Welcome to
Vaca Valley Volks Home Page

Do you enjoy walking for exercise or pleasure? Do you like being outdoors, seeing new places and meeting nice people? If so, volkssporting may be for you. The Vaca Valley Volks Walking Club, Vacaville, California was formed in 1986 to sponsor and promote volkssporting in the local area. Volkssporting events include walking, biking, swimming and cross country skiing. The majority of the events are walks and are called "volksmarch" - a people's walk.

A volksmarch is non-competitive and is for singles or the whole family (even the dog at many events). It is an adventure in health, recreation, fellowship and fun. It is not a contest of speed or endurance. Participants do the walk at their own pace but must complete the event before the finish time. All of our events are sanctioned by the American Volkssport Association (AVA).

In general, there are two types of walks, Scheduled Events and Year Round Events:

• Scheduled Events - Larger, one time events planned and sponsored by a local chapter, which coordinates setting up and marking the walk/ride and manning registration tables. Vacavolks sponsored scheduled events can be found on the Scheduled Walk Page, and all California scheduled events can be found on the American Volkssports Association web site

• Year Round Events (YRE) - Usually done by individuals or small groups, these are events that can be done any time for credit. There is always a box or binder that is located in a store (usually) that has the walk directions, stamp(s), money envelope, and all the other materials necessary for the walker to self-register. Vacavolks sponsored YRE's can be found on the Year Rounds Page, and all California Year Round events can be found on the American Volkssports Association web site

Come Walk with Us!

MORE INFORMATION: If you are unfamiliar with volksmarching, or you want additional information, please visit our FAQ page or any of the links to the left. There is an excellent tutorial on the AVA web site.

TO JOIN: Membership is open to anyone who likes to walk and wants to promote volkssporting. Dues are $7.00 per year for single, or $14.00 per year for a family membership. Come to a meeting or download and mail in the membership application.

Items of Interest

Friendship walksClick here for the 2009 Friendship Walk Schedule (as of 20 Jan 2009). Friendship walks are Year 'Round Walk that are being organized by a walking club for a specific day or weekend. The organizing club takes care of registering people instead of the store or other establishment that normally houses the box of materials for self registration. Check the walks's details page for a group starting time.

TWITT There is a new series of weekday walks sponsored by the Sacramento Walking Sticks that started on Tuesday, November 6th in the Sacramento Area. This series is known as the "Twice a Week Itinerant Two Timers" or TWITT for short (yuk yuk). Some of the walks will have Volksmarching credit and some won't. Click here for the TWITT Schedule

Incentive ProgramsThere are incentives to make walking more fun and interesting. Carefully recording your distance walked and events enable you to earn pins and patches to display your progress. There are also a series of special events that have the same theme, such as College Walks, Capitol/State walks, and Pony Express Walks. The Sacramento Walking Sticks web site has more complete descriptions on their Incentive Programs page and their Special Programs page.