Senior Services Trailside Center Activities Calendar

CNC Trail Programs

Chippewa Nature Center regularly offers organized hiking and events. Upcoming examples include: • A casual morning hike exploring the gardens and trails at CNC to explore how native plants add to the fall landscape; ages 15 and older, under 18 w/adult; from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 11. • A full moon, naturalist-led hike for those 9 and older (under 18 with an adult); wear dark clothing, bring a flashlight, and learn how the tradition of naming moons began, plus how some animals are adapted to dark hours; from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19. • Everything turkey! Join CNC staff to learn about wild turkeys, make turkey sounds, and look for wild turkeys on the trail; all ages, under 18 with adult; from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21. The trails at the Chippewa Nature Center are a popular spot for walkers and bicyclists. (Photo provided)

Creek Wildlife Area north of Midland, leading to Mackinaw City at the tip of the Lower Peninsula. Upnorthtrails.org notes that this trail, which traces Native American trade routes, is rugged and passes through only two communities, Cheboygan and Mackinaw City. (Info at www.fs.usda.gov.)

Hiking on trails is a bit more challenging than on paved surfaces, but that’s as much asset and drawback, according to Daniel J. Levitin, author of the splendid “Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives."

Walking off-pavement, Levitin says, produces a healthier brain as and after it guides its owner along a trail on which constant attention and adjustment to conditions and footfalls is required. “This (is) the kind of navigation our brains evolved to perform.”

“Exercising on a treadmill is good,” Levitin writes. “Walking around the neighborhood is better. Walking in nature is the best.”

Still, a paved trail is a friendly trail, and Midland has plenty of them.

Partial to pavement?

The more-than-four-mile-long Grand Curve Trail follows the Tittabawassee River through downtown a spell before passing the Dow Diamond baseball stadium and turning east to wriggle between Patrick and Lyon (Business U.S. 10), down to Washington Street, crossing to the Patrick and on out to Illinois Drive.

Also beginning near the Tridge is the Chippewa Trail, an asphalt-paved surface stretching to the Chippewa Nature Center.

The Pere Marquette Rail Trail, paved and wide, tops the railway grade for 30 miles from its Midland trailhead to one at Clare, passing through Sanford, Coleman and Loomis along the way and, at Clare linking up to the 53-mile crushed-limestone Pere Marquette State Trail for its run to Baldwin.

Mon., November 1 • 10 am Book Club

Mon., November 1 National Vinegar Day

Thu., November 4 National Candy Day

November 2021

Thu., November 18 Birthdays & Anniversary Party Music by “Two Outlaws & A Good Guy”

Fri., November 19 • 12-1 pm Lunchtime Learners - Mission Accomplished: The Sillimans Family

Fri., November 5 Daylight Savings Time Ends

Mon., November 8 • 12 noon Travel & Adventure Series: Turkey Online via Zoom

Mon., November 8 • 3-4:30 pm Parkinson’s Disease Support Group

Tue., November 9 • 10-11:30 am Caregiver Support Group

Tue., November 9 • 12-1 pm Tuesdays with TED: Loss, Grief & Meaning

Wed., November 10 • 1-3 pm Care Partner Class: Reduce Conflict When Assisting a Person with Dementia Wed., November 10 Vanilla Cupcake Day

Thu., November 11 • 10-11:30 am Encore: Nature Center

Thu., November 11 • 12-1 pm Is Laughter the Best Medicine?

Thu., November 11 Celebrate Veterans Day

Fri., November 12 • 12-1 pm Lunchtime Learners: Prepare & Plan for International Travel with Sue Montesi

Mon., November 15 Bag a Buck Game

Wed., November 17 Thanksgiving Curbside Event Call to reserve your meal!

Thu., November 18 • 10:30-11:30am The Civil War

Thu., November 18 • 10:45-12 noon Blood Pressure Clinic Mon., November 22 • 12 noon Travel & Adventure Series: Turkey In-person

Mon., November 22 • After Lunch Golden Guild Variety Show

Tue., November 23 • 10-11:30 am Caregiver Support Group

Tue., November 23 • 12-1 pm Tuesdays with TED: Loss Meaning Online via Zoom

Thu., November 25 Trailside Center is Closed

Fri., November 26 Trailside Center is Closed

Mon., November 29 • 10:30 am Cider Monday

Call 989-633-3700 or sign-up online at www.SeniorServicesMidland.org

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Mondays:

8:15-9:15 am • Zumba 9:30-10:30 am • Walk15 10:45-11:45 am • Bonesaver

Thursdays:

8:15-9:15 am • Zumba 9:30-10:30 am • Chair Yoga with Julie 12:15-1:15pm • Walk15

Tuesdays:

8:15-9:15 am • Zumba 9:30-10:30 am • Calming Yoga with Julie 10:45-11:45 am • Fall Prevention & Balance Class

Fridays:

9:30-10:30 am • Walk15 10-11:00 am • Line Dancing 10:45-11:45 am • Bonesaver

Wednesdays:

8:15-9:15 am • Zumba 9:30-10:30 am • Chair Yoga with Steve 10-11:00 am • Line Dancing for Beginners 10:45-11:45 am • Bonesaver 12:15-1:15pm • Advance Tai Chi 1:30-2:30 pm • Beginners Tai Chi

Fitness Class Special Notes:

No fitness classes November 25 or 26. No live Zumba November 4, prerecorded option available instead. On November 17, all Bonesaver, Line Dance, and Tai Chi participants will need to park by Trailside to avoid congestion with the holiday curbside event.

Meals are available Monday-Friday at 11:30 am. Please call 989-633-3790 by 9 am the day you would like to reserve a meal.

Regularly Scheduled Programs:

Bridge • Tuesdays & Thursdays • 12:15 pm Cards • Daily after Lunch Crochet Class with Carol Rumba • Wednesdays • 9:30-10:30 am In the Arts & Crafts Room Creative Writer’s Group • Fridays • 10-11:30am Quilters • Thursdays • 10-2 pm Bingo • Wednesdays • After Lunch Cribbage • Wednesdays • 9 am

Ongoing Activities:

Come in and work on a puzzle! Coupon exchange - bring in ones you don’t want, take those you can use.

We strongly suggest vaccinating before attending. You will need to wear a mask if you are not vaccinated. Please cancel your reservation if anyone in your household is sick.