 Portland Trails had one of their busiest summers ever with the creation of new trails and improvements to existing ones. Outreach Manager Katie Brown talked with Leslie McFayne about what's in store for 2013. Well, Katie Brown, here we are. Good morning. Good morning. Now Portland Trails has done this, what's it called? Discovery Trax. Discovery Trax. For some reason I can't keep that in mind. It's the day after the election. Yeah. Discovery Trax. And they've been doing that in the summers for a number of years. That's right. Doing all kinds of fun things up on the hill and everywhere on your trails. That's right. But you're carrying it through to the fall and winter this time. That's right. Tell me some of the things you're going to be offering. Well, kind of in the same vein as what we were doing during the summer, getting folks out onto trails that maybe they're not familiar with. And we saw a great turnout this summer on our Discovery Trax. We had those twice a month. That's sort of traditional for us to have two guided Discovery Trek walks during the summertime. And more and more, we're just finding that people don't shut down in Portland when winter comes. I think that used to be sort of the norm. But people are still incredibly active and need to stay active if they're not necessarily winter people. We'll have at least one Discovery Trek per month through the end of spring. And also we will have Discovery Trek runs hosted by our executive director, Cara Woldrick. We had several 5Ks and 10K fundraisers this summer and fall. And we had preview runs for each of those. And people just showed up and ran with a couple of our board members and with our director. And they were really popular. So they're not competitive. They're just kind of fitness runs. And she'll be taking folks out onto some of our trails as well. So we will be visiting a couple of favorites. Of course, Four River Sanctuary is a very popular trail. And for those who have never been on it before, really need to go out and see it. It's just an unbelievable part of Portland. But we'll be going to some new places and unusual places as well. And trying to get some snowshoeing in on some of them. We have about 50 pairs of snowshoes at Portland trails. And they're free for members to borrow and $5 for non-members to borrow. So what a great opportunity for someone who's never snowshoed. Kind of like, I don't know, but can try it out. Exactly. And membership doesn't cost very much. No, it doesn't. And along with your membership at Portland trails, I know you get email reminders of all these things. Right. Which to me is wonderful. I go through and I'm like, I want to do that, I want to do that, I want to do that. And there's a lot going on. Yes. I took my snowshoes to Evergreen Cemetery last year. And what a great place that is. That's a great suggestion as a place for us to schedule a discovery trek this winter. And it's, as you know, we could have a lot of snow. We could have no snow. We could schedule a snow related trek in January. And it turns out all the snow was in April. So we're going to be a little bit flexible. People should definitely stay tuned to our website. Well, and also one of the things with the snowshoes, the new snowshoes. I used to have the old wooden ones, you know. But the new ones are so lightweight. Even if you don't use them, you just, you know, put them on your back and your backpack or something like that. It's true. And it's not like carrying a load. That's right. They're very portable. And it is so simple to snowshoe with the newer designs, as you say. And they're more narrow. They can run in them. It's incredible where you can go in the snow that you really couldn't go before without being exhausted. I recommend you do a race, a snowshoe race. I'll do that. At Riverside maybe. It would be great. Now, you've got something else coming up. Oh yeah. In December, I believe. This is really fun. This is our third annual 5K Portland Brewer's Holiday Dash hosted by RERA. And it sells out fast. We haven't quite sold out yet, but we will be soon. And it's a great fundraiser for Portland Trails and what's normally like a hectic holiday time. And people just have a blast. They go out and they run a 5K, whether it's snowing or sleeting or raining, or nearly 60 degrees, which it was last December. And then it's followed by a buffet and pints at RERA afterwards. That's fun. Now, I used to run, can't bone on bone. Do you ever do walks along with the run? Oh yeah. So you can do the 5K as a walk. Definitely. Yeah. Lots of people register who are just walking or bringing their strollers or bringing their dogs. So yeah. Moxie and I may join. Moxie's a member, you know. Oh, that's right. Now, you've got a new storefront. We've got a rapid, but on Commercial Street, the same location, but you're up on the street. That's correct now. Sort of in the back. That's right. And you can see our map in our windows when you walk by. Lots of people come by. Refer to it. Exactly. And then they come in and buy a map. So come by anytime. And become a member. That's right. Become a member. And find out about all the fun things. That's right. Thank you, Leslie.