Sporting Activities
Mary Beth Braun
Payment Options for All Events (unless otherwise noted):1. Online Registration with Credit Card payment;
2. In person with completed Event Coupon and credit card or check;
3. By mail, send completed Event Coupon with check to Event Leader.
>>Please sign up online for all events. Log-in with your email and Vagabond password to sign up and pay with your credit card.
Sunday Hikes
Meet at 1:30, hike from 1:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Hike for the Fun – or Just for the Health of It!
Join us for Sunday hikes at area parks and urban locales. Please note that hikes begin promptly at the time indicated; late arrivals will not be accommodated. We welcome volunteers to lead hikes in future months.
Contact Dan Heidemann at danlmark@gmail.com or (414) 416-1678 if you know you can be a leader. Hikes without leaders will be canceled.
Dec. 29 – Lapham Peak State Park
Take I-94 west to Hwy. C, then turn left to park entrance. Meet at the middle parking lot, which is called Homestead Hollow: type “Homestead Hollow, Delafield WI” on Google Maps.
From the entrance, go up the main road 0.7 of a mile, parking lot is on the left. This is the area where we usually stop for bathrooms. This significantly reduces the number of hills for the hike. We will hike approximately 5 miles. Hike from 1:45 to 3:45 p.m., then head to Revere’s Wells Street Tavern at 505 Wells St in Delafield for chili and drinks. Hike leader: Betty Riley, (262) 888-9978.
Jan. 5 – Minooka Park
Meet at 1:30 in the parking lot on Sunset Drive in Waukesha, just west of Hwy. Y (Racine Ave.) and just east of Hwys. 164 and 59, or park on the street. Hike from 1:45 to 3:45 pm, then to Michael’s on 1400 S N Grand Ave. in Waukesha to eat and drink. County sticker or park entrance fee is required to park vehicle within park. Hike Leader: Betty Riley, (262) 888-9978.
Jan. 12 – Greendale Village and Scout Lake
Meet in front of Greendale Public Library, 5647 Broad St. Hike from 1:45 to 3:45 pm. After the hike, food at a downtown Greendale restaurant. Hike Leaders: Jay and Terese Zinn, (414) 708-1663.
Jan 19 – Glacier Hills County Park
6141 N. Hopkins St., Milwaukee
Drive north on 41/45 to Hwy. 167 west (Holy Hill Road). Go west to the road for Fox & Hounds, go left (south) to park entrance. Please note there is a daily entrance fee of $7; you can prepay online or get a mail-in envelope at the entrance.
Moderate skill level hike, hilly, with gravel, grass, pavement, mulch trails. Possible ice, snow, frozen ground. Hiking shoes, Yaktrax and hiking poles suggested.
Meet at 1:30 p.m., hike until 3:45. Then to Sawmill Inn & Pub in Richfield, 1729 Wolf Road, for food and drink. Hike leader: Gary Kovach, (414) 712-3897
Jan. 26 –Richard Bong State Recreation Area
26313 Burlington Road (Hwy 142), Kansasville (west of Hwy 75)
Meet at 1:30 p.m. at Trailhead B parking lot (past the entrance station to the left past the Molinaro Visitor Center).
Hike from 1:45 to 3:45 p.m. on the Yellow Trail, which is about 4.5 miles, generally level to moderately rolling traversing a mixture of grassland, woodland and wetland. Afterward, for those who wish, food and beverages at the Dover Inn, 1909 N Beaumont Ave. (Hwy 20 & 75), Kansasville. Hike Leaders: Jim Stephens and Joyce Szulc. Questions? Contact Joyce at (262) 902-3248.
Bowling
Our fun, monthly Vagabond Bowling League is looking for substitutes. We bowl on the second Friday of each month at 2 p.m. at New Berlin Bowl. Our league secretary is Dee Hollstein-Pizur, (262) 227-6322.
Sign up at here.
Bike and Barge Trip France Sept. 6–13
$2,000 per person double occupancy, excluding air
Tour the South of France by boat and bike Sept. 6-13, 2025. A week of cycling, suitable even for less experienced cyclists. The stages are led by a guide, mainly on back roads from Avignon to Aigues Mortes, with little traffic.
Price: $2,000 per person, payable by check and based on double occupancy. Does not include airfare or bike rental. Meals included.
For details, go to Sitzmark.org/event-5665633; contact Trip Leader John Graff at jgraff1809@gmail.com or (414) 403-3478.
Ways to Stay Youthful
Marc Milstein, PhD, has a number of suggestions to keep your body, mind and spirit young. These tips are excerpted from one of his recent seminars in Brookfield.
Get a good night’s sleep. When you sleep well, your brain increases its memory capacity, cleans itself each night and supports anti-aging. A few ways to improve sleep include establishing a consistent bedtime, a dark bedroom (no TV, no technology) and daily exercise. - Learn new things and be socially engaged. Take a class in something you always wanted to explore. And what better way to be socially engaged than to participate in Vagabond events and, even more important, volunteer to lead events.
- Manage stress. Ways to manage stress include acknowledging the negative but being thankful for the positive. For some, meditation helps.
- Moderate exercise. If you don’t want to exercise alone, take advantage of all that the club has to offer, based on the season: hiking, biking, walking, tennis, pickleball, golf and skiing. And dancing is a great exercise as well!
- Underlying conditions. Take care of any chronic issues you may have and follow your doctor’s advice.
- Eat Real Food. Eat foods that spoil: fresh fruits and vegetables, for example. Shop around the perimeter of the grocery store for the best things to eat. Avoid canned goods and their high sodium content as much as possible.
For more ways to keep young, consult DrMarcMilstein.com.
Have an Idea?
If you would like to do something this spring or summer that doesn’t involve participating in a sport, please share your ideas and help make it happen with your fellow Vagabonds.
We can’t do it without you! Contact Mary Beth at 262-443-7291 or MBBraun4@wi.rr.com.