Feb 21, 2019 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walking
The next walk of the Des Moines Waterland Walkers is February 24, a week later than normal. (The walk didn’t happen on the usual third Sunday of the month because it was a holiday weekend and many of the usual walkers were in Ocean Shores participating in the...
Feb 12, 2019 | Featured, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
WABI is changing its walk day (Feb only!) from its usual third Wednesday to MONDAY, 2/18. Why? Uh-oh – more snow predicted for Wednesday! Join us on an almost sunny MONDAY, Feb. 18, 9 am on the Miller Creek Trail off Des Moines Memorial Drive. (Note, the...
Jan 29, 2019 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
There’s a special meetup spot and walking route for our February 3, 2019 Walk-n-Talk. We’ll meet at the Recology Store Highline for a tour and introduction to the great things they’re doing and the “green” eco products they offer....
Jan 16, 2019 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Walking, Walking Event
The Viaduct is closed! The Tunnel is opening. The City of Seattle has planned an event-filled weekend of Step Forward fun. PLEASE NOTE: Remaining tickets are extremely limited, generally from 3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. (They are FREE for the Viaduct and...
Jan 10, 2019 | Featured, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
Join the WABI Weekday Walkers on January 16 at 9 am to explore neighborhoods along the Duwamish River. We’ll start and end at the Tukwila Community Center. The walk is flat and a little over 2 miles. Our route follows the Green River Trail north, crosses the...
Jan 4, 2019 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
Let’s discover 3 of Burien’s 25 City Parks on January’s Walk-n-Talk! For a small city, we have many gems of green space tucked here and there in various neighborhoods. Date: Sunday, January 6, 2019 (Rain or shine.) Time: Meet-up at 2:00. Walking...
Dec 24, 2018 | Featured, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
WABI – Walk/Bike Burien – is always on the lookout for new walk leaders for our three walks a month. Coming up, we need a leader for the WABI Weekday Walk on Wednesday, January 16 at 9 am. All you need to do is just show up a little early and welcome...
Dec 14, 2018 | Featured, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
Join the WABI Weekday Walkers on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 9 am at the Grand Central Bakery for an hour’s walk through the thriving diverse retail district of downtown Burien. Maybe you’ll find the ideal unique gift — or at least a fabulous pastry!...
Dec 12, 2018 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Walking, Walking Event
The next walk of the Des Moines Waterland Walkers is a special holiday walk on a different day than normal. It will be on Saturday, December 15th, meeting at 11:00 am at Big Catch Plaza (where the Des Moines Christmas Tree is located next to Dollar Tree). The address...
Nov 27, 2018 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
We’re heading into Burien’s northwest corner for our December Walk-n-Talk, in the hilly Shorewood neighborhood, with views out toward the water. Whether sun or rain, we’ll enjoy the company and conversation. Date: Sunday December 2, 2018 (Rain or...
Nov 26, 2018 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, Featured, Walking
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...
Nov 9, 2018 | WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
Join the WABI Weekday Walkers on Wednesday, November 14 at 9 am for a flat walk through SeaTac Park. (It’s called Sunset Park on the map, but have you ever heard anyone call it that?) This is a park full of forests, open spaces and surprises like a Frisbee...
Nov 1, 2018 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
This Sunday, November 4, the monthly Walk-n-Talk will start at Burien Town Square, head west to Lake Burien Park, then loop back around into town to see the current installations in the public art spaces at The Maverick Apartments and Merrill Gardens, (curated in...
Oct 17, 2018 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Parks & Trails, Walking
The monthly Des Moines Waterland Walk in Octoberwill be at Saltwater State Park in Des Moines. Date & Time: October 21, 2018 at 11:00 am Meeting Place: Saltwater State Park, in the lower parking lot next to the bathrooms at the bottom of the road after you go thru...
Oct 11, 2018 | Featured, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
Join the WABI Weekday Walkers on a transportation segment that is both old and new. Des Moines Memorial Drive, originally a memorial to WW1 dead, is also the location of Burien’s new segment of the Lake to Sound Trail. We’ll walk on Wednesday, October...
Oct 2, 2018 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
Begin the month of October with a walk down the wooded hillside to Seahurst Beach. On Sunday, October 7, 2018, our Walk-n-Talk will start at the top of the hill and walk down the service road to the Marine Science Center at the north end of Seahurst Beach. This road,...
Sep 12, 2018 | Featured, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
Enjoy a cool walk through the woods on the Des Moines Creek trail with the WABI Weekday Walkers. The walk will be the third Wednesday of the month, September 19, at 9 am. Note we are starting from the north end (S. 200th St.), not the south (beach). The trail down...
Aug 31, 2018 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
It’s a holiday weekend, a great time to go for a Walk-n-Talk with neighbors. This Sunday, September 2, we’ll meet at Burien Town Square Park to stroll up and over to Mathison Park, Burien’s highest point, where we’ll walk the park’s...
Aug 8, 2018 | Featured, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
Come join WABI Weekday Walkers on the third Wednesday of August (August 15) at 9 am to walk Marine View Park in Normandy Park. This classic summer walk descends through cool forest, ending on the beach. Normandy Park’s southernmost park is on Marine View...
Jul 27, 2018 | Art Walks, Featured, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
“Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.” – Marcel Proust In keeping with our summertime tradition, come join the 6th Annual Burien Public Art Walk-n-Talk on Sunday, August 5, as we begin the EIGHTH year (!) of our...
Jul 11, 2018 | Featured, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
Did you know there is a magical place nearby where you can see all three peaks – Rainier, Olympics, Cascades? On the map, it’s the North Hill neighborhood in Des Moines, but we prefer the more poetic “3Peak”. Check out the views with the WABI...
Jul 2, 2018 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Walking, Walking Event
WABI Burien’s “turf ” is the Airport Cities: Burien, Tukwila, Normandy Park, SeaTac and Des Moines. But we have regular walkers from all over – as far away as Auburn, Federal Way… even Redmond and Tacoma. We also encourage you to explore South...
Jun 25, 2018 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
One of Burien’s outdoor gems is the “Indian Trail”. This wandering, varied trail winds high above the shoreline strip of SW 172nd St. – the “Sunrise Trail” – and then, from Three Tree Point northward, parallels Maplewild Ave....
Jun 13, 2018 | Featured, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
WABI travels to Southcenter for a flat loop south on the Interurban Trail and back north up the Green River Trail, about 3 miles in all. Date as always is third Wednesday of the month, June 20, and we’ll walk at 9 am. Date: June 20, 2018 Time: Please gather...
Jun 1, 2018 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
It’s Walk-n-Talk time again! Come join the great group of people that show up for this monthly walk. Always laughter and great, meandering conversation. Date: Sunday, June 3, 2018 (Rain or shine.) Time: Meet at 2:00 and we’ll start walking at 2:15....
May 17, 2018 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Walking
On Sunday, the monthly Des Moines Waterland Walk will return to the route walked most often, the Des Moines Creek Trail. Date & Time: May 20 at 11:00 am Meeting Place: Near the fishing pier/bathrooms in the northwest corner of the Des Moines Marina. Parking:...
May 9, 2018 | Featured, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
Come visit Burien’s crown jewel, Seahurst Park, on Wednesday, May 16 at 9 am. This monthly WABI Weekday Walk features special guest leaders, an environmental educator from the City of Burien and a member of the WABI board. We will stroll along the beach and...
May 4, 2018 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
Come visit the lovely Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden on Sunday, May 6 for the monthly WABI Walk-n-Talk. We’ll meet at the entry of the SeaTac Community Center and make a loop north through North SeaTac Park. After our walking loop, we’ll take a stroll...
Apr 21, 2018 | Other Local Walks, Walking
Our walking friends in Seattle, the SoundStriders, put on a three-day walk every year. Last year, WABI hosted their walks in exotic Burien and Tukwila. This year, they will be walking in Edmonds, Redmond, and other points north. The walks will be Tuesday, May...
Apr 14, 2018 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Walking
The monthly Des Moines Waterland Walk for April will be in Redondo, tomorrow, Sunday April 15th. Date & Time: April 15 at 11:00 am (Rain or shine! Test out your rain gear and galoshes.) Meeting Place: Redondo Pier, which is the intersection of Redondo Beach Drive...
Apr 11, 2018 | Featured, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
Pileated woodpeckers? Skunk cabbage? Indian plum trees? All this and more at Nature Trails Park in Normandy Park! Join. WABI Weekday Walkers for our monthly walk on the third Wednesday, April 18, 9 am. We will start from Nature Trails Park and explore from...
Apr 9, 2018 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
WABI – Walk/Bike Burien – leads three walks a month and every so often needs a fill-in walk leader. That could be you! What’s involved? Just show up a little early and welcome fellow walkers. That’s it! Our regular leaders can figure out a...
Mar 30, 2018 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
Begin the month of April with a walk down the wooded hillside to Seahurst Beach. This Sunday, April 1, 2018, our Walk-n-Talk will start at the top of the hill and start by walking down the service road, then cut over to the trails, downward to Seahurst Beach. On the...
Mar 21, 2018 | Featured, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
The WABI Walkers were fortunate to see trilliums at their peak on March 21’s walk in Normandy Park’s Walker Preserve. And we were fortunate to have along talented local nature photographer, Elston Hill. Thanks, Elston, for these beautiful photos.
Mar 15, 2018 | Featured, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
‘Tis Spring and time to hunt for the elusive Trillium Ovatum. One of the best places locally to find trilliums is the Walker Preserve, a little known park in Normandy Park. Join the WABI Weekday Walkers on Wednesday, March 21 at 9 am at Normandy Park City...
Mar 13, 2018 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walking
The monthly Des Moines Waterland Walk in March will be at Saltwater State Park in Des Moines. Date & Time: March 18 at 11:00 am Meeting Place: Saltwater State Park, in the parking lot next to the bathrooms at the bottom of the road after you go thru the state park...
Mar 9, 2018 | Bike/Ped Safety, City of Burien, Cycling, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walking
What a pleasant surprise this morning to receive an email saying that WABI Burien had been nominated for a Citizen of the Year Award! Even though we were not, in the end, selected, it’s very satisfying to know that our bike/ped efforts are appreciated by folks...
Mar 8, 2018 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, City of Burien, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walking
On February 13, Walk/Bike Burien (WABI) board members, Maureen Hoffmann and Rob Gala, attended the second meeting of the King County Regional Trails Steering Committee meeting on behalf of the City of Burien. The public engagement process, run by King County’s...
Feb 28, 2018 | Art Walks, Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
We’ve got a special Walk-n-Talk day lined up for Sunday, March 4! UPDATE: View Art at the Maverick Apartments – 2:00 Northwest corner of The Maverick Apartments, SW 150th and 6th Ave. SW., Burien (The Artist’s reception originally scheduled prior to...
Feb 1, 2018 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
Grab your galoshes and let’s have our Walk-n-Talk in Burien’s far northwestern corner, in the hilly Shorewood neighborhood, with views out toward the water. This will be a great opportunity to try out your favorite rain coat and umbrella. Date: Sunday...
