk, which we did on Friday morning. On Saturday we caravaned to Prosser to do the Prosser walk and go to the farmers' market there. We finished the day with dinner in Yakima. Sunday we did the Roslyn historic walk on the way home.
Port Angeles Trip -- October 9-11, 2015. We traveled to Port Angeles for their Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival. We walked the Port Gamble YRE with lunch afterwards on the way Friday, the Olympic Penninsula Explorers' traditional walk on Saturday and the Gardiner YRE on the way home Sunday. Friday night we had dinner at a Mexican Restaurant, and Saturday at another restaurant. Twenty people enjoyed the weekend.
Bellingham & White Rock, BC -- August 5-7, 2016. We travelled to Bellingham and White Rock, BC for the Northwest Tulip Trekkers and Surrey Trekkers Friendship walks August 6th and 7th. On Friday we did the Mt Vernon YRE. We ate dinner Saturday night at a Mexican Restaurant. We stayed at the Oxford Inn and Suites in Bellingham. Saturday we carpooled to the Peace Arch Park in Blaine. The Surrey Trekkers walk started there and crossed the border to White Rock and back. On Sunday we did the NW Tulip Trekkers walk at Lake Padden in Bellingham before returning home.