Ski and Snowshoe on February 7th at Sonnenberg Farm at New York Mills and learn about sustainable forestry practices
Enjoy a fun winter outing on Saturday, February 7th at Bob and Ingrid Sonnenberg's farm just north of New York Mills. We'll gather in a parking area (follow the signs) at the farm. To get to Bob's place go north out of New York Mills on #67. Go past the Sculpture Park and Cenex station slightly less than one mile and turn to the left on 395th Street. Go 1/4 mile and turn right onto the Sonnenberg driveway. Go another 1/4 mile, and park .
At 11:00am we'll ski (or snowshoe) to a warm cabin in the woods on the farm. A second group will depart for the cabin at 11:15am. You must supply your own skis or snowshoes.
There will be a simple lunch, and at 1:30pm Bob will give a talk on his sustainable tree farming operation. He has been harvesting and planting red oak and white pine since he returned from New Mexico to make his home at his family farmstead. Bob is an active forester trained by the University of Minnesota Forestry Department as a woodland advisor. He is a board member and chair of the Minnesota Forest Resources Partnership and a board member of the Minnesota Forestry Association.
At 2:30pm Bob will lead a skiing and snowshoing tour, showing the fruits of his efforts to create a sustainable forestry business on his 550 acre farm. The tour will arrive back at the parking area at 3:30pm.
On that same evening there is a bluegrass concert with Brian Wicklund and his Fiddle Pals band at the Cultural Center (beginning at 7:30pm-see below). After the concert, we'll gather again at the Sonnenberg farm for a moonlight outing of skiing and warming up. We'll meet at 10:00pm again at the Sonnenberg farm and ski back to the warming house for a chance to admire the moonlight, have a glass of wine, and enjoy the quiet woods. If the weather cooperates, February 7th should be a bright, moonlight night.
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