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Fri - SunJun 12 - Jun 142026

SAVE THE DATE: SPRING/SUMMER EXTRAVAGANZA — Afton State Park, MN

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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 …

Coordinator(s):
Maria Hanratty - hanra003@umn.edu - (612) 821-8497
Stacey Grimes - staceyjgrimes@hotmail.com
Sandra Morgan - mntumbleweed@gmail.com
Julie Harrison - jewells0303@yahoo.com
Joseph Kessler - josephkessler57@yahoo.com

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Wed - SunJun 17 - Jun 212026

Biking — Palisade, MN

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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 …

Coordinator(s):
Brian G - Roverbriangoodspeed@gmail.com - (651) 647-1452
Maria D - mduwenhoegger@gmail.com

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Thu - SunJun 18 - Jun 212026

Astronomy, Hiking, Paddling — Long Lake Conservation Center (LLCC), MN

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Hello Rovers! Join us for this year’s Rovers Astronomy Weekend trip to Long Lake Conservation Center (LLCC)!  This year, we’ll take advantage of Juneteenth and extend our trip an extra day!  It will be from Thurs. 6/18 thru Sun. 6/21. During the day we’ll hike, paddle and do other Roverish activities, and then stargaze at night, peering at …

Coordinator(s):
Suresh S - sureshks1@msn.com - (612) 910-0444

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Thu - SunJul 2 - Jul 52026

Camping, Hiking, Biking, Paddling! — Whitewater State Park, Elba , MN

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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 …

Coordinator(s):
Ruth R - ruthrobinson19@gmail.com
John C

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Fri - SunJul 24 - Jul 262026

Bike Camping — Willow River State Park, WI

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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. …

Coordinator(s):
Tom Y - tyuska@icloud.com - (651) 315-1686

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Sun - SatAug 2 - Aug 152026

Caribou tracking — Wabikimi Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada

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The Wabakimi Boreal Caribou Citizen Monitoring Project is a three year research effort that relies on volunteer citizen scientists.  Qualified individual and groups are assigned a research area within the Provincial Park to survey for signs of the threatened woodland caribou.  The typical survey trip involves five days of survey work, a couple days paddling …

Coordinator(s):
Thomas E - teeckstein16@gmail.com - (651) 238-1097

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Thu - SunAug 13 - Aug 162026

hiking, biking, paddling, camping SAVE THE DATE — Gooseberry Falls State Park, Minnesota

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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 …

Coordinator(s):
Audrey S - roveraudrey@yahoo.com - (612) 874-7321

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Fri - SatAug 21 - Sep 52026

Cycle Touring — Saguenay, Quebec, Canada

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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 …

Coordinator(s):
Phil C - phil.mnrover@gmail.com - (651) 328-9807
Craig P - craigaparsons@hotmail.com

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