Edmonton Greyhounds

June 13 Walk

sparqness — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:40:42 +0000

Sunday’s forecast is still looking good, so we’ll be walking at the Strathcona Science Provincial Park (10980 – 17 Street). This time we’ll meet in the parking lot further into the park, near the buildings at the top of the ridge, so head further south into the park to the parking lot there. We’ll meet at 2 pm for about an hour’s walk.

May 16 Walk

sparqness — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:30:47 +0000

This Sunday, we’ll be traversing Old Glenora to ogle some of the historical houses in that neighbourhood. If I can get the book out of the library again, we’ll have annotations to the walk as well! Meet at the parking lot of the Royal Alberta Museum (12845 – 102 Avenue) at 2 pm for a leisurely 4.5 km walk in this great neighbourhood. Click the button below for the proposed map!

FUN RUN CANCELLED

sparqness — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:20:37 +0000

Today’s fun run has been canceled to due to SNOW in Gibbons all morning! This has made the field unsafe for hound play. See you next month!

April 11 Walk

sparqness — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:23:23 +0000

Happy belated Easter, everyone! This Sunday we’ll be walking along the Red Willow Trail in St. Albert. Meet behind the cenotaph beside St. Albert Place (click for map) at 2 pm. There is lots of parking in the lot across the street. We’ll proceed west towards the St. Albert Botanical Gardens. Sunday’s forecast is looking to be on the chilly side, but we’ll have the walking to keep us warm!

March 14 Walk

sparqness — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:13:52 +0000

Our St. Patrick’s Day walk will start at the Muttart Conservatory and wind up the Mill Creek Ravine. The Muttart Conservatory is located at 9626 – 96A Street, Edmonton. Meet in the parking lot at 2 pm! See you all there!

Valentine’s Walk Rescheduled!

sparqness — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:46:43 +0000

Due to an unprecedented six Chinook Winds Meet and Greets being hosted on Saturday and Sunday combined, we’re moving the Valentine’s Day walk from Sunday to Monday 15 February! All times and locations remain the same. Hope to see you then!

A year of walks, and the next one!

sparqness — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:36:20 +0000

I’ve updated the Events calendar for the next 12 months of events that I know about, so pencil them into your calendar! As always, walks are weather-dependent. Wind-chills of below -15, blizzard conditions, etc will postpone a winter walk, while thunderstorms will postpone a summer one. However, scheduling this far in advance will help keep us on track for the year! If you know of an event that I’ve missed, please let me know and I’ll add it to the calendar. Also note that the December walk will be the Jingle On Parade through the walkways of downtown Edmonton, but as yet I don’t know the date of that one.

We’re lucky this year in that two holidays fall on Sundays, so we can celebrate with our hounds! The first is Valentine’s Day, on Sunday February 14. We’ll be walking around Beaumaris Lake in North Edmonton. The trail is plowed, relatively flat for those poor hounds who haven’t been able to get out as much and maintain their summer stamina (like mine), and a leisurely 3 km from beginning to end. Meet at Bishop Savaryn Elementary School, located at 16215 – 109 Street, at 2 pm. Click here for a map of the walk. If the forecast looks bad as we get closer, I will reschedule the walk, so check back in the week before!

One final note: it seems that the email for edmontongreyhounds.ca is flaking out, so until I figure out what’s wrong, please email my personal account at vmbjerre at telus dot net.

Hope to see everyone next month!

Edmonton Grey-Sitting Coop

sparqness — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:58:45 +0000

There’s a new page on the site for the Edmonton Grey-Sitting Coop. Check it out up top there, and if you want to be a listed grey-sitter, just drop me a line!

Christmas Events

sparqness — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:05:30 +0000

December is going to be upon us before we know it, so here are some details on the Christmas walk and photos.

Christmas photos will take place at Petsmart North (13916 – 137 Avenue) on December 5 from 2-4 pm, and at Petsmart East (13680 – 50 Street) on December 12, 13, and 19 from 11 am to 4 pm. Proceeds from the photos these four days will go to Chinook Winds Greyhound Rescue. Come out and get a picture of your grey with a greyhound-savvy Santa and elves!

The Christmas walk will be the Jingle-On Parade. The Jingle-On Parade takes place through the pedways of downtown Edmonton, and is a great indoor walk. The greyhounds are Santa’s reindeer and jingle dogs, and there is plenty of opportunity for pets and lovings. To sign up for the walk, please contact Deb Ward.

There is also a Fun Run scheduled at John and Deb’s for New Year’s Day, weather permitting. Everyone cross your fingers for a nice New Year’s so we can let the hounds celebrate too!

As always, any questions, drop me a line!

Photos from Halloween

sparqness — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:40:25 +0000

Thanks, everyone, for coming out to the Halloween walk! There are photos here:

2009 Halloween Howleroo

I’ll be updating the calendar soon for the next while. There will definitely be a Valentine’s and a St. Patty’s Day walk planned (weather permitting), so keep an eye on the site for details.

The Jingle-On Parade will be December’s walk, so keep an eye on the site for time, date, and details!