After you’ve taken your annual Polar Bear Plunge, start the New Year with a Walk N’Talk starting at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 1st at Burien Town Square Park, this time with a stroll through the Gregory Heights neighborhood.
Along with providing a free, easy and social community-minded exercise, this may also serve as a way to work off the previous night’s celebrations!
“Burien’s sixth monthly Walk-n-Talk just happens to fall on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2012,” said Organizer Maureen Hoffmann. “What a great way to launch into your health and fitness resolutions for the new year!”
Maureen adds:
This Sunday, (rain-or-shine), we’ll walk from Burien Town Square southwest into the slightly rolling hills of Gregory Heights. There’s a great viewpoint spot along the route which may give us a view of Mount Rainier if the sky is clear.
Here’s a map of the New Year’s Day route:
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- Begin at Burien Town Square.
- West on SW 152nd St.
- South on 8th Ave. SW
- Cross SW 160th St. at 8th
- West on SW 160th St.
- South on 10th Ave. SW
- Viewpoint at 10th Ave. SW and SW 166th St.
- West on SW 166th St.
- North on 13th Ave. SW
- West on SW 162nd St. to Gregory Heights Elementary
- North on 16th Ave. SW
- Cross SW 160th St. at 16th
- East on SW 158th St. (It’s unmarked)
- North on 12th Ave. SW
- View of Lake Burien at 12th Ave. SW and SW 156th St.
- East on SW 156th St.
- North on 10th Ave. SW
- East on SW 152nd St
- On the way back to Burien Town Square, stop at a local restaurant for a cup of hot coffee, bowl of soup or other snack to warm you.
NOTE: The route is 3.3 miles, a little longer than previous Walk N’Talks, and with a few more slopes than some of the previous, flatter routes.
WHAT/WHO: This is a FREE Walk-n-Talk open to walkers and talkers of all abilities, including families and dogs.
WHERE: Meet on the grassy knoll at Burien Town Square, at 5th Place SW and SW 152nd Street.
WALK TO: Gregory Heights area, southwest of Burien Town Square (see map above).
WHEN: Sunday, January 1; meet at 2:00 p.m., start walking at 2:15 p.m.
INFO: Intentions for Burien’s Walk-n-Talk:
- “Encourage active living to support physical and mental health.” (Part of Burien’s new “Vision”.)
- Initiate conversation between friends and neighbors, new and old.
- Nurture the idea of our Town Square as the “living room” of Burien, our center and gathering place.
- Create our own little “volksmarch“, in the European tradition.
- Support our local cafés and restaurants on Sunday afternoons.
For a review of the first neighborly walk, click here: http://www.kunstdame.com/we-walked-we-talked/
For more information, email: design@RedRedCircle.com
