Adventure Day Dialogue
Wickiup Hill Learning Center, Linn County
Saturday, February 4, 2023
Break up winter and treat cabin fever with a day of tales and accounts of outdoor adventures!
Pick and choose sessions, or bring a sack lunch and stay for the entire event. Most of the informative sessions will be focused on adult topics, interested kids 10 and up are welcome with adults
Sessions for
Adventure Day Dialogue include:
11 a.m.-noon Erika
Billerbeck presents on her book, Wildland Sentinel. As a DNR
Conservation Officer, Erika will share photos and stories from her
experience as a female in a male
dominated
field.
Noon–1p.m. Wickiup
Hill Learning Center Manager Kent Rector presents on the recent South San Juan
Wilderness Trek, an outdoor leadership program that involved eight students
from four local schools. Kent will detail the many benefits this backpacking
trip provides for area youth.
1-1:45 p.m. Keynote Speaker Dave Hillman will take us along on his
recent Missouri River Source to Sea Paddle: the journey of 3,700 miles, 13
states and 123 days. The adventure provided Dave a great number of stories and
photos to share. Linn County Conservation naturalist Chuck Ungs will provide
color commentary and wildlife identification.
1:45–2 p.m. Free popcorn and social break
2-2:45 p.m. Keynote Speaker - Part 2 Dave continues his amazing Missouri
River Source recap with us (along with Chuck) followed by a few more
stories from this adventure of a lifetime.
3-4 p.m. Linn
County Conservation’s Project Planner Ted Doscher recaps a recent
Wisconsin bikepacking adventure and the gear you may consider taking on
a similar jaunt. Planning and route selection ideas will be detailed.