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Washington Walking Festivals: If you love walking and can get to northwest Washington, you’ll be interested in the Tulip Trekker’s September walking weekends. Every year the club puts on a public walking festival. In odd years, look for the Bellingham, WA events and in even years take a ferry to Whidbey Island, WA for the walking festival.  Full Article

Featured Event

Vancouver Discovery Walk - Vancouver, Washington. This international event is held each April. It is a great event for both novice walkers and marathoners. Thie Discovery Walk Festival is being held  features long distance self-paced walking, a family-friendly event, a cool-off swim event and a bike event. Participants choose from a wide variety of options. No matter what events you participate in, you will enjoy meeting people from all over the world.  More...

Walk Reviews

Tubac, Arizona and the Anza Trail
There are two ways to enjoy Tubac. One is to sign up in Green Valley for the 10K map guided walk, see the town and walk on the historic Anza Trail along the river. This map guided walk is sponsored by the Tucson Walking Club and is open to the public.

The second is to make your own walk, include the beautiful Anza trail and then have a meal in Tubac and walk some of the historic and artsy streets. The Anza Trail is part of a National Historic Trail and runs through several states.

For the section that runs through Tubac, the trail head can be found in the historic section of Tubac. To get there, take I-19 South from Tucson. Look for the second exit for Tubac, Exit #34. Turn left at bottom of ramp – sign for Presidio State Historic Park. Turn left again at next stop sign. Turn right on Plaza Rd. into Tubac. Immediately turn right onto Tubac Road. Stay on Tubac Road – follow signs into parking lot designated for Anza Trail Head and park there. Public restrooms are off Will Rogers Lane – ½ block back on Tubac Road to the right – blue sign- restroom in the square to the left.

It is an easy walk on natural trail and is partially shaded by cottonwood trees. The river is beautiful. The area is frequented by birders. It is a multi-use trail. We saw evidence of horses when we were there.

Part of the fun of hiking and walking is what you do afterwards. We stopped in to a brand new restaurant, The Artist's Palate, and had an excellent fresh and beautifully prepared lunch for a very reasonable price.  Fortified with lunch, we then explored the town and ended up buying some pottery and southwest decorator items at La Paloma de Tubac.

Liz is a travel writer who writes for Southwest for Visitors.

Columbia River Gorge Walking Weekend
Every other year, if we're lucky, the Columbia River Walking Club of Portland, Oregon hosts a long weekend of hikes and walks in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge. They usually have dinner gatherings for the walkers and each day you'll find the club volunteers cooking thier "world famous hot dog lunch." It's a wonderful way to enjoy the woods and waterfalls of this beautiful area. The club also has frequent walks throughout the year.

More information on the Columbia River Gorge Weekend.

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