Calhan Volksmarch, July 31st, 2010

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Hello again everyone.

We went to the volksmarch in Calhan on Saturday, Jul 31. It was the last day of the El Paso County Fair. It was a glorious day for the plains – partly cloudy with temperatures in the 70s. Perfect!!

This is the Paint Mines walk. If you have never been to El Paso County’s Paint Mines Park, you need to go. Just that is reason enough to go to Calhan. For additional interest, make sure and stop at Cadillac Jack’s Antique store on the west end of town. You will not believe your eyes in either case!!

This year there was a 5K stroll through town. The 10K went out the south side of the fair and you walk 1.5 miles on the dirt road to the trailhead at the park. Then, a stroll up and down the trails though the hoodoos.

We brought Doris and Ralph along. Doris is insatiably curious, and Ralph is a Mineralogist. We decided to do the 5K through town, because we had never really seen the town. Then, we drove out to the trailhead and walked 5K or so in the park so we could see all the geological formations.  Pictures can be found at CalhanVolksmarch2010.

A Wonderful time was had by all.

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Woodland Park OktoberfestPlus Volksmarch

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Well, things are finally coming together. We have an award designed, the brochure is done, the course is mapped out. Just need to walk it to make sure nothing got washed away in this week’s gully washer (Tuesday afternoon, July 20). Check it out: Gully Washer and Deer.

Go to our Regular Events page and click on Woodland Park Oktoberfest. I’ll have some pictures there pretty soon.

Remember, the walk is September 17 in Woodland Park. Park at the high school. The start is at the Ute Pass Cultural Center. Come and have a great time.

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Castle Pines Oktoberfest Volksmarch

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

The Falcon Wanderers in Colorado Springs (falconwanderers.org) got a call from Doug Gilbert in Castle Pines wanting to do a volksmarch in conjunction with their Oktoberfest. Karen called me, and we met. Usually, getting all the stuff together for a walk takes about 6 months, a year if there is any kind of government involved. This was a concern, because the Castle Pines Oktoberfest is Sep 25, this year.

When we want to do a walk, we spend a great amount of time explaining what it is we do. This time, Doug is already a volksmarcher. As we had our first meeting and were discussing some of the operational issues, there were places where we probably needed permission. Turns out, Doug is either that entity, or knows everyone involved. We essentially had no issues for permissions. Thanks Doug!!

So, Tuesday, July 20 we met at the start point for the Oktoberfest walk, in the square between Safeway and King Soopers. Doug had established a preliminary trail that, on paper, seemed to meet all of our druthers. We would druther it not be an out and back, we would druther it not be too up, we would druther to be off streets and into open space. And we have hit a home run!!!

I have posted pictures of the 5K (woodlandwanderers.org/CastlePines). We only walked that because of the weather. Got back right before it rained. Karen and Linda from the Falcon Wanderers was there, as well as Sherry and myself, and of course Doug. It is a superb walk. Rolling hills, but gentle. Felt like more down than up. Yes!! The 10K follows the 5K route, then has a 5K loop at the top, then rejoins the 5K route. Lots of views, nice houses, scenery, bridges, garden. We are very excited.

So, mark your calendars. September 25, 2010. Start times 0830-noon, finish by 3. I will post the brochure as soon as it is done, which will be shortly. See you There!!!

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Looking for ideas

Friday, May 28th, 2010

We did a walk the weekend of May 22nd in Rocky Ford, CO. This was the first time EVER to do a walk there. I was able to get the information published in the Rocky Ford Daily Gazette, and the La Junta Tribute-Democrat. Even though we had 60 participants, this is low for the Falcon Wanderers. They have 300 members. There were only a couple of people from the Denver Metro Area, and only one couple from La Junta that I know of.

I am looking for ideas to get new participants. How can we make this interesting to them. It seems there is a huge interest if people walk for some cause. It seems to not be enough for them to walk just for themselves.

What can we do??? Let me know your thoughts.

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Rocky Ford Event, May 22, 2010

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Saturday was a really big day. This was the first time ever we did a walk in Rocky Ford, home town of our club president. We marked the trail on Friday afternoon. The start point was at Christine’s Restaurant on the east side of town. The Falcon Wanderers of Colorado Springs provided the volunteers to staff the start/finish, and the Woodland Wanderers staffed the checkpoint. At the checkpoint (Grandma’s house!!) we had lunch available for the walkers, featuring a Russian/German delicacy known as Bierocks (Beer-oaks). These are sealed bread dough filled with seasoned ground beef, cooked cabbage and a few onions, then baked to a golden brown. Yumm.

We had a participation number of about 60 for the walk. That was good considering we started at the unusual time of noon to 3pm, finish by 6pm. That, and the temperature went up to 95 degrees!! Fortunately there was quite a bit of shade.

Pictures can be found at woodlandwanderers.org/RockyFord2010 – enjoy.

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Hello world! Welcome to the Woodland Wanderers!!

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Hello everyone. Glad to see you here. This page is for you to interact with us. Let us know what you think. We will be suing this to send out information about our upcoming events and exciting changes to our sport.

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