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Category: Bicycling
Join us for a bike ride from the Longfellow Grill, 2990 W River Parkway, Mpls, on Monday, April 20th at 6:00 pm. The route will be a 17 mile loop. Pace of ride is 10-12 miles/hr. We will be getting near dusk by return so bring headlamps/and consider reflective type clothing just in case we …
Biking — Longfellow Grill, Minneapolis, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Biking from Hopkins. Meet at the ‘Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail Terminus’ ((9th Ave and 1st St N) in Hopkins. Plan on about 15 miles, easy pace for an early season ride. Socializing after.
Category: Bicycling
Join us at 6:00 pm on Thursday, April 23th to bike an 18-mile loop. All bikes and fitness levels are welcome. Saint Paul Brewing is in the old Hamm’s Brewery overlooking Swede Hollow at 688 Minnehaha Ave. East, St Paul, MN 55106. Meet in the East parking lot behind the distillery! We intend to bike …
Category: Bicycling
Join us at 6:00 pm on Thursday, April 30th to bike a 15-mile loop. All bikes and fitness levels are welcome. Saint Paul Brewing is in the old Hamm’s Brewery overlooking Swede Hollow at 688 Minnehaha Ave. East, St Paul, MN 55106. Meet in the East parking lot behind the distillery! We intend to bike …
Category: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Paddling, Other Summer Activities
Let’s do some campING, hikING, bikING, paddlING, birdING, laughING, otherING along the banks of the Mighty Mississippi. Perrot State Park (https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/parks/name/perrot/) is located on the Mississippi River flyway and next door to the: Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge (https://www.fws.gov/refuge/trempealeau/)(https://www.facebook.com/TrempealeauNWR) Great River State Trail (user fee) (https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/parks/name/greatriver/) The confluence of the Trempealeau and Mississippi Rivers and Lock …
Category: Bicycling
Join me for bicycle ride along the Mickelson rail trail in South Dakota. This is a beautiful ride through the Black Hills on a crushed limestone and gravel trail. The grade rarely exceeds 4%. I am told that 36 mm wide tires are sufficient. We will drive to Custer where we will stay overnight and …
Category: Hiking, Bicycling, Paddling
Please join me for an introvert-friendly camping trip to Itasca State Park. My trips are “introvert friendly” because everyone RESERVES THEIR OWN CAMPSITE, and so has a quiet place of retreat if they need a little alone time. Of course, extroverts are very welcome, too! I have reserved my site in the Pine Ridge Campground, …
Hiking, paddling, and more — Itasca State Park, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Paddling, Climbing
Spring 2026 Extravaganza — Afton State Park (MN) SAVE THE DATE for the Spring /Summer Extravaganza — being held from Friday, June 12– Sunday, June 14, 2026, at Afton State Park! Everyone is invited to the Extravaganza, our semi-annual “welcome & check us out” trip for people who like the outdoors and want to find out …
SAVE THE DATE: SPRING/SUMMER EXTRAVAGANZA — Afton State Park, MNView trip details »
Bicycle rides on the Mesabi and Paul Bunyan Trails! Join us for a long weekend (Juneteenth Holiday) bicycling on the Mesabi* and Paul Bunyan Trails. We will ride (out and back) 40+ miles per day. Stay with us at my family cabin near Palisade, MN (up to 6 people) or tent on the Mississippi River …
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Paddling, Other Summer Activities
Join us for a fun 4th of July Weekend camping trip to Whitewater State Park, where the Rovers are strong and good-looking, and there is a serious lack of mosquitoes! We have group camp site 2, which has a shelter with electricity, plus flush toilets and showers! Campers need to bring their own tent and …
Camping, Hiking, Biking, Paddling! — Whitewater State Park, Elba , MNView trip details »
Join me on a weekend bike camping trip to Willow River State Park, about 7 miles north of Hudson, WI. The park has a fabulous waterfall, prairie and woodland hiking trails, a lake swimming beach and opportunities to rent kayaks or canoes to explore the lake, backwaters and Willow River channel up to the falls. …
Bike Camping — Willow River State Park, WIView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Paddling, Other Summer Activities
Trip registrations will be taken beginning May 12, at the Rovers’ meeting. This is a SAVE THE DATE message only!!! August 13 – 16 It’s back! For many years Rovers have made an annual trek to Gooseberry Falls State Park for the Gitchi Gami Trail Annual Bike Ride. Suspended during COVID years, the trip is …
Category: Bicycling
We are looking for a few other cyclists to do a self-contained bicycle tour of the Saguenay fjord and Lac St Jean, a Canadian veloroute a few hours northeast of Quebec City in the heart of French speaking Quebec. This tour is famous because of a unique geological feature that brings nutrients down the St …