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Category: Other Summer Activities
Earth Day Celebration includes making seed balls, making newspaper seed starters, naturalist presentations (nature hike, raptor program). Participation is free. Program ends at 4. Afterward interested people can head to a nearby watering hole. Email me if you plan to attend.
Earth Day Event — Richfield Community Center, MNView trip details »
Category: Other Summer Activities
Join us as we continue our garlic mustard removal at this hidden Big Woods gem in the metro. We will start by signing city of Eden Prairie waivers, then have a brief tutorial on garlic mustard identification. Afterwards we will walk into the woods with bags. We will fill our bags with any invasive garlic …
Garlic Mustard Pull — Riley Creek Woods Conservation Area Eden Prairie, MNView trip details »
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 is located on the Mississippi River flyway and next door to the: Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge (website) Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge (Facebook) Great River State Trail (user fee) Confluence of the Trempealeau and Mississippi Rivers and …
Trip FullCategory: Hiking, Other Summer Activities
This is a two-week canal boat trip in the counties of Shropshire and Cheshire bordering Wales, and Staffordshire and the West Midlands north of London. We will be cruising the Shropshire Union Canal, Staffordshire and Worcester Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal and the Middlewich Arm. The canal boat will be our moving base of operations, …
Trip FullCategory: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Other Summer Activities
Join us for a visit to Minnesota’s Bluff Country and camp at Whitewater State Park in early June. Whitewater State Park is one of Minnesota’s most popular parks, east of Rochester, about a 2 hour scenic drive from the Twin Cities. It has a very low mosquito population (gnats are possible), great bluffs to hike …
Camping, Hiking, Biking & More — Whitewater SP, Elba, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Paddling, Other Summer Activities
Hello Rovers! Join us for this year’s Rovers Astronomy Weekend trip to Long Lake Conservation Center (LLCC)! This year’s trip will be from Fri. 6/27 thru Sun. 6/29. On this trip we’ll hike, paddle, nature walk and do other Roverish activities during the day, and then stargaze at night, peering at some of the sky’s cosmic wonders thru …
2025 Rovers Astronomy Weekend — Long Lake Conservation Center (LLCC), MNView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Paddling, Other Summer Activities
Let’s visit Wyalusing State Park in Southwest Wisconsin over the July 4th weekend. Dates are Wednesday, July 2 to Monday, July 7, 2025, designed to avoid the high-traffic travel days. Wyalusing is on top of the 500-foot bluffs at the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers. The park is roughly 4 hours from the …
Camping, Hiking, Biking, Paddling — Wyalusing State Park, WIView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Paddling, Other Summer Activities
Raise your hand if you’ve always wanted to go to Door County WI, because now is your chance! We have two group camp sites reserved for six nights, allowing you lots of time to play and explore. We’ll be car camping at Peninsula State Park, so bring all your toys (road bikes, mountain bikes, kayaks, canoes). …