Outdoors calendar

  • Friday, April 23, 2010 3:16pm
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BIKES rides: Various starting locations; www.bikesclub.org.

9:30 a.m. start April 24, Silver Lake Sullivan Park, 11400 Silver Lake Road, Everett; 40- to 45-mile route; food stop planned; 425-478-9594.

Cascade Bicycle Club: 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Building 138, Seattle; 206-522-3222; www.cascade.org.

10 a.m. start April 24, Scuttlebutt Brewing Company, 1524 W. Marine View Drive, Everett; approximately 25-mile route through Everett; steady rain cancels.

9 a.m. start April 25, Machias Station-Arlington loop; 53-mile route; steady rain cancels; 206-523-2205.

10 a.m. start April 26, Logboom Park, 6100 NE 175th St., Kenmore, through south Snohomish County; 45- to 65-mile route; steady rain cancels; 425-890-5234.

Edmonds Parks &Recreation: Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds; 425-771-0230; www.reczone.org.

Trip to visit several Whidbey Island parks, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 25; $35 includes round-trip transportation from Edmonds; meet at Frances Anderson Center; register at 425-771-0230.

Everett Public Library: Main branch, 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett; 425-257-8000; www.epls.org.

Photographer and hiker Alan Bauer appearance, 2 p.m. April 25; free.

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.

Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest: 2930 Wetmore Ave., Suite 3A (Everett office); 425-783-6000; www.fs.fed.us/R6/mbs. See individual listings for details like starting points. Make reservations for Snoqualmie Pass events at 425-434-6111. For Stevens Pass, call 360-677-2414.

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.

North Cascades Institute: 810 Highway 20, Sedro-Woolley; 360-856-5700, ext. 209; www.ncascades.org. Listed prices for overnight events include meals and lodging. Detailed event times and locations given at registration.

North Sound Sea Kayaking Association: 425-423-0883; www.nsska.homestead.com. Free meetings take place at 7 p.m., Legion Park, 145 Alverson Blvd., Everett, unless otherwise noted.

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

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

Meet at 7 a.m. April 27, Wal-Mart, 1400 164th St. SW, Lynnwood, for Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge trip; pack a lunch.

Snohomish County Parks &Recreation and Adopt-A-Stream Foundation presentations: All at NW Stream Center, McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett; $5 AASF members, $7 nonmembers, per presentation; advance ticket purchase required at 425-316-8592; www.streamkeeper.org.

Wolves, 7 to 8:30 p.m. April 29; for fifth-graders to adult.

To submit an item for the Outdoors calendar, e-mail features@heraldnet.com or send it to “Outdoors Calendar,” The Herald, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206.

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