Join us on the Trail--National Trail Day 2008---Saturday, June 7th

This year's slogan selected by the American Hiking Society is, Join Us on the Trail, an open invitation to all Americans to join-up with a local hiking club, outdoor retailer, local park and recreation department, or federal land managing agency to get outside and experience everything the great outdoors has to offer.

Tentative times: 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
  EVENTS
    * Guided Trail Walks
    * “Eye Spy” and other activities for kids
    * Birding with the Audubon Society
    * Lemonade stand

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