Daily Events
Saturday April 30, 2011
Bernices Daily Rewards. All day. Anyone who walks, bikes, or buses to Bernice’s Bakery can get a free half salad with any whole sandwich. Christine Littig 728-1358.
Good Food Store Incentives. All day. For anyone biking/walking/busing, receive a free 8-oz drip coffee at GFS Beverage Bar. Rebecca 541-3663.
Georgetown Lake Loop, 25th Annual. Sat-Sun, 8 am. 110 mile bike ride. Carpool to Deer Lodge. Ride to Anaconda, up to Georgetown Lake, to Philipsburg (overnight), and complete the loop through Drummond Sunday. $10 deposit required for sign up. Missoulians on Bicycles. Julie Huck 549-2226.
YMCA Riverbank Run. Start location: Broadway and Higgins, downtown. Start times: 10K run-9:00am; 5K run-10:30am; Tri-fecta-11:25am; 1-mile fun run-11:35am. School-age participants can register through their school and compete against other schools. Fund raiser for critical programs for children and youth. Missoula Family YMCA. Amanda Andrews 721-9622.
Forestry Day. 9am-4 pm. At the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula. Free admission to the events for all who bike, walk, or take the bus. U of Montana’s Woodsmen’s Team Competition with pro/am competitions, vendors, food, operating sawmill, tours of the fire lookout. Bob Brown 728-3476.
Rock Creek Ramble. 10am. Bike ride to Rock Creek. Leave from Eastgate parking lot. 52 miles. Picnic or lunch at Ekstrom’s Stage Station. Cinnamon rolls by the plateful. Missoulians on Bicycles. Jim McKinney 543-3988.
Festival of Cycles. 12-4pm. McCormick Park–NOTE THE NEW LOCATION! Bike-centric festivities: maintenance, salvage, art, games, demos, business tents, music, food, races, raffle. Free Cycles’ annual celebration of Missoula’s cycling culture. Free Cycles Missoula. Evan 529-6719.
Milltown State Park Preview. 1-3 pm. Catch the ASUM Park N Ride bus at 1122 E. Broadway (in the lot with the wind turbine) at 1 pm, or bike or walk to the Black Bridge in Milltown at 1:15. Join FWP Park Manager Mike Kustudia for a sneak preview tour of the Gateway and the Confluence areas of the new State Park, set to open in summer, 2012. Bus returns to Park N Ride at 3 pm. ASUM, FWP, Bonner Milltown History Center. Judy Matson 258-6335.
Kids Activity: Incredible Insects. 2pm. Bike, walk, or bus to this program and get in for free. Learn that insects have skeletons on the outside of their bodies. Dragonflies can fly up to 60 mph. Montana Natural History Center. 120 Hickory. Lisa 327-0405.