Recreation

Purple Haze Colors Lavender In The Valley Festival

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Purple Adobe Lavender Farm hosted the Annual Lavender in the Valley Festival this weekend in Abiquiu. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Fields of different varieties of lavender glow purple in the sun. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Artist Tracy Turner Sheppard with her painting, featured on the Festival poster. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
A bee enjoys the blossoms. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Guests check out the fields. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
The Lavender Teahouse served
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Tour de Los Alamos 2015 Results

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SPORTS News:

The 43rd Annual Tour de Los Alamos Bicycle Race took place Sunday morning, July 12.

The race began on Trinity Drive in downtown Los Alamos with eight different start times, depending on the category of racer. A car led each race group in a neutral parade that traveled over the Diamond Drive bridge toward Los Alamos National Laboratory. Once through the Laboratory VAP, the race began at Casa Grande Drive, when the lead vehicle left the group of racers.

The course looped from Jemez Road, to the T-intersection with N.M. 4 at the Back Gate, passed Bandelier National Monument, continued Read More

Event Alert: Tour de Los Alamos In Town Today!

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COMMUNITY News Alert:

Watch out for bicyclists on local streets as the 43rd Annual Tour de Los Alamos Bicycle Race begins downtown with racers leaving in waves from 8:10 a.m. to 9:10 a.m. today.

The racers will do a loop(s) going up Jemez Road to the T-intersection with N.M. 4, take a left onto N.M. 4 past Bandelier, through White Rock, and back up Jemez.

Come out and cheer them on as they leave the start line on Trinity Drive from Ashley Pond Park. Read More

Five Weeks Until Los Alamos Triathlon

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Scene from the 2014 Los Alamos Triathlon. Courtesy/LAC

Scene from the 2014 Los Alamos Triathlon. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos Triathlon is almost here.

The horn will blow at 7 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 and racers will begin their bike-swim-run journey to the finish line.

The Los Alamos County Parks, Recreation and  Open Space Division invites all people interested in participating to sign up for the race at the Walkup Aquatic Center or online at active.com.

For more information, visit the County’s triathlon webpage or view the triathlon Facebook profile. Read More

‘Drive For Matches’ Benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters

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Taking a ride at last year’s Drive for Matches. Courtesy photo

BBBS News:

Saturday, July 18 will mark the 4th annual Big Brothers Big Sisters Drive for Matches Golf Tournament.

The tournament will take place at The Los Alamos Municipal Golf Course to benefit the kids of Los Alamos and Rio Arriba Counties. The main focus of Big Brothers Big Sisters is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.

Fundraising endeavors ensure we have increased capacity to respond to increased Read More

Monthly PEEC Wildflower Walk July 13

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Native wildflower Scarlet Penstemon. Photo by Chick Keller

PEEC News:

With the continued rain in Los Alamos County, beautiful wildflowers abound. Join PEEC’s Jemez Mountain Herbarium Curator Chick Keller for a Wildflower Walk at 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 13 to discover what some of them are and where they can be found.

This will be an easy walk to identify some of the wildflowers that can be found in and around Los Alamos. The group will meet at the Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road, and carpool to the trail that Keller will select based on what is blooming at the time. The walk is free and there is Read More

Explore Mesa De Cuba Badlands With PEEC

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Mesa de Cuba Badlands. Photo by Rod McCrady

PEEC News:

Traveling to Cuba along N.M. 550 is certainly a visual treat. This rugged, multi-colored landscape is home to the relatively new San Juan Basin Badlands Recreation Area.

Created in the last few years to offer protection to this sometimes haunting, but always breathtaking scenery, the Badlands have no real trail system, food or potable water. To help visitors navigate this exceptional terrain, join geologist Patrick Rowe Saturday, July 18 to explore one of the five badlands in the Recreation Area, the Mesa de Cuba Badlands.

This hike offers Read More

Spots Still Available For YMCA Earth Service Corps

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YESC busy at work and having fun. Courtesy photo
 
YESC getting it done. Courtesy photo
 
 
YMCA News:
 
YMCA Earth Service Corps is an innovative service-learning program that gives youth entering 7th through 9th grades the opportunity to develop job skills, practice leadership, and create a more sustainable future by doing volunteer service projects in our community.
 
The Family YMCA’s 2015 Earth Service Corps (YESC) is having a fun and busy summer. With three weeks remaining, the YESC has put in 734 volunteer hours of community service since June
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Pinon Park Pool’s 25 Percent Membership Discount Ends Today

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Big splash cannonball contest at Pinon Park Pool. Courtesy photo
 
 
PPP News:
 
Members of Piñon Park Pool in White Rock celebrated July 4th with good friends and good fun with swimming; water races; diving, big splash, and best trick competitions; greased watermelon pool-football, and other games.
 
It’s not too late to join the fun at Piñon Park Pool this summer, but hurry to get 25 percent off membership fees for new members, which ends today, Friday, July 10.
 
Membership options, with the 25 percent discount: single membership for $150; two-person
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