Year Round and Seasonal Events
Year Rounds (YREs) or Seasonals are self-guided events you can do yourself most any day of the year or part of the year. See the link below to find our walks. If there is a physical start box, sign the register yourself and find directions at the local business or facility which has agreed to be the registration location. Registration materials are in a file cabinet or in a file box or folder that might be kept behind a counter. Ask for the "Walk Box or Folder" if you don't see it. Personnel at the facility don't know anything about volkssporting so be patient and respect their business customers. Otherwise find the walk on the AVA's Online Start Box (OSB) at http://my.ava.org. To download directions from the OSB, setup a login and password and follow the directions there.
Many walkers enjoy doing YRE's when they travel to other parts of the country -- a great way to see the area. They are also an excellent way to get your exercise between weekend events. Go to http://my.ava.org and click on "FIND A" to search for events.
Remember all walk directions are copyrighted. You must sign the walk register in order to obtain the directions and do the walk. You may not just take the directions. Remember that it costs money to furnish the walk box, provide copies of directions and lots of time to set up the route and manage the walk box. Consider a donation if you do not walk for IVV Credit and stamp books. If you use the Online Start Box, you will register and set up a login and password and "sign" a waiver that will be good for some time.
Daffodil Valley Volkssport Association has many YREs in our region and some a distance away in Eastern Washington. Try them out.
Many walkers enjoy doing YRE's when they travel to other parts of the country -- a great way to see the area. They are also an excellent way to get your exercise between weekend events. Go to http://my.ava.org and click on "FIND A" to search for events.
Remember all walk directions are copyrighted. You must sign the walk register in order to obtain the directions and do the walk. You may not just take the directions. Remember that it costs money to furnish the walk box, provide copies of directions and lots of time to set up the route and manage the walk box. Consider a donation if you do not walk for IVV Credit and stamp books. If you use the Online Start Box, you will register and set up a login and password and "sign" a waiver that will be good for some time.
Daffodil Valley Volkssport Association has many YREs in our region and some a distance away in Eastern Washington. Try them out.
MEETUP to do Walks with OTHERS
End of the Riverwalk Trail
A good way to get walking is with a group. Join our Meetup on Monday and/or Wednesday mornings. Our Meetup group does walks around the south sound, our own and other clubs. Many walkers join us each week -- volkssporters or not.
Monday mornings we walk on the Puyallup Riverwalk at 9:15am from Mrs. Turner's Restaurant on Main St. in Puyallup. Click on this link: www.meetup.com/south-sound-walkers.
To see a list of the walks we are doing through January, 2024, please click on the Meetup Walks page.
DVVA YEAR ROUND AND SEASONAL EVENTS: (Please go to http://my.ava.org and pick the "FIND A" tab.) All routes are on the Online Start Box. Physical start boxes are listed below.
Puyallup Town Walk -- Safeway, 708 Shaw Rd.
Puyallup River Walk -- Safeway, 708 Shaw Rd.
Sumner -- Safeway, 708 Shaw Rd.
Buckley -- Arrow Lumber and True Value Hardware
Orting walk --Arrow Lumber and Hardware
Orting bike -- Arrow Lumber and Hardware
South Prairie Walk -- Arrow Lumber and Hardware, Orting
Eatonville -- Arrow Lumber and Hardware
Parkland -- Arco Station
Spanaway -- Arco Station
Yelm -- Yelm Safeway
Tukwila Fort Dent -- Hampton Inn & Suites
Tukwila Christiansen Trail -- Hampton Inn & Suites
Tukwila Lake to Sound Trail -- Hampton Inn & Suites
Tukwila Light Rail Station North -- Online Start Box only
Moses Lake -- Holiday Inn Express
Bremerton -- CJ's Evergreen General Store or Fraiche Cup
Port Orchard -- Comfort Inn
Currently to Oct 31 will be Year round in 2023
Lyle -- Online Start Box only