Pack up your outdoor toys, a chair, and a cooler and get ready to make the trek all the way to the NW ’burbs to have some fun! Join us for biking, hiking, inline skating, swimming, picnic, etc. at and around Elm Creek Park Reserve.
See agenda below for activities and meeting times …
For those interested in other activities, meet at the park for shorter bike rides, inline skating, hiking, volleyball, swimming, disc golf.
We can’t be everywhere at once, so we need people to help coordinate these other activities — just let us know what, when, and where and we’ll add it to the list. BAM, you’ve got fellow Rovers to play with outside!
Elm Creek Park Reserve has 20 miles of paved trails that also connect to Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park via the Rush Creek Regional Trail (7 miles) or Fish Lake Regional Park on the Medicine Lake Regional Trail. These trails are all in excellent condition for biking and inline skating. There are also over 30 miles of turf hiking trails an AWESOME 12+ mile mountain bike trail system, plus the new Eastman Nature Center.
Don’t forget swimwear! There’s a man-made, chlorinated, and filtered swimming pond ($4 fee) with sand beach in the park. For the kiddos, there’s a really nice playground at the recreation area as well.
If you can’t make it during the day, join us later (~5pm), for a pot-luck BBQ. Bring something to grill, something to share, and your beverage of choice. We also need people to bring grills and charcoal.
AGENDA (so far):
9:00 a.m. – Long Bike Ride. Meet in the parking lot at the recreation area (near the beach). Bring a lunch or money to stop at a cafe or gas station for food/snacks/hydration.
1:00 p.m. – Shorter Bike Ride. Meet Carrie& Steve K. by the Rovers banners at the picnic area by the swimming pond / recreation area. Ride will be 20-25 miles averaging 10-12mph. Shorter ride possible with Kathy L.
3:00 p.m. – Hiking. Meet Leigh H. near the banners for a hike.
5:00 p.m. – Potuck BBQ. Look for the banners and pop-up shelter in the picnic area near the swimming pond.
Send a message to the e-group if you have another activity you’d like to organize!