Registration:
Motel 6, 2369 S. Roosevelt Drive, Seaside, Oregon
Directions:
Hwy 101 to Seaside. Motel 6 is south of the trafic light at Avenue U,
adjacent to Bigfoot Pub & Grub.
Remote Start:
Registration file cabinet is in conference room behind the lobby.
Motel offers a 10% discount to volkssporters. Register here and
drive about a mile to start walk. (Driving directions at
registration point)
Event Info:
Daily, dawn to dusk. Restrooms available at walk start
point and along the route.
Scenic walk through a beach resort. Mostly flat route, except for a
short path over soft sand to view Necanicum River estuary and a short
stretch along an ocean beach dune path. Walk on The Promenade, aka "The
Prom", passing both old and new hotels and businesses, the aquarium
(stop to view the whale bones on the south side of the building). You
will
pass a Lewis &
Clark Sculpture at "The Turnaround" on Broadway by Shilo Inn and visit a
replica of the Lewis & Clark Salt Cairn. Passes
the new city library, the firehouse, the site of the former railroad
depot, and the Seaside Historical Society Museum (Butterfield
Cottage)., the golf Course, the water treatment plant and goes through
a couple of city parks. Walk on the boardwalk along
the Necanicum River.
Qualifies for the
following National Programs:
Firehouses
Museums
Riverwalk
America
Railroad Heritage
Qualifiees for the following Club Challenge:
Libraries
Qualifies for the following Walk Oregon Challenges:
4F's (firehouses), 4L's (libraries), 4W's (water treatment plant)