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Join me for a fall colors BWCA trip. Could be warm or cold, I’ve been swimming this weekend and had frost in the past. Enter Snowbank Lake (Fernberg Road east of Ely) and see where we go, depending on group interests and abilities. Camping and paddling experience required. Food is on your own, cost is …
Category: Other Summer Activities
Pop-up prairie seed collection – I can bring up 3 guests on my Three Rivers permit and there is a ton of good seed at Carver Park (in Victoria a couple miles past the Arboretum) just ready to pick. If more people show up, we can split into two groups and take turns being the …
Prairie Seed Collection — Carver Park Reserve, Victoria, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Join me for a hike around Bde Maka Ska and Bakkenalia at Bakken Museum. Event includes minderbenders, beer, food truck and music. Go to website for more details and tickets. https://thebakken.org/calendar/mindbender-mansion?fbclid=IwAR2jcUH3udY6KpAI67JcJww6GCAZsABxiWkmTGTERMGyEMdDzGBekMdN3g0 We will meet at 4:45 Thursday at museum visitors entrance – 3537 Zenith Ave S, Minneapolis. Hike will begin at 5:00.
Category: Backpacking
Pre-Trip Zoom Planning Meeting: Thursday, September 29, 7:00 p.m. After you have completed the Beginner Backpacking Education Series, a Beginner Backpacking day training hike, and a Beginner Backpacking overnight trip, come practice with a two-night trip out in the wilderness! As part of this trip, we will ask you to dump out your backpack so …
Category: Bicycling
This bicycle ride is 47 miles round trip. Leave from my home at 10:00 AM. When you RSVP for this ride, I will provide my address. Ride to Stillwater via the Reservoir Woods Trail, Trout Brook Trail & Gateway Trail. Have lunch in Stillwater and return via Gateway Trail and Wheelock Parkway Trail. Everyone is …
Biking — Gateway & other trails to Stillwater, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Let’s hike at Tamarack Nature Center at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8. We’ll start hiking at 1:15 p.m. and go about 3 miles. The address is: 5287 Otter Lake Road White Bear Township, MN 55110 Post-hike socializing may include stops at the Cup and Cone or Washington Square Bar and Grill in nearby White …
Category: Hiking
We will go for a 5 mile/2 hour hike around the perimeter of the Arboretum on blacktop and grass/wood chip trails, which will be hilly in places. The autumn colors may not be peak but they should be good. Afterwards we have an option of having lunch in the restaurant. You need to order a …
Autumn Colors Hike at The Arb — Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, MNView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Hiking, Paddling, Other Summer Activities
Arriving on Friday at 6:00 pm at Main Street Cafe in downtown Bloomer, WI (dinner on your own) http://www.mainstreetcafe.com/ Hwy 53 exit for Bloomer WI, approximately 2 hours from Bloomington, MN. After dinner, we leave for my cabin near New Auburn WI. For those that arrive later, detailed instructions are available to find the lake …
Paddling/Hiking — Chippewa Moraine- New Auburn area, WIView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Join me on Friday for a moderately paced hike along the Minnesota River where we can see huge cottonwood trees and an old oxbow lake. It will be about 9 miles. We’ll meet at the Hwy 77 Bridge parking lot (Southeast side of River) by 10am so we can start hiking on time. We’ll cross …
Category: Hiking
Join us for a moderately paced 5 mile trek through the beautiful river bluffs of Frontenac State Park (just south of Red Wing.) The foliage and views of the Mississippi should be quite nice. We encourage car pooling and you will need a state park pass on your vehicle. We will meet at the very …
Fall Colors Hiking — Frontenac State Park, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Paddling, Other Summer Activities
Camp, hike, bike, paddle, or relax and explore the fall colors and migrating birds along the Mississippi River flyway. Merrick State Park (Merrick State Park | Wisconsin DNR) is located on the beautiful backwaters of the Mississippi River about 2 hours south of St Paul. Our campsite has a shelter, river access for mooring watercraft …
Fall Colors – Camping, Hiking, Biking, Paddling — Merrick State Park, WIView trip details »
Category: Other Summer Activities
Come enjoy beautiful Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve and volunteer to remove invasive buckthorn! Rovers volunteers have worked in this Adopt-A-Woodlot since 2015, contributing hundreds of hours of volunteer efforts. Meet at the Horse Trailer Parking lot off of Sunset Lake Road, please arrive early or on time since we will be hiking to the work site …
Category: Hiking, Bicycling, Other Summer Activities
Join us for the annual Halloween trip to Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center near Lansboro MN, 2 hours SE of the TC. This is the same location as our October 2019 & 2021 Rover Halloween trips. As part of your trip cost, you have the opportunity to choose one Eagle Bluff staff-coordinated activity (high ropes …
Annual Halloween Trip — Eagle Bluff, Lanesboro, MNView trip details »
Bring a child you want to introduce to the outdoors! Parents/grandparents/aunts/uncles/mentors are all welcome. The kids will make their own pumpkin boats out of mini-pumpkins at Schulze Beach in Lebanon Hills Park. I will bring mini-pumpkins, knives (for the adults), and carving tools. Also wooden skewers, paper, and markers to make and decorate sails. I’ll …
Trip FullCategory: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping
We will be flying to Las Vegas and renting cars for the week; the park is a two hour drive from LV. Expect clear skies and daytime temps 60s to 80s, nighttime temps to the mid 50s. We will be car camping at the Furnace Creek Campground, which has fire rings, picnic tables, and flush …
Hiking, Camping, Sightseeing, Stargazing — Death Valley National Park, CAView trip details »