Next Bike SaFaRi: Sunday, August 19

Next Bike SaFaRi: Sunday, August 19

Just in time for the cooler temperatures we’re supposed to see this Sunday, we will be doing what will likely be our last daytime* Bike SaFaRi (Safe Family Ride) of the year. We plan to re-ride last month’s route to North Seatac Park because we were so...
Next Bike SaFaRi: Sunday, August 19

Bike SaFaRi on Sunday, July 15

WABI Burien’s Bike SaFaRi series continues this Sunday! Bike SaFaRis – “Safe Family Rides” – are monthly bike rides for young riders and parents, as well as those without children, that simply want to increase their cycling skills. There...
Father’s Day Bike SaFaRi

Father’s Day Bike SaFaRi

Take the family on a Father’s Day bike ride on the second Burien Bike SaFaRi of 2012, Sunday, June 17. The ride will follow a quiet, flat, 3.5 mile loop that connects Burien’s Town Square with several parks, community spaces, and schools to the north. A...
Seen Around Town: Cool, Old Bike

Seen Around Town: Cool, Old Bike

How could a cool, rusty, old bike like this NOT catch the eye!? This old bike was just leaning against the fence near the street in one of Burien’s neighborhoods. Was it put there for “quaint decoration”? It reminds me of its now 72-year-old twin...
Burien Bike Day Poster

Burien Bike Day Poster

The snazzy Burien Bike Day Poster is complete and ready to post around town. If you’d like to print one of your very own, to hang in your store window, office or home, CLICK HERE (or on the image below) to download the 8.5 x 11″ size PDF.
Get on Your Bike for Burien Bike Day: Friday May 18th!

Burien Bike Day is May 18

As the days start to warm (and dry) up, don’t you just want to get out on your bike and ride around the neighborhood? Maybe take your two wheels up to get groceries instead of hopping in the car? Grab family and friends and take a rolling stroll? Cycle up to the...
Student Art Walk May 3

Student Art Walk May 3

Burien Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services will be celebrating Art Education Month by showcasing Art by Highline School District Students in a Student Art Walk from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 3. “Visit downtown Burien on Thursday, May 3rd, from 5 – 8pm to...
Intrepid April Fools, Rain & Sun

Intrepid April Fools, Rain & Sun

We had said “rain or shine” and we had both! We huddled against the weather and waited to see if other walkers would show up. In all, six intrepid “April Fools” showed up with stormy skies to the south, bundled for April’s Walk-n-Talk...
Bike to Work Day: May 18

Bike to Work Day: May 18

“Bike to Work Day” is Friday, May 18. WABI Burien will be participating with local organizations in sponsoring “Bike to Work Day”, providing incentives and both tangible and rah-rah support of those that take off on two wheels to get themselves...
Out Walkin’ Again

Out Walkin’ Again

(Originally Posted March 4, 2012) Hey, it may have been a bit chilly, but it was dry! (We had much warmer weather for our walks on January 1 and February 5.) It’s the beginning of March and it was time to go for another Walk-n-Talk. We met up at Burien Town...
A Sunny February Walk-n-Talk

A Sunny February Walk-n-Talk

(Originally Posted February 5, 2012) Today was the seventh, monthly Walk-n-Talk here in Burien; 38 people and 3 dogs came to join the stroll! Of the walkers, 1 person was visiting from Salt Lake City, a family came from Phinney Ridge and others routinely come from...
Walkin’ Peace in 2012

Walkin’ Peace in 2012

(Originally Posted January 2, 2012) Forty-one people showed up under unusually warm, blue skies for the Walk-n-Talk on New Year’s Day! Wow! Rainier was out. It was like a springtime day as people gathered on Town Square’s grassy knoll, having come from...
You, too, can walk with us.

You, too, can walk with us.

(Originally Posted October 2, 2011) We’re just a bunch of folks, of various ages and abilities and speeds, out for a nice walk together. We show up once a month, whomever wants to amble on two feet, and we go from here to there in Volksmarch fashion. Today we...
Walking Under Blue Skies

Walking Under Blue Skies

(Originally Posted September 5, 2011) How dreamy to stroll under clear blue skies on a warm September afternoon, with neighbors from near and far. We had our second monthly Walk-n-Talk yesterday with a dozen two-footed walkers and three four-footed walkers, Lulu,...