Join us on the Trail--National Trail Day 2008
National Trails Day
On the Clear Creek Trail
Saturday, June 7th
10 am to 4 pm
The American Hiking Society's slogan this year, Join Us on the Trail, is an open invitation to all to get out and experience everything the Clear Creek Trail has to offer. http://www.americanhiking.org/events/ntd/index.html
Family Day around the Clear Creek Saq'ad Interpretive Center . . .
From 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
* Guided Trail Walks
* “I-Spy” Guide for all kids with prizes for those finding all items (insert picture of Kate with magnifying glasses)
* Birding with the Audubon Society
* Lemonade Stand with St. Antony's volunteers (insert pic of lemonade stand)
* Plus fish painting, pinecone toss, and magic fishing poles.
Trail Maintenance at the Old Mill Park . . .
From 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., the Kitsap Mountaineers will organize and clean-up the Old Mill Park beach and continue blackberry and scotch broom control. Volunteers are welcome to join in. Participants should bring their own gloves and tools. Trash bags will be provided. Participants that sign up in advance receive a free Mountaineers 2008 National Trails Day T-shirt. Bring clippers, loppers, gloves and sturdy shoes.
Online signup is a click away. Non-members need to sign a liability waiver. And remember, those that sign up in advance before May 25 will receive a free Mountaineers National Trails Day t-shirt. http://foresttheater.com/index.php?option=com_philaform&form_id=13&Itemid=1
There is very limited parking at Old Mill Park, please park at the Clear Creek Interpretive Center's weekend parking lot and walk over to the Old Mill parking lot to sign in. Directions to Clear Creek Sa’qad Interpretive Center located at the mouth of Clear Creek in Silverdale:
From Silverdale Way, travel east on Bucklin Hill Road .5 miles, over Clear Creek. Turn left onto Mickelberry Road (signal light) and immediately left again into Mariner Square parking lot. Travel through the parking lot to the stop sign. Cross Levin Road into Creekside Office Park. The Clear Creek Sa’qad Interpretive Center is located in the red barn on the west end of the parking lot.
There is a signal crosswalk across Bucklin Hill Road to the Old Mill Park.
What Is Natonal Trails Day? National Trails Day is a celebration of trails that evolved from the report of President Ronald Reagan's President's Commission on Americans Outdoors. In 1987, the report recommended that all Americans be able to go out their front doors and within fifteen minutes, be on trails that wind through their cities, towns or villages and bring them back without retracing steps. The recommendation, dubbed Trails for All Americans, became the impetus behind several public and private parties joining American Hiking Society in launching National Trails Day in 1993. NTD was started to both increase the awareness of community trails but also provide a helping hand for the hundreds of volunteer trail clubs for which every day is National Trails Day.
Here is a look back at last year's National Trail Day--Saturday June 2, 2007
Our thanks to all the families who joined us for our National Trail Day celebration, all the volunteers who helped and the businesses and groups who supported us!
Special thanks to: Mary Zabinski and family, Claudia Hunt and family, Mary Earl, the Kitsap Audubon Society, St. Anthony Youth Group, Port Of Bremerton, Starbucks, Amy Lawrence. Judith Friedberg-Nerf, Christine Grenier, Jennifer Tammen, Phil Best, Nadean Ross, Tex Lewis, Randy Peterson, Jon Day
 
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