Today on the bench we hear from several guests attending Sauna Days 2022 at Larsmont Cottages. What a great time we had, sharing our collective and individual passions about sauna. We came from all over, but are united in spirit! Let's here from:

1. Katy, Sisu & Löyly, Grand Rapids, MN. Who has a sauna by the Lake Superior shoreline, build and converted from an old Fish House on site.

2. Eric, Voyageur Saunas. A big fan of the sauna tribe, and sauna builder from Twin Cities, Minnesota.

3. Dan from the The Banya House in Burnsville, Minnesota.

4. Alex from Bsaunas USA. He initially won the Eric Conover Sauna Magic book. as he traveled all the way from Buffalo, NY.

5. Keegan Kittock, Deep Wave Sauna. Building saunas for several years. Meeting new people who share the same passions, with like minded people.

6. Justin, Cedar & Stone Nordic Sauna. "Our world right now is starving for connection… Almost every single time, sauna is the best way to relieve stress." New people who have never heard about sauna are coming to sauna. We are drawing on tradition. We get to create together and be part of a community." In Duluth, access to trails are only 1/4 mile away. Nature is right next to us in 218. Justin doesn't own and run a sauna company, he owns and runs a stress destroying company.

7. Meinrad Signer saunameinrat.com. Manitoba. Sauna rental or group sauna guide. We are living in a climate very similar to Finland and the Baltic states. A lot of his customers are Russian born.

8. Tom Carlson, a Sauna Map Champion from Madison Wisconsin.

9. Darin Mays, Urban Wing Co. Sauna confessions. I'd be in the hot room, and Darin in the cool down room, during Covid. Urban Wing sells patented designed sauna vents. Sleek, clear cedar. Part of a morning dip Sunrise dip into Lake Superior. We adapted the Mindstrong Harvey 5/15.

10. Nick from Arizona. Surprised his wife that Sauna Days is his gift for his wife for Mother's Day.

11. Andrea and Art, unwind-body-mind.com Spa wellness center in Wisconsin. "Sauna brings what is real." More meaning and connection. We can serve a lot of people with sauna.

12. Beau, Ben from Hayward, Wisconsin. Beau is starting a sauna rental and sales business in Hayward, WI.

13. Jean, up for the community and experience. Bringing friends in, like Kate. "when you love something, you bring it to the one's you love."

Let's go Sauna!