Let's go for a walk!

Oops, I knew there was a reason I didn't turn off my computer yesterday. Sorry, I forgot to post this...

from Jack Welch
FUTS EXPLORER WALK 20 in 40 Days, 1/2 Marathon Training Walk

SATURDAY 1 AUGUST
1/2 marathon training walk
Start Location: Buffalo Park
Time: 6:30 AM 6:30 AM - That's right folks 6:30 AM!
Distance: About 10 total miles with some good hills at the end.
Route: Once around Buffalo Park - West on the Forest Ave Sidewalk to Ft Valley Road
North on Ft Valley Road all the way to Schultz Pass Road
Turnaround and come back the same way but you wont have to do another walk around Buffalo Park
Don Carter will lead. I will be there in the beginning for a few miles but I have
to be someplace else by 9:30 AM

It's not to late to sign up for the Big Brothers/Big Sister 1/2 Marathon - Saturday 8 August 2009
I have entry forms

SUNDAY 2 AUGUST
FUTS EXPLORER WALK - 20 in 40 Days
Into the Ponderosa Neighborhood from Lake Mary Road
Start Location: Arizona Game and Fish Parking Lot
Time:6:00 PM
Distance: About 4 total miles
A walk on the pave FUTS in the Ponderosa Trails neighborhood

MONDAY 3 AUGUST
FUTS EXPLORER WALK - 20 in 40 Days
Around the Flagstaff Mall
Start Location: Parking lot along side of JC Penneys (west side of store)
Time: 6:00 PM
Distance: About 3 total miles
We'll walk the two FUTS tunnels and around the proposed winter sledding area in the basin.

TUESDAY 4 AUGUST
FUTS EXPLORER WALK - 20 in 40 Days
New paved FUTS along Turquoise
Start Location: Jay Lively Activity Center (Skating rink) on Turquoise
Time: 6:00 PM
About 3 total miles of walking on the FUTS along Turquoise near the Summit Center and the new location for the YMCA

WEDNESDAY 5 AUGUST - Last Walk of Series
FUTS EXPLORER WALK 20 in 40 Days
Start Location: Adult Center
Time: 6:00 PM
About 2 total miles followed by our "It's all over and I'm so very glad" Party.
Special cake and awards ceremony plus I have some very, very special awards for some of the new "friends" I have acquired during the series.
All participants invited!

The new August "Walk The Walk" Schedule will be e-mailed later this week. It will include the new Coconino County Parks 12 Walk Series.

I hope to see you all soon!
Jack Welch
ADILLO at aol (period)com (usual email address format)

from Stephen Hirst
NPS/ USFS Interpretive Hikes

Our new brochure of August events is available at the Peaks Ranger Station (across from the Flagstaff Mall), Flagstaff Visitor Center (RR station), the Snowbowl, the Arboretum, the Museum of Northern Arizona, and at any of our events.

Upcoming events are also listed on the Coconino National Forest Website at http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/ and in the Arizona Daily Sun "Community Calendar" (usually on the back page of the first section).

This month we offer our four-part series of Ghost Railway hikes, tracing the beds of vanished local railroads. The first two, Saturday, August 8, and Friday, August 14, will probe the discoveries of two determined local researchers who have finally mapped the route of the fabled Arizona Mineral Belt RR. The second two, Saturday, August 22, and Saturday, August 29, will repeat last summer's explorations of the Flagstaff and Southern RR and its "cursed incline" up Anderson Mesa. Ghost Railway fliers are available at most of the above locations.

INTERPRETIVE HIKES
Thursday, July 30, 9 to 11 am
Aspen Interpretive Loop
Join ranger Jane Jackson on a pleasant walk through aspen and conifers. Learn about local flora and fauna and bring your camera for spectacular views of the Peaks, the western volcanic field and the distant Grand Canyon. Difficulty: easy. Meet at the lower parking lot (lot 9) below Snowbowl's Hart Prairie Lodge. Call 527-8222 for information.

Saturday, August 1, 9 to 11:30 am
Navajo Springs
Join ranger John Westerlund on a 2.5-mile round-trip hike to an old sheep watering area and logging railway grade. Hear about Mormon Lake natural and human history, logging, ranching, and wildlife. Difficulty: moderate on rocky trail. Bring water and good hiking shoes. Meet at trailhead across the road from Mormon Lake Lodge. Call 526-1157 ext 273 for information.

Saturday, August 1, 4 to 5 pm
Family Nature Walk
Teacher-ranger Phred Salazar will lead a walk for the whole family on the Dairy Springs Loop Trail. Meet at Dairy Springs amphitheater at 3 pm. Go 20 miles south of Flagstaff on Lake Mary Road to Mormon Lake turnoff. Proceed 3.5 miles to Dairy Springs. Call 526-1157 ext 230 for information.