Jun 4, 2026 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
One of Burien’s outdoor gems is the “Indian Trail” If you haven’t discovered the historic Indian Trail yet, this is your chance! This wandering, varied public Trail winds high above the shoreline strip of SW 172nd St. – the “Sunrise...
May 22, 2026 | Cycling, Featured
Parents! Are your young kids popping wheelies on e-bikes as they swerve erratically back and forth across both lanes of 152nd?! They show poor judgement, are unpredictable, and risk their safety and that of others. Increasingly, I see young kids that are hot-rodding...
May 16, 2026 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
You’re invited to join WABI Weekday Walkers for a 2-mile walk in Normandy Park on Wednesday, May 20, at 9am. We’ll park at MarVista Park (4th Ave side, where there are bathroom facilities) and start walking north on 4th Ave. Our route takes us through...
Apr 30, 2026 | City of Burien, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
Begin the month of May with a walk on a beautiful day, down the wooded hillside to Seahurst Beach. This Sunday, May 3, 2026 at 2:00, our Walk-n-Talk will start at the top of the hill and walk down the service road to Seahurst Beach. On the way back up, walkers may...
Apr 23, 2026 | Art Walks, Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Walking Event
The Des Moines Waterland Walkers’ April walk will be on Saturday, April 25th, which is International Sculpture Day. The Inkfish Foundation and the Des Moines Legacy Foundation are sponsoring a great community event to celebrate art in Des Moines, and our walk...
Apr 2, 2026 | Art Walks, City of Burien, Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
Special guest on our April Walk-n-Talk: Artist Rodger Greene! As part of the Public Art Plan here in the City of Burien, Merrill Gardens has 9 curated art spaces in display windows along SW 150th St. and 4th Ave. SW. Through the month of May, 18 pieces of...
Feb 26, 2026 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured
Our next walk is on Saturday, February 28th starting at 10:00. We’ll meet at the Des Moines library at 21620 11th Ave S a little before 10:00 and we’ll walk through the neighborhood, down to the waterfront and over to the start of the Des Moines Creek...
Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
Oh! Everybody loves a secret pathway! Well…it’s not so secret for the neighbors that live in the area, but let’s explore and enjoy it together. Date: Sunday, March 1, 2026 (Rain or shine… but SUNSHINE is forecast!)Time: Meet-up at 2:00. Walking starts at...
Jan 27, 2026 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk
It’s time for a walk this Sunday, February 1. (Isn’t it always time for a walk?) It’s fun. It gets you out of the house. You get the chance to talk to people you wouldn’t otherwise chat with. And it keeps you healthier. Join the other Walkers...
Jan 16, 2026 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Parks & Trails
The Des Moines Waterland Walkers January walk will be along part of the Green River Trail, on Saturday January 24. We’ll meet a few minutes before 10:00 at the Three Friends Fishing Hole in Kent. Please note the earlier start time. We’ve had several...
Dec 29, 2025 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
Start the new year by strolling with others on the January 2026 Walk-n-Talk. On Sunday, January 4, we’ll meet at Burien Town Square Park to walk up and over to Mathison Park, Burien’s highest point, where we’ll walk the park’s pathway and...
Dec 12, 2025 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Walking
Our annual holiday walk will be a little earlier in December than our normal walk day so participants can check out the Des Moines shops and decorations along the walk before the holidays. We’ll meet a few minutes before 11:00 am on Saturday, 12/13 at Big Catch...
Dec 4, 2025 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk
There are a couple of small waterfalls on Miller Creek in Burien. If you haven’t discovered them, come join the Walk-n-Talk, this Sunday, December 7, 2025. Due to the new roadway interchanges on SW 160th, just east of Trader Joe’s, it’s no longer...
Nov 17, 2025 | Featured, Parks & Trails
From our friends on the B-TOWN BLOG STAFF November 11, 2025 Burien’s Environmental Science Center will host a series of free Moonlight Beach Walks at Seahurst Park, inviting residents to explore the shoreline under the glow of their flashlights while learning about...
Nov 17, 2025 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Parks & Trails
In November, we will return to the popular Des Moines Creek Trail, a 2-mile out-and-back paved, slightly uphill trail along the creek and through the woods. We’ll meet a few minutes before 11:00 am on Saturday, November 22nd and we’ll start walking...
Nov 14, 2025 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
The WABI Weekday Walkers return to our home base this month with a walk from Burien Town Center, through part of Gregory Heights, and around Lake Burien. All are invited to join us on this mostly flat, 2.7 mile loop. We expect to walk for about an hour. Highlights...
Nov 3, 2025 | Bike/Ped Safety, Featured, Health & Well-Being
by Maureen Hoffmann, WABI President. These long winter days are short on light, so most of us find ourselves going to and from work, running errands and walking the dog at dusk or in the dark. Crossing the street. Walking through the parking lot. Heading up the...
Oct 27, 2025 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking Event
Are you aware of (and can you name) the great number of specimen trees we have right here in the heart of town? This is a NEW and special Burien Tree Walk-n-Talk, and will be fascinating for all who attend! Burien resident, Horticulturist, Landscape Designer and...
Oct 22, 2025 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Walking
Our October walk will be at Redondo Beach on Saturday, October 25th at 11:00 am. We’ll meet a few minutes before 11:00 in front of the MaST Center Aquarium at 28203 Redondo Beach Dr S. There’s a pay parking lot across the street that charges $2.50 for 2...
Oct 2, 2025 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk
For our October Walk-n-Talk, we’ll walk a figure-eight loop up around the northern Shorewood neighborhood, then head down the hill, through Shorewood Park and around the water-view neighborhood looking out over the Sound. Date: Sunday, October 5, 2025 (Rain or shine.)...
Sep 3, 2025 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk
It’s time for a walk this Sunday, September 7. (Isn’t it always time for a walk?) It’s fun. It gets you out of the house. You get the chance to talk to people you wouldn’t otherwise chat with. And it keeps you healthier. Join the other Walkers and Talkers for the...
Aug 19, 2025 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Parks & Trails
Our next walk is on Saturday, August 23rd starting at 11:00. We’ll meet at the Des Moines library at 21620 11th Ave S. a little before 11:00 and we’ll walk through the neighborhood, down to the waterfront and over to the start of the Des Moines Creek trail. We’ll walk...
Aug 14, 2025 | Art Walks, Featured, Walking Event
Check out the MuralWalk Burien, Friday, August 22, 2025. Join a guided walk through Burien to explore the City’s vibrant murals. This is a FREE event, open to all. MURAL TALK: Victor Melendez will talk about his new mural from 4:00 – 5:30 PM. MURAL WALK: The walk will...
Aug 8, 2025 | Featured
Hey all, Our next walk will be this Saturday, August 9th, at 11AM. I’m sad to say that next month, Saturday, September 13th, will be the last walk I’ll be leading. I know it’s a rather sudden decision, but next month will mark 2 years since I started the South Seattle...
Jul 29, 2025 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk
It’s forecast to be a mild day, cloudy and in the 70s this Sunday. Let’s walk through the wooded hillside down to Seahurst Beach. We’ll meet at 2:00 for our Walk-n-Talk at the top of the hill and walk down the service road to the beach. On the way back up, walkers may...
Jul 23, 2025 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Parks & Trails
Our July walk will be along part of the Green River Trail. We’ll meet on Saturday, 7/26 a few minutes before 11:00 at the Three Friends Fishing Hole. The official address is 19970 Russell Road, Kent, WA, but what works best is just to enter Three Friends Fishing Hole...
Jul 10, 2025 | Featured
Our next walk will be this Saturday, July 12th at 11AM. July is, among other things, UV Awareness Month. Like I talked about with vitamin D, we don’t get as much sun here due to the sun’s rays entering the atmosphere at a less direct angle and traveling through more...
Jul 3, 2025 | Art Walks, Featured, Walk-n-Talk
“I had a pleasant time on this walk and discovered art in Burien that I hadn’t known about since living in the area beginning in 1992. Where are we heading on the next walk?” Rick Frequent Walk-n-Talker Sunday July 6, 2025 Now into summer, we will enjoy the 13th...
Jun 26, 2025 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Walking
On Saturday, June 28 at 11:00 am, we’ll walk at Saltwater State Park. The address is 25205 8th Pl S in Des Moines. We’ll meet in the lower parking lot near the bathrooms a few minutes before 11:00 am. You’ll need to have a Discover Pass for your car to park in the...
Jun 12, 2025 | Featured
Our next walk will be this Saturday, June 14th at 11AM. We’ll be talking about Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, specifically how we screen for it and how to prevent it. I understand this can be a tough subject to talk about, but the more we talk about it, the...
Jun 4, 2025 | Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured, Local Maps, Parks & Trails
(Click on the maps to enlarge them.) New 7-mile segment of Lake to Sound Trail to open this Saturday, June 7 in SeaTac A key milestone in South King County’s trail network will be celebrated this Saturday, June 7, 2025, with the grand opening of a major segment of the...
May 28, 2025 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
One of Burien’s outdoor gems is the “Indian Trail”. If you haven’t discovered the Indian Trail yet, this is your chance! This wandering, varied public Trail winds high above the shoreline strip of SW 172nd St. – the “Sunrise Trail” – and then, from Three Tree Point...
May 4, 2025 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk
What a fabulous walk with sunshine, warm-but-not-hot temps, a cool breeze, 32 walkers, 4 “WABI Doggies” and “secret pathways” to discover as we strolled around the Hazel Valley neighborhood! And there were lots of “new” walkers… folks that hadn’t joined a Walk-n-Talk...
Apr 30, 2025 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk
Oh! Everybody loves a secret pathway! Well…it’s not so secret for the neighbors that live in the area, but let’s explore and enjoy it together. Date: Sunday, May 4, 2025 (Rain or shine…)Time: Meet-up at 2:00. Walking starts at 2:15.Place: Meet at the New Start...
Apr 25, 2025 | Art Walks, Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Walking Event
The Des Moines Waterland Walkers April Walk will be on Saturday, April 26th, International Sculpture Day. Date & Time: Saturday, April 26, 2026. 12:00 PM Place: Des Moines Library, 21620 11th Ave S in Des Moines. The library is open on Saturdays, but there should...
Apr 10, 2025 | Featured
Our next walk will be this Saturday, April 12th at 11AM. We’ll be talking about osteoporosis, plus I’ll answer questions about vitamin D. I’ve attached a great HANDOUT from the Canadian health care system about vitamin D testing in particular. Hope you’re enjoying the...
Apr 2, 2025 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk
On our April Walk-n-Talk, we’ll stroll from Burien Town Square, southbound to the southern hilltop area of Gregory Heights, to the overlook, hoping we can look out to a view of Mt. Rainier. Date: Sunday, April 6, 2025 (Rain or shine…)Time: Meet-up at 2:00. Walking...
Mar 23, 2025 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, City of Burien, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Local Maps
Burien Comprehensive Safety Action Plan Here’s your chance to pinpoint areas on the map where you’ve noted safety concerns and have suggestions. Please DO take a few minutes to add your input! The City wants to hear from you! They’ve created a...
Mar 20, 2025 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Walking
In March, we will return to the popular Des Moines Creek Trail, a 2-mile out-and-back paved, slightly uphill trail along the creek and through the woods. We’ll meet a few minutes before 11:00 am on Saturday March 22nd and we’ll start walking promptly at...
Mar 7, 2025 | Featured, Health & Well-Being
Hey all! Our next walk will be this Saturday, March 8th at 11AM. We’ll be talking about tendon injuries and how you can rehab them at home. We’ll also talk about the roles of modalities such as physical therapy and massage. Going forward this year...
