Friday: 4:00 PM, Valley City Historical Hike. Meet at the Medicine Wheel Park, 149 Winter Show Road. Includes a tour of the Medicine Wheel Park and Solar System hike, through historic VCSU campus, downtown Valley City to historic Chautauqua Park. Shuttle service will be provided back to your cars at Medicine Wheel Park prior to dinner. Easy to moderate 2-mile hike.

Friday: 6:30 PM Picnic at Chautauqua Pavilion, 933 12th St NE. Bring food for yourself and family and a chair if you are planning to be outside. Evening refreshments at Brockopp Brewing at 114 Main St E, Valley City.

Saturday: 8:30 AM. Meet at the Rosebud Visitor Center to car follow to West Ashtabula Crossing for a hike to the Old Highway 26 Recreation Area. Shuttle service will be provided back to the Crossing. Park in the adjacent parking lot, moderate 3-mile hike.

Saturday: Noon, bring your bag lunch to the picnic shelter at West Ashtabula Crossing picnic shelter.

Saturday: 1:00 PM, Meet at the Sibley Crossing restroom parking lot and trailhead for a moderate 5-mile hike from Sibley to historic Karnak Bridge. Shuttle Service will be provided back to your cars at Sibley.

Saturday: 6:00 PM, Dinner ($20.00) at the Hannaford Mercantile Restaurant.
Hannaford Merc dinner program. Evening refreshments at Brockopp Brewing at 114 Main St E, Valley City.

Please RSVP by Friday May 5th to get a head count for Saturday evening meal:

Sheyenne River Valley Chapter: Connie Geinert cgeinert1@hotmail.com or Becky Heise, dbheise@bektel.com

Central Flyway Chapter: Glee Mayer, glee.mayer@gmail.com

Dakota Prairie Chapter: Rennae Gruchalla, rgruch@aol.com

CHOICE ACTIVITY:
Sunday: 9:30 AM: Oak Ridge Trail Loop hike. Meet at the East TH which is on 122nd Ave. SE (2 miles southeast of Fort Ransom on the Sheyenne River Valley National Scenic Byway). This is the first North Country Trail segment established in North Dakota. Moderate to difficult for elevation — 1.5-mile loop.

Sunday: 9:30 AM: Kayak (or canoe) from Valley City National Fish Hatchery to Chautauqua Park in Valley City. About 2 hours. If you need help shuttling cars or kayaks please let us know. If you would like to participate but don’t own a kayak, you can rent one at the Kayak Locker station located at Bjornson Municipal Golf Course, 3473 Woodland Park, Valley City. See www.vcparks.com/rentals for more information.

ACCOMODATION OPTIONS:
AmericInn – 280 Winter Show Road SW, Valley City
EconoLodge – 455 Winter Show Road SW, Valley City
Grandstay Hotel – 271 Winter Show Road SW, Valley City

*This is graduation weekend in Valley City so if you want to book a room we suggest you do so as soon as possible.

Camping: Valley City Tourist Park, 675 East Main St, Valley City, ND
(Reservations can be made online at www.campspot.com/book/touristparkcampground.
For tent site rentals, call VCPR at (701) 845-3294)

Eggert’s Landing, East or West Ashtabula Crossing, Mel Rieman Recreation Area at Lake Ashtabula (Reservations can be made online at www.recreation.gov or calling toll-free at (877) 444-6777)