Apr 12, 2024 | Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
Let’s return to Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden where the flowers are emerging and offering an ever-changing selection of natural beauty. The garden had its origins in a private garden belonging to Elda Behm, a local gardening enthusiast. She called her garden...
Mar 16, 2024 | Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
Please plan to join the WABI Weekday Walkers for a scenic forest walk on Wednesday, March 20th at 9am in Walker Preserve, a little-known gem in Normandy Park. We’ll follow the trail as it winds through the preserve and down side-trails to Miller and Walker creeks....
Feb 16, 2024 | Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
You’re invited to join the WABI Weekday Walkers as we stroll through the lovely streets of Normandy Park on Wednesday, Feb 21 at 10am. We’ll start by circling City Hall Park, then travel south along Des Moines Creek Drive. Our path takes us along...
Jan 12, 2024 | City of Burien, Health & Well-Being, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
You’re invited to join the WABI Weekday Walkers on Wednesday, Jan 17th at 10am [NOTE LATER START TIME] as we make a loop through Gregory Heights in Burien. We’ll assemble at the corner of SW 164th St & 21st Ave SW where there’s plenty of street...
Dec 15, 2023 | Health & Well-Being, Local Maps, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
This month, the WABI Weekday Walkers will stroll through North SeaTac Park. This lovely park is located just east of Burien, in neighboring SeaTac. In 2021, The Seattle Times reported: The area that makes up North SeaTac Park has long been intertwined with the Port of...
Nov 9, 2023 | Art Walks, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
You are invited to join the WABI Weekday Walkers as we explore another little-known local park, Duwamish Gardens, located in Tukwila, on Wednesday, Nov 15th, starting at 9am. Tucked away amongst roads and industrial buildings and adjacent to the Duwamish River, the...
Oct 13, 2023 | Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
All are welcome to join the WABI Weekday Walkers along the Cedar River trail on Wednesday, Oct 18th, starting at 10am (NOTE LATER START TIME). We’ll start from the Cedar River trail parking lot that is adjacent to the Renton Rowing Center, in Renton. The...
Sep 30, 2023 | Bike/Ped Safety, Cycling, Cycling Event, Parks & Trails
WABI Burien Weekday Bikers will cycle along the eastern portion of the Cedar River Trail on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. We plan to meet a little before 10 AM at the Cedar River Trail parking area immediately across the street from Foley’s Produce stand 21419...
Sep 15, 2023 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
This month we’ll head to Renton and the lovely and little-known Waterworks Gardens on TUESDAY, Sep 19 at 9am. [Note the change in DAY to TUESDAY, just for this month.] The King County website says, “Waterworks Gardens is designed as a series of garden...
Aug 31, 2023 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails
WABI Burien Weekday Bikers will cycle the Green River Trail on Wednesday, September 6, 2023. We plan to meet a little before 10 AM at the Three Friends Fishing Hole in Kent. We will cycle south, passing through the newly completed Van Doren’s Landing Park, and...
Aug 11, 2023 | City of Burien, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
The WABI Weekday Walkers return to our home base this month with a walk from Burien Town Center around Lake Burien. Please join us on this mostly flat, 2.7 mile loop. We expect to walk for about an hour. Highlights include peek-a-boo glimpses of historic Lake Burien...
Jul 29, 2023 | Featured
WABI Burien Weekday Bikers will cycle the Eastside Rail Corridor Trail on Wednesday, August 2, 2023. We plan to meet a little before 10 AM at the parking lot at the NORTH end of Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park in Renton (near the Renton Sailing Center). We will cycle...
Jul 15, 2023 | Featured, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
Can you place this fish? Please join us on Wednesday, July 19th, as we make a loop through Des Moines in search of this sculpted fellow. We’ll park at the library (which is closed until noon) and head over to 222nd St which will take us down to Des Moines Creek...
Jun 24, 2023 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails
WABI Burien Weekday Bikers will cycle the Alki Trail on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. We will plan to meet a little before 10 AM at the Delridge Community Center parking lot (address below) and cycle north, picking up the Alki trail along Harbor Avenue SW. We will take a...
Jun 16, 2023 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
This month the WABI Weekday Walkers will travel to West Seattle to enjoy a three-way treat: the Rose Garden, Arboretum, and Chinese Garden located on the campus of South Seattle College. The Rose Garden and Arboretum are in full bloom and are directly adjacent to the...
May 20, 2023 | Cycling, Featured, Parks & Trails
WABI Burien Bikers will cycle along three of Seattle’s waterways on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 beginning at 10 AM. The route begins at the Green River Trail in Tukwila, cycling north as the Green River becomes the Duwamish River waterway and continues to Cecil...
May 13, 2023 | Featured, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
Please plan to join the WABI Weekday Walkers for a scenic forest walk on Wednesday, May 17th at 9am in Walker Preserve, a little-known gem in Normandy Park. We’ll follow the trail as it winds through the preserve and down side-trails to Miller and Walker creeks. While...
Apr 21, 2023 | Cycling, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails
WABI Burien Bikers will cycle the lovely Soos Creek Trail on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 beginning at 10 AM. The paved trail meanders through marshlands, meadows, and forests over a gently rolling course that crosses and re-crosses Soos Creek and other small streams...
Apr 14, 2023 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
Come join WABI Weekday Walkers as we explore Burien’s Seahurst neighborhood on Wednesday, Apr 19th, starting at 9am. Our route will start and end at Lake Burien School Memorial Park. The park was built in 1994 on the former site of the historic Lake Burien...
Mar 24, 2023 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
After a several year hiatus, WABI Burien will restart organized community bike rides, beginning on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Our first ride will take place on a section of the beautiful Green River Trail on Wednesday, March 29 beginning at 10AM. The trail links...