Outdoors Calendar

Published 4:21 pm Friday, December 4, 2009

BIKES rides (www.bikesclub.org): Meeting place is Harbour Pointe Lutheran Church, 5425 Harbour Pointe Blvd., Mukilteo, unless otherwise noted.

  • Meet at 6 p.m. Wednesdays, Everett Transit Center, 3201 Smith Ave.; 20- to 25-mile routes; rain cancels; 206-353-0249.

    Everett Public Library: Events are in the main branch auditorium, 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett; 425-257-8000; www.epls.org, and are free unless otherwise noted.

  • Visit with cyclist Willie Weir, 7 p.m. Dec. 9.

    Greg’s Custom Fishing Rods: 12405 20th St. NE, Lake Stevens; 425-335-1391; www.gregscustomrods.com.

  • Fall rod-building class, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays, Dec. 7-15; $30 plus cost of rod blanks and components; register at 425-335-1391.

    Lynnwood Parks and Recreation: 5800 198th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-670-5050; www.ci.lynnwood.wa.us. Hiking and kayaking trips, various lengths and elevations, for ages 55 and older; meet at the Lynnwood Senior Center, 5800 198th St. SW; most cost $16 members, $21 nonmembers, call for details.

    Milltown Sailing Association: Meets 7 p.m. second Wednesdays, 410 14th St., Everett; 425-710-9175.

    Mukilteo Yacht Club: Meets 6:30 p.m. fourth Tuesdays, year-round, Old Garage, 807 Second St., Mukilteo; new members welcome, subject to space availability; 425-315-0535.

    Over-the-Hill-Hikers: Various times on Thursdays, South County Senior Center, 220 Railroad Ave., Edmonds; most trips $13 for senior center members and $16 for nonmembers; first-time participants call 425-513-9374, others call 425-774-5555; www.scscedmonds.org.

  • Meet at 8 a.m. Dec. 10, United Methodist Church, 828 Caspers St., Edmonds, for Rockport to Marblemount trip; three to four miles of easy terrain; register at above phone numbers.

    Pilchuck Audubon Society: Details at 360-563-0181, 360-435-3750, unless otherwise noted; www.pilchuckaudubon.org.

  • Meet at 7:30 a.m. Dec. 8, Quil Ceda Village Wal-Mart, Marysville, for British Columbia trip; pack a lunch and a passport or an enhanced driver’s license for border crossing.

    Sierra Club, Snohomish Group: Event locations vary; 425-737-0350; www.cascade.sierraclub.org/directory/groups/snohomish. Group meets 7 p.m. third Thursdays, Alderwood mall REI, 3000 184th St. SW, Lynnwood.

  • Meet at 11 a.m. Dec. 6, Clinton Beach fishing pier by ferry terminal for easy beach walk; 425-737-0350.
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