What’s New?

Upcoming Light Rail Group Walks: 

Watch this page for postings of group walks (that we hear about) which qualify for the Light Rail Challenge.  And, if you or your Club are planning a walk that qualifies for the Challenge, let us know and we’ll post it here.  For information on the details of the Challenge, click here.

Sun., Sept. 13 – Light Rail:  S. Bellevue Station.  Meet at 10:15 a.m. at the Station.  Starting at the South Bellevue Light Rail Station, the route quickly joins a path through the blueberry fields of Mercer Slough Nature Park.  A boardwalk leads you by the Winters House which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  Cross a bridge over the slough and perhaps catch a glimpse of birds or kayakers.  The 10K leaves the Nature Park for views from Entatai Beach Park, and parks in Beaux Arts Village.  Routes:  5K and 6K, rated 1B, and 10K rated 2B.
Restrooms:  Restrooms are open only seasonally on the 6K route. (A 1/2K round trip detour to a year round restroom is available along the route at 3.5K).  The 10K has restrooms along the route at 4K, 7K & 9K.  Pets are not allowed on Light Rail, but ok on walk route if arriving otherwise.  Leash and clean-up laws apply.
Registration:  You may register through the online start box, or we will have in-person registration available at the start.  All participants pay $4 registration fee.  Please RSVP to let us know to watch for you.  Jane Clark is the host.

Stamps for your Book:
We have added the Light Rail Challenge to the list of challenges on the online start box.  (Many thanks to Sandi Severtsen of Sound Steppers for getting this set up!)
This means when you register for (and complete) a Light Rail walk on the Online Start Box, you can then download an insert card for the Light Rail Challenge.  Here’s how to get that set up:

After you log in to your Online Start Box account, click on the “My Start Box” tab, then click on “My Books.”  Then you’ll see an option to click on “My Challenges and Other Programs”.  Click on that, and it will have a long list of other Challenges, including the Light Rail Challenge.  Check that box to add it to your list of Challenges.
Here is a screenshot from the “My Books” page, with my notes in red pointing to the buttons to click (you’ll see that I’ve added all the WA State Challenges in my list):

And, if you’re still working on the first Light Rail Challenge (yay!  keep going!), go ahead and click this box.  We’ll of course accept this insert card for the original Challenge too.  (We couldn’t add the original Challenge to this list because it has technically expired – but if you’re working on completing your book, by all means use this for your insert card!  Walk on, happy campers!).