By Jessica Turner and Nate Paulson Note: As the school year came to a close last year, there was a lot happening in Mini-School. When we got the year end Com-Mini-Cations ready to go to the presses, we had mistakenly left out the article about the Arkansas Buffalo River Trip (April 9 – 20). We … [Read more…]
This year, we had 18 students travel to the woods near Grantsburg, Wisconsin to get the chance to learn outdoor skills from Mark Warren, a naturalist and author from Georgia. Here are the comments of several students about parts of the trip in which they were particularly interested. David HubertyOne of the things Mark Warren … [Read more…]
By Herman the Mouse Hi-My name is Herman the mouse. I’ve lived in the Mini-School trip room for a long time, hidden away among the Duluth packs. Occasionally I stow away on a Mini-School trip and write about it for Com-Mini-Cations. I’d like to tell you about the 1999 Mini-School Boundary Waters Winter Camping trip. … [Read more…]
By Chris Hinrichs and Marti Norris It all started on an early morning of April 12th at about 6:00 a.m. as we packed up the van and headed for Utah. The first two days were driving through Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorado. The first night on the road we stayed in a town called Ogallala, Nebraska. … [Read more…]
By Carrie Tiggas At six thirty on January 20th, 8 Mini-School students gathered to go to Ely, Minnesota as a reward trip for selling the most calendars. The lucky trippers were La’Kyasa Bollig, Matt Evans, Trevor Scott, Drew Emmings, Elissa Johnson, Trisha Laumann, Clare Meyer, and myself (Carrie Tiggas). Doug and Joe were our trip … [Read more…]
By Carrie Tiggas On Thursday December 17, Jessica Hoium, Elissa Johnson, Shaun Johnson, David Larson-Hughes, Audrey Lopez, Nick Merchant, Jamie Rasmussen, Craig Schrupp, Leah Shoberg, Jesse Steinwand, Seth Stiebinger, Jessica Turner, and Carrie Tiggas met at Perkins to attend Dudley Riggs Brave New Workshop for its anniversary show. We all piled in 2 vans and … [Read more…]
By Chris Hinrichs and Missy Quaas On Sunday morning, February 7th, at 10:30a.m. we took off for Bessemer, Michigan. We all hopped in the van and drove straight through Duluth, and over to Country Kitchen to eat and fuel up. Then we got to the ‘homestead’ at 4:00p.m. We all settled in and unpacked. Our … [Read more…]
By Leah Shoberg The trip was interesting, and I believe that we all learned a lot from each other. Those of us who went on the trip were; Mike Bromme, Allen Jampsa, Tom Miller, Marti Norris, James O’Day, John Quaas, Leah Shoberg (that’s me), Carrie Tiggas, and our fearless leader, Doug Berg. The trip went … [Read more…]
By Seth Stiebinger and Clare Meyer Trudging up mile high hills with 800 lbs on your back, with freezing rain and snow coming down, eating frozen chocolate and cheese and bagels when you can hardly move your fingertips, blisters on your feet and legs so tired that you can’t take another step, but you do … [Read more…]
By Leah Shoberg On Wednesday November 24 from 11:45am to about 4:00pm, a select group of Mini kids went with Ramona, Pauline, and Joanne to the Guthrie to see “A Christmas Carol.” Those select kids were: Myself, Shaun Johnson, Corinna Anderson, Jamie Rasmussen, Audrey Lopez, Marti Norris, Jessie Hoium, Jessica Turner, Kristina Petron, and Sam … [Read more…]