Outings

 Join the Sierra Club’s Cascade Checkerboard Project volunteers as we team with the Mountains-to-Sound Greenway to remove invasive weeds from the close-by and very popular Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Valley. Take out your aggressions, get a little dirty and help pull blackberry, Herb Robert and other invasive species from our location on the Middle Fork Road. While we’re at it, we’ll learn a little of the rich history of this special valley and efforts to protect it. Its work but we have fun and feel a real sense of accomplishment when we're finished. We’ll get an early start but will also finish early so we can join other Greenway volunteers in an afternoon picnic. Contact Leader for more information: Harry Romberg, 206-365-9302, HBRomb@aol.com. 

  Please join the South King County group of the Sierra Club and the Friends of Soos Creek, in coordination with the King County Parks Department, for our Tenth Semiannual Restoration Event at Soos Creek Park. The park is a beautiful ribbon of greenery running through Renton, Kent, and Covington that provides exceptional wildlife habitat in an otherwise urban setting. Drinks and snacks provided - bring your own lunch. You’ll need work clothes, gloves and boots and be sure to dress for the weather. Some tools will be provided, but bring loppers and pruners if you have them. Activity will be between 9 AM and 2 PM - you can work as little or as much as you like during that time frame. We will meet at the parking lot at the south end of the trail, which is along 148th Ave. SE just off SE 266th St. near Lake Meridian Park. For directions or more information, please contact Mark Johnston by email or at 253-639-3862.

Not for the faint of heart, 9.6 mile loop. No dogs. Strenuous going up the ridge. You will have a sense of accomplishment afterwards. Contact Mike Newsham at 360-574-5506 or 2newshams@comcast.net to sign up.

Contact leader for announcement of location and directions. Basic instruction provided. First-time paddlers welcome! Rentals available. Pre-registration required by 5:00pm May 16. Contact Lehman Holder at (360) 944-7957 or tripsguy@aol.com to sign up.

We will do the rougher upper Ape Cave near Mt. St. Helens in Southwest Washington. A fun spelunk, I have done it with 10 year-olds-they really get a kick out of it, and so will you. Dogs definitely not OK. 3 mile loop 400’ gain. Contact Mike Newsham at 360-574-5506 or 2newshams@comcast.net to sign up.

Register now for our second annual run-scramble-brainteaser, Search Party 2008! Register at Brown Paper Tickets (Early bird registration ends April 19th).

Saturday, May 31st, 2008 New-registrants: 12 noon, Pre-registered: 12:15 pm Search Begins: 1:00pm sharp!

Search Ends: 3:00pm sharp! Lost & Found After-Party, Food & Prizes: 3:30-5:00 pm

Sign up now for the early bird special!!! http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/28246

Wait, wait don’t tell me…. what’s happening May 31st (the Saturday after Memorial Day)? Answer: Sierra Club’s Seattle Inner City Outings second annual SEARCH PARTY!

Contact leader for announcement of location and directions. Experience the fun and exhilaration of paddling a sea kayak! First-timers welcome. Join us for a half-day outing on Lake River near Ridgefield, WA. (north of Portland, Oregon) Rental kayaks available on-site, rental fees apply. PFD (life-jacket) required (included in rental fee.) Outing held, rain or shine. Pre-registration required by 5pm Thursday, June 5. This outing is open to the public. Contact Lehman Holder at (360) 944-7957 or tripsguy@aol.com to sign up.

Join our trail work party for National Trails Day. No experience necessary. Wear work clothes and boots, and bring gloves, water, and lunch. Free barbecue dinner afterwards. Contact Jacquie for more information or to sign up 425-771-7715.

Join us to hike and bushwack up this newly acquired mountain land, purchased by the Friends of Turtleback Mountain and Trust for Public Land from a private owner. A great new hike on the west side of Orcas Island, more spectacular than Mt. Constitution! Those that wish to may go over the night before to camp at Moran State Park. Otherwise group will meet in Seattle and Mt. Vernon to carpool to the Anacortes Ferry Dock. Bring lunch and water, sunscreen, hiking poles, and wear good hiking footwear and clothing. Dress for the weather and bring a raincoat. For more information and to sign up, please contact Terese VanAssche at terrasolutions@hotmail.com or 253-334-2156. Group will also stop in Eastsound for dinner before our return ferry trip. (MB/ CH)

We will have the road to ourselves in the early morning on this 2 lane road, from the Lowell neighborhood, E of I-5, to the town of Snohomish, on the Lowell Snohomish River Road. We will meet at 8:30am at the Rotary Park, across the railroad tracks E of Lowell, or meet to carpool at 8:00am at the Lynnwood Transit Center. We will have coffee and muffins in Snohomish. Contact Jacquie for more information at 425-771-7715