It's a Story Walk for the ages. Kitsap Sun Reporter Josh Farley will host all-day festivities celebrating Kitsap communities and history including The Legends of Ivy Green, The Mighty Madrona, A Loop Around Kitsap Lake, The Kingston Curiosity Tour, Footprints Across Poulsbo, Port Orchard, Past and Present, A Stroll Through Changing Silverdale, Chief Seattle and the Suquamish, The Roots of Seabeck, The First Annual Kitsap Sun Ferry Walk.
All walks are free, just RSVP to or on Facebook and be prepared to walk! Contact Josh or the Kitsap Sun for alternative modes of transit.
Here’s the 2022 line-up couresy of the Kitsap Sun article
The Legends of Ivy Green: 10 a.m. March 19, 2022, 1401 Naval Avenue, Bremerton.
The original city cemetery, born a marriage between the burial grounds of Bremerton and Charleston, is a who's who of area pioneers, including a medal of honor recipient, and a rare Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Arlington.
The Mighty Madrona Tree: 10 a.m. April 9, Bremerton YMCA, 2261 Homer Jones Drive. The tropical-like Madrona tree's density in this 15-acre urban forest is baffling to area arborists. We'll walk a brand-new 1.25 mile loop within the park, just in time to see it bloom its bell-shaped flowers - and learn why, in a time the species is under threat - saving this forest is critical.
A Loop Around Kitsap Lake: 10 a.m. May 7, 6812 Kitsap Way, Bremerton Locals can be found circling the four miles around Kitsap Lake each day, rain or shine. We'll trade tales of the lake's history, the efforts to clean it up, and how parks and the streets of this neighborhood are soon changing. (Note: this is a longer, more challenging walk at over 4 miles.)
The Kingston Curiosity Tour: 10 a.m. May 14, Village Green, 26159 Dulay Road NE, KingstonOur first of five scavenger hunt adventures will send participants on a trip into the past of this little city by the sea, exploring shorelines, the earliest settlements and the latest developments in a two-mile hike.
Footprints Across Poulsbo: 10 a.m. June 18, Liberty Bay Waterfront Park, 18809 Anderson ParkwayPoulsbo's history will come alive on the 2.2 mile route around Little Norway, including history-tellers recalling its earliest days along with the vision of its future along Liberty Bay.
Bridging Bremerton: 10 a.m. July 2, 2022 1500 Park Avenue The 2018-founded festival is back with another scavenger hunt around the 2.8 mile loop around the Manette and Warren Avenue bridges. Aside from the relics of the past, there are big developments in the loop's future to discuss. A kids' carnival at Seaside Church will follow the event from 12-3 p.m.
Port Orchard, Past and Present: 10 a.m. July 16, 2022 715 Bay Street. The waterfront will be abuzz with the sights and sounds of a Chris-Craft Boat festival and farmer's market as this 2-mile journey descends into the beginnings of Kitsap's first city and county seat, then connects them with a new waterfront in the making.
A Stroll Through Changing Silverdale: 10 a.m. Sept. 10, 3909 NW Randall Way Silverdale is changing, with new areas to walk and discover. We'll partner with LiveWell Kitsap and find stories at the new Silverdale location of the Kitsap Regional Library system, as well as the newly-built Central Kitsap middle and high school campuses in this 2-mile adventure.
Chief Seattle and the Suquamish: 10 a.m. Oct. 8, 6861 NE South Street For thousands of years, the people of the clear saltwater have inhabited this peninsula and beyond. They are the Suquamish Tribe, a people, a nation, an entire culture unto its own. And they were once led by Chief Seattle, whose name is universally known. We'll explore the tribe's museum and venture to Seattle's grave.
The Roots of Seabeck, 10 a.m. Nov. 19, 13395 Lagoon Drive NW Seabeck was, at one time, a lumber town that was bigger than Seattle. But that all changed with a devastating fire at a mill in the late 19th century. We'll learn what happened to this community on Hood Canal.
The First Annual Kitsap Sun Ferry Walk, 11 a.m. Dec. 10, 10 Washington Avenue, Bremerton A century ago, Puget Sound was bustling with small ships that helped deliver people and goods in an age before roads. Today, as traffic swells, the idea of a new "mosquito fleet" is again picking up steam. We'll take the ferry and hear from the experts on what happens next.