IOU April Meeting...
The April 17th meeting was held at Hard Back Café in the West Des Moines Public Library at 7:00 pm. We were pleased to see several new faces at our meeting! The meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm.
Announcements
IOU Blogs: Our blogs have been updated. See http://www.iowaoutdoorunlimited.blogspot.com/ for trip reports. Meeting minutes are now being posted on http://www.iouminutes.blogspot.com/. There is also a running list of events on http://www.ioucalendar.blogspot.com/.
IOU Web page: Be sure to check out the photos and calendar of events on our website http://www.iowaoutdoorunlimited.com/. Registered users may post events to the calendar, including events coordinated by other outdoors groups. You can register on the site.
IOU Email: With so many (over 200) people on our email list, we had to start a second email account, iowaoutdoorsunlimited@yahoo.com. In order to receive all emails, please make sure this address and our other address iowaoutdoorunlimited@yahoo.com are not on your blocked senders list. You can send your email to either address and it will get through. Please send event announcements at least 48 hours in advance.
Next Meeting: 7:00 pm, May 15th, 2006 at the Kuehn Conservation Area in Dallas County. To carpool, meet at the Flying J truck stop on Hickman (west of I-80/I-35) at 6:30 pm. Directions are below.
Topics for Next Meeting: Chris Adkins will teach us how to throw spears with an Atlatl! It will be a lot of fun and a change of pace for our meetings.
Directions to Next Meeting: Kuehn Conservation Area – 3293 Houston Trail, Earlham.
From I-80, take the Earlham exit (exit 104), bear to the right, and proceed north on I Ave. Continue past the intersection with 358th Pl. Continue northbound for just over 1 mile until you come to a four-way stop intersection. Turn west (left) at the intersection onto Bear Creek Rd. Follow Bear Creek Rd. for 1/2 mile. When the road turns north, it becomes Houston Trail. Follow Houston Trail about 2 miles until it dead-ends at the park. The parking lot for the Nature Center will be on your right.
From County Road F60, turn south onto H Ave. This intersection is about 5 1/2 miles west of Adel and about 2 miles east of Redfield. Continue on H Ave. for about 4 miles to the junction with Bear Creek R. Turn east (left) on Bear Creek Rd. and continue 1/2 mile to the junction with Houston Trail (a "T" intersection). Turn north (left) at the intersection and continue about 1 3/4 miles to the park.
Summer Meetings: June through September meetings will be held at 7:00 pm at Gray's Lake on the peninsula next to the swimming beach and playground equipment. At our June 19th meeting, Lee Hill will give a presentation about bike maintenance and equipment, so bring your bike!
Presentations
Boundary Waters Canoe Area: In preparation for the IOU trip to BWCA in August, Mike gave a talk about backcountry canoeing and camping in BWCA. The deadline for signing up for the trip will be June 19th at which time a $100 deposit will be due. See the IOU event list ioucalendar.blogspot.com for more details.
Costa Rica: Sara Hollerich and Cindy Reitz gave a presentation about their trip to Costa Rica. Those who would like to experience Costa Rica for themselves are invited to join a trip lead by Cindy Reitz next December 27, 2006 – January 7, 2007. Contact Cindy at sarapique@earthlink.net for details.
Old Business
IOU Graphic Artist Needed: Emily Vaughn has been looking into ordering IOU gear like window stickers, water bottles, etc. She is looking for someone with graphic arts skills (e.g., Adobe, Corel, etc.) to help refine our logo before we can place an order. Please contact Emily at eev23@hotmail.com if you can help out.
IOU Policy Committee Needed: As we are now over a year old, IOU needs to begin developing some policies for several topics including: driving to events, planning trips and events, website, dues, etc. If you would like to help work on the policies, please email iowaoutdoorunlimited@yahoo.com.
IOU Partnerships Needed: IOU is looking to network and build relationships with other outdoor groups around Des Moines. If you belong to any other outdoors clubs or have contacts in other clubs, please share your contacts, websites, event calendars, or emails with IOU. Please email iowaoutdoorunlimited@yahoo.com.
IOU Upcoming Trips and Events
Note: Rather than posting a complete event list for every meeting, we will only post new event announcements or event changes here. A complete event list for each month can be found on our blog ioucalendar.blogspot.com or in calendar format on our website iowaoutdoorunlimited.com.
Service day for Polk County Conservation Board at Yellow Banks Park: May 6. The date for this event has changed. It will be held May 6. We will be cleaning up the park's hike-in campsites. Sign up by emailing iowaoutdoorunlimited@yahoo.com.
IOU Devonian Fossil Gorge near Iowa City: May 19-21. Sara Hollerich is organizing a trip to camp and see fossils near the Coralville Dam. Sign up by emailing iowaoutdoorunlimited@yahoo.com.
IOU Devils Lake: June 2-4. There is still room for 5 more people to sign up for this trip to Devils Lake State Park in Wisconsin. Sign up by emailing iowaoutdoorunlimited@yahoo.com. A $50 deposit is due upon sign up.
IOU Loess Hills and DeSoto NWR: June 9-11. Tim and Anna Whipple are organizing a trip to the Loess Hills and DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge on the Missouri River. There is space for 2 more people to sign up by April 28. Email tawhipple@mchsi.com to sign up.
IOU Biking in RAGBRAI: July 23-29. We did not have enough interest to organize a team this year. However, if you would like to ride for just a day or two, contact Lee Hill at lee.hill@att.net.
Other Opportunities
"Wild Edibles" Workshop through Polk County Conservation Board: April 22. This event has been cancelled, but the Cache Bash is still on.
Announcements
IOU Blogs: Our blogs have been updated. See http://www.iowaoutdoorunlimited.blogspot.com/ for trip reports. Meeting minutes are now being posted on http://www.iouminutes.blogspot.com/. There is also a running list of events on http://www.ioucalendar.blogspot.com/.
IOU Web page: Be sure to check out the photos and calendar of events on our website http://www.iowaoutdoorunlimited.com/. Registered users may post events to the calendar, including events coordinated by other outdoors groups. You can register on the site.
IOU Email: With so many (over 200) people on our email list, we had to start a second email account, iowaoutdoorsunlimited@yahoo.com. In order to receive all emails, please make sure this address and our other address iowaoutdoorunlimited@yahoo.com are not on your blocked senders list. You can send your email to either address and it will get through. Please send event announcements at least 48 hours in advance.
Next Meeting: 7:00 pm, May 15th, 2006 at the Kuehn Conservation Area in Dallas County. To carpool, meet at the Flying J truck stop on Hickman (west of I-80/I-35) at 6:30 pm. Directions are below.
Topics for Next Meeting: Chris Adkins will teach us how to throw spears with an Atlatl! It will be a lot of fun and a change of pace for our meetings.
Directions to Next Meeting: Kuehn Conservation Area – 3293 Houston Trail, Earlham.
From I-80, take the Earlham exit (exit 104), bear to the right, and proceed north on I Ave. Continue past the intersection with 358th Pl. Continue northbound for just over 1 mile until you come to a four-way stop intersection. Turn west (left) at the intersection onto Bear Creek Rd. Follow Bear Creek Rd. for 1/2 mile. When the road turns north, it becomes Houston Trail. Follow Houston Trail about 2 miles until it dead-ends at the park. The parking lot for the Nature Center will be on your right.
From County Road F60, turn south onto H Ave. This intersection is about 5 1/2 miles west of Adel and about 2 miles east of Redfield. Continue on H Ave. for about 4 miles to the junction with Bear Creek R. Turn east (left) on Bear Creek Rd. and continue 1/2 mile to the junction with Houston Trail (a "T" intersection). Turn north (left) at the intersection and continue about 1 3/4 miles to the park.
Summer Meetings: June through September meetings will be held at 7:00 pm at Gray's Lake on the peninsula next to the swimming beach and playground equipment. At our June 19th meeting, Lee Hill will give a presentation about bike maintenance and equipment, so bring your bike!
Presentations
Boundary Waters Canoe Area: In preparation for the IOU trip to BWCA in August, Mike gave a talk about backcountry canoeing and camping in BWCA. The deadline for signing up for the trip will be June 19th at which time a $100 deposit will be due. See the IOU event list ioucalendar.blogspot.com for more details.
Costa Rica: Sara Hollerich and Cindy Reitz gave a presentation about their trip to Costa Rica. Those who would like to experience Costa Rica for themselves are invited to join a trip lead by Cindy Reitz next December 27, 2006 – January 7, 2007. Contact Cindy at sarapique@earthlink.net for details.
Old Business
IOU Graphic Artist Needed: Emily Vaughn has been looking into ordering IOU gear like window stickers, water bottles, etc. She is looking for someone with graphic arts skills (e.g., Adobe, Corel, etc.) to help refine our logo before we can place an order. Please contact Emily at eev23@hotmail.com if you can help out.
IOU Policy Committee Needed: As we are now over a year old, IOU needs to begin developing some policies for several topics including: driving to events, planning trips and events, website, dues, etc. If you would like to help work on the policies, please email iowaoutdoorunlimited@yahoo.com.
IOU Partnerships Needed: IOU is looking to network and build relationships with other outdoor groups around Des Moines. If you belong to any other outdoors clubs or have contacts in other clubs, please share your contacts, websites, event calendars, or emails with IOU. Please email iowaoutdoorunlimited@yahoo.com.
IOU Upcoming Trips and Events
Note: Rather than posting a complete event list for every meeting, we will only post new event announcements or event changes here. A complete event list for each month can be found on our blog ioucalendar.blogspot.com or in calendar format on our website iowaoutdoorunlimited.com.
Service day for Polk County Conservation Board at Yellow Banks Park: May 6. The date for this event has changed. It will be held May 6. We will be cleaning up the park's hike-in campsites. Sign up by emailing iowaoutdoorunlimited@yahoo.com.
IOU Devonian Fossil Gorge near Iowa City: May 19-21. Sara Hollerich is organizing a trip to camp and see fossils near the Coralville Dam. Sign up by emailing iowaoutdoorunlimited@yahoo.com.
IOU Devils Lake: June 2-4. There is still room for 5 more people to sign up for this trip to Devils Lake State Park in Wisconsin. Sign up by emailing iowaoutdoorunlimited@yahoo.com. A $50 deposit is due upon sign up.
IOU Loess Hills and DeSoto NWR: June 9-11. Tim and Anna Whipple are organizing a trip to the Loess Hills and DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge on the Missouri River. There is space for 2 more people to sign up by April 28. Email tawhipple@mchsi.com to sign up.
IOU Biking in RAGBRAI: July 23-29. We did not have enough interest to organize a team this year. However, if you would like to ride for just a day or two, contact Lee Hill at lee.hill@att.net.
Other Opportunities
"Wild Edibles" Workshop through Polk County Conservation Board: April 22. This event has been cancelled, but the Cache Bash is still on.
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