Red Wing ELC

EXPLORE THE BELLE CREEK Min Age: entering 6th Grade
This one day adventure is a prerequisite for ANY summer core program and must be completed during the summer. Come along and go “creeking” in Belle Creek. You will be introduced to a 2 ½ mile stretch of Belle Creek in Vasa Township. You’ll hike in the creek and observe and identify local flora and signs of wildlife along the way!

Fee:$25.00

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CANOEING INTRO Min Age: entering 6th Grade
This activity introduces participants to canoeing techniques in the backwaters of the Mississippi. Students will learn safe canoeing habits as they paddle and enjoy the wildlife. This course is a prerequisite for Canoeing I.
Dates: (Choose one)

Fee:$25.00
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ROCK CLIMBING INTRO Min Age: entering 6th Grade
This is a half day activity conducted at Barn Bluff. It is an opportunity to experience rock climbing while learning about the history of Barn Bluff, climbing techniques and climbing safety. This is a prerequisite to Rock Climbing I
Dates: (choose one)

Fee $25.00
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BIKING INTRO Min Age: entering 6th Grade
This activity is an introduction to the bike touring core program and is a prerequisite for Bike Touring I. Activities include, tuning up your bike, bike safety, and taking a bike tour while identifying flora and fauna along the way.
Dates: (choose one)

Fee: $25.00

BIKE TOURING I Min Age: entering 7th Grade
Prerequisite: Bike Intro and Explore the Belle Creek. (Or enrollment in Explore the Belle Creek)
Learn and practice bike touring safety, equipment and techniques. You will need your own bike and bike rack. Other equipment will be discussed at orientation. Take a 2 day bike tour from Red Wing to Cannon Falls and back via the Cannon Valley Trail.

Fee:$55.00

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BIKE TOURING II Min Age: entering 8th grade
Prerequisite: Bike Touring I and Explore the Belle Creek.
You will spend time learning how to tune your bike in preparation for a three day trip along the Root River near Lanesboro. We will learn about the areas we travel through and tour the Amish Community near Harmony MN. Bike and Rack needed.

Fee: $120.00

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BIKE TOURING III Min Age: entering 9th grade
Prerequisite: Bike Touring II and Explore the Belle Creek.
Students will travel the North Shore in MN. This trip will be a single track mountain biking/minimum maintenance gravel roads experience as we travel many state forest campgrounds.

Fee: $240.00

ROCK CLIMBING I Min Age: entering 7th grade
Prerequisite: Rock Climbing Intro and Explore the Belle Creek. (Or enrollment in Explore the Belle Creek)
This activity is conducted at Barn Bluff. Each participant is given an opportunity to learn and practice basic climbing techniques such as knots, signals, and hand and footholds. We will also have an opportunity to study the geology and history of Red Wing’s limestone quarries.

Fee:$55:00

ROCK CLIMBING II Min Age: entering 8th grade
Prerequisite: Rock Climbing I and Explore the Belle Creek.
Begin to learn how to safely set up on top rope. Practice crack and face climbing techniques. This program will spend three days of climbing and camping at Devil’s Lake, WI where we will also learn about the geology of the area.

Fee:$120.00

ROCK CLIMBING III Min Age: entering 9th Grade
Prerequisite: Rock Climbing II and Explore Belle Creek
This advanced program, combining climbing and back-packing, takes place on the North Shore of Lake Superior. You will climb at Section 13, Sawmill Creek Dome, Carlton Peak and Shovel Point. Hike on the rugged and scenic Superior Hiking Trail, approximately 15 miles between four of the five climbing areas.

Fee:$240.00

CANOEING I Min Age: entering 7th grade
Prerequisite: Canoeing Introduction and Explore the Belle Creek.
This program explores the Vermillion and Mississippi Rivers in preparation for a two day trip down the Red Cedar and Chippewa Rivers. Students will expand their knowledge of canoeing techniques, learn to identify wildlife and signs of wildlife along the way and try different types of outdoor cookery.

Fee:$55:00

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CANOEING II Min Age: entering 8th grade
Prerequisite: Canoeing I and Explore Belle Creek.
This program includes, paddling on the Vermillion and Cannon Rivers, three days paddling on the Flambeau River. Fish for smallmouth bass, practice back country camping and cookery, learn about the natural history of the area.

Fee: $120.00

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CANOEING III Min Age: entering 9th grade
Prerequisite: Canoeing II, and Explore the Belle Creek.
This is a six-day canoeing trip. Students will encounter peaceful lakes, fish for walleye, northerns, small mouth bass, gather wild edibles, learn wilderness navigation and try various methods of outdoor cookery. Preparation for this trip will include: tying fishing lures, food preparation, local canoeing and a community service project.

Fee:$240

KAYAKING I Min Age: entering 8th grade
Prerequisites: Explore the Belle Creek and Canoeing I
Be the first to try this new program as we take sea kayaks and
explore the backwaters of the Mississippi. We will start in
Wabasha and head downriver through locks and dams and
explore the abundant backwaters.

Fee:$55.00

MYSTERY PROGRAM     Min Age: entering 7th grade
How daring are you?  This day will be a new
program and you won’t know what you are in
for until you get here. Come prepared for anything.
Date: July 31st
Time:  9am – 3pm
Fee:  $25.00

SUMMER SURVIVAL     Min Age: entering 8th grade
Experience river exploration on the Zumbro River by
walking the river or floating it in inner tubes. Camping
equipment will be carried in backpacks and floated
alongside our inner tubes.  This adventure will include
Fishing along the way, sleeping in jungle hammocks,
building fires without matches, collecting
and preparing wild edibles
Dates (must attend all):

Preschoolers are invited to join us with a parent for
a morning of “creeking”. Come and find out about
all the things hidden in Belle Creek. This program
is limited in space and is on a first come, first served
basis.
Date: July 16th
Time: 9am – noon
Fee: $15.00 for parent and child

Another daring adventure for Adults this year! We’ll get in
kayaks in Wabasha and explore the backwaters and head
south through the locks and dams. We’ll practice on the local
waters prior to the trip and then head south for the two day
trip. Pre-Registration is required. Unlike the student programs
this is on a first come, first served basis.
Dates: Aug 12th or Aug 13th 4pm-8pm,
Trip: Aug 14th 9am – Aug 15th 4pm
Fee: $60.00

Min Age: entering 6th Grade
This one day adventure is a prerequisite for ANY summer core program and must be completed during the summer. Come along and go “creeking” in Belle Creek. You will be introduced to a 2 ½ mile stretch of Belle Creek in Vasa Township. You’ll hike in the creek and observe and identify local flora and signs of wildlife along the way!

In 1861, celebrated writer and naturalist, Henry David Thoreau, author of such American classics as Walden, A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, The Maine Woods, and Civil Disobedience, headed west from his birthplace in Concord, Massachusetts, on what would become the longest journey of his life. He suffered from tuberculosis, and doctors in Boston had prescribed a change of climate. As Thoreau wrote, “I had an incessant cough, and the doctors told me I had to ‘clear out’ to the West Indies or elsewhere. So, I selected Minnesota”

Accompanied by amateur botanist Horace Mann, he arrived in Red Wing on June 23, 1861, exploring Barn Bluff and the bottomlands of the Mississippi River. While touring Red Wing’s famous bluff, he compiled a botanical list of nearly three dozen plants. Thoreau and Mann left Red Wing on June 26 and returned to Concord. All total, Thoreau’s journey covered 3.500 miles and took two months to complete. The fresh air of Minnesota did not cure him. He died a year later at age 44, his Minnesota field notes never incorporated into any of his journals.

On Saturday, May 24, 2008, writer Dan Dietrich and naturalist Bruce Ause will present “A Walk with Thoreau.” Sponsored by the Anderson Center, the event is free and open to the public. The day will begin at 9am in the main gallery of the Anderson Center with brunch and a brief talk by Dietrich on Thoreau’s trip to Red Wing. This will be followed by a walking tour of Barn Bluff from 10:30-12:00am led by Dietrich and Ause, the tour will re- trace Thoreau’s exploration of the bluff and locate the many plants and flowers noted in his journals and letters.

For more information, call the Anderson Center at 388-2009