Hooray! May is here along with better weather. Just get out and walk a year-round or a seasonal and start working your way towards an incentive patch, vest or jacket. June finds us with traditional walks every weekend, July brings us the Silver City Ice Cream Social, August we hike the back trails as the visitors swell the numbers on the more common path and bus is filling up for our Montana trip (this is a great way to complete the new AVA Rails to Trails program); finally, September finds us with walks every weekend once again. Let's get out and enjoy the fresh air and beauty that surrounds us.
BHVA Board meeting is on May 23rd at the Rapid City Public Library in the Hoyt Room from 5 pm to 6:45 pm.
Please use the Traditional Walks tab to get more information for the following walks.
Please note the new email address for the webmaster is: mjjordan920@gmail.com
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The BHVA Bus Trip details are still in the works. The plan has shifted away from Glacier to a new AVA program. Details will be on the Traditional page when the walks are sanctioned.

Mickelson Trail Trailheads Challenge Program Books are available for $10 each. Contact Irene Ward for more information.
Get out and walk…
Sunshine, Fresh Air, & Exercise are good for us!
Membership Chair, Beth Hendricks also wanted me to remind those of you that haven't renewed your dues yet that now would be a great time to due so. I am attaching a link to our membership page here or you can go to the MORE tab at the top of this page and scroll down to the Club Info page to get to the membership form, or here is Beth's contact information: (605) 381-5176 walkusa@rushmore.com
Also under the Club Info page are the new guidelines and forms for BHVA Scholarship. Deadline for 2022 is March 31st.
We are trying something new with a slide show for photos - let us know if you like the format. If you have photos you would like to share from our traditional or seasonal walks please email them to mjjordan920@gmail.com
Year Round/Season Walks open for 2022
Rushmore Plaza Bike
Deadwood Gambol
Spearfish
Parks (Rapid City Holiday Inn)
Pierre - Capital Walk
Cowboy Hill (Rapid City Holiday Inn)
Presidents Walk (Rapid City Alex Johnson)
Sturgis/Fort Meade (Sturgis Community Center)
Mickelson Trail (Lead, Hill City, and Custer all have registration boxes for the Challenge)
Hot Springs (Jan. 1-Nov. 30, 2022)
Deadwood Gambol
Spearfish
Parks (Rapid City Holiday Inn)
Pierre - Capital Walk
Cowboy Hill (Rapid City Holiday Inn)
Presidents Walk (Rapid City Alex Johnson)
Sturgis/Fort Meade (Sturgis Community Center)
Mickelson Trail (Lead, Hill City, and Custer all have registration boxes for the Challenge)
Hot Springs (Jan. 1-Nov. 30, 2022)

Buffalo Beat pins are available at the 2022 traditional walks. The pins are $5 and match the logo on our 30th anniversary shirts. You can also look for them at the specialties tent at Crazy Horse.
Check out the Meetup page for Omaha. What a great way to expand your network!
Did you know?

If you are new to volkssporting and you would like to learn more about where and when other walks are held around the country, then click the word Events and search the state/s or type of events that you are looking for on the American Volkssport Association website. There is more that you can learn on the AVA website too. So be daring and give it a click!