We Do This For Fun

“Life is so boring staying in the same place.” -Anna Herby

Tips from Registered Dietitian Anna Herby of Physicians for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) for maintaining health on the road. How she does it living a nomadic life embracing the van life and how the rest of us road trippers can do it in our travels to cabins, camping, and cross country trips. Anna lives her values by embracing a plant-based lifestyle to for health, animals and our natural world (eating less meat is key to protecting our natural world).

Additional tips on how to have a professional job, be safe, secure good wifi, dog momming and testing out van life.

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Physicians for Responsible Medicine (PCRM): www.pcrm.org

What happens when a feminist logroller comes to your town? Naturally, the next generation of logrolling champions are produced. Born into a family of world-champion log rollers (mom, Judy Scheer-Hoeschler see wikipedia), Abby Hoeschler Delaney, continues the tradition of paying it forward. Not only does she compete professionally and teach others this unique sport, she’s making it more accessible to all of us with the invention of the Key Log. Keenly aware that transporting and storing a 500-pound cedar wood log is a major hindrance for expanding the sport, Abby decided it was time for a technological advancement in the sport. She worked with engineers to design and manufacture a portable synthetic log. Today, Key Log Rolling has sold almost 2000 Key Logs and helped start nearly 500 log rolling programs in all 50 states and 9 countries—all with the goal to make log rolling an Olympic sport.

Rent one! Buy one for your recreation program! Try it out at your local Rec Center- if they don’t have one, ask them to buy one. Logrolling is a great compliment to any sport- balance, stability and strategy!

Check out the Key Log:

https://keylogrolling.com/

Follow Key Log Rolling:

https://www.instagram.com/keylogrolling

https://www.facebook.com/KeyLogRolling

Check out Abby’s Insta:

https://www.instagram.com/keylogabby

Lumberjack World Championships: https://lumberjackworldchampionships.com/

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Fitness, the outdoors and fun is for everyone, but the reality is, if you have a disability, this trifecta isn’t always available to you —- enter our guest Megan Welty. Megan is an Adaptive Sports & Recreation professional with Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute. Megan helps breaks down barriers to make access to movement (and often movement in the outdoors) a reality for people who have traditionally been excluded. Passionate about recreation, inclusion, excellence and empowering others, she finds joy in creating meaningful experiences for each participant that helps them meet their personal goals. 

The result? Some of the happiest people we’ve seen on the trails are with someone in Courage Kenny gear. This quote from a Courage Kenny athlete says it best, “To be active is to breathe- it’s to be in the world”.

Call to action: Courage Kenny Waterski Program is looking for a few new boat driving volunteers who can provide a waterskiing boat on Lake Owasso in Shoreview. Courage Kenny needs you! There’s a waitlist for the program and an open house on Lake Owasso- drivers are needed July 19, 5:30-8:30pm Contact Meagan via the Facebook group below if you can be of service.

Check out the Courage Kenny Facebook Group referenced by Megan: https://www.facebook.com/groups/200447193587/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CourageKennyRehabilitationInstitute/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/couragekennysportsrec/

Learn more about Courage Kenny: https://account.allinahealth.org/servicelines/815

Paddle Bridge Kayak Tours is not your average tour company. Their motto: Access. Stewardship. Excellence. is infused into every offering. Guide, Amber Lynum (Sparky) and Founder/Guide Kaylen Keir (Beaver) entertain as much as they educate while giving guests a front row seat to the history, wildlife and surroundings of the iconic Mississippi or Minneapolis Lakes. Thanks to these guardians of history, social justice champions, environmental stewards and really, really fun people, the waters of the Twin Cities are becoming more accessible to EVERYONE.

PB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Paddlebridge/

PB Insta: https://www.instagram.com/paddle_bridge/

Amber Insta: https://www.instagram.com/amb_leslie/

Kalen Insta: https://www.instagram.com/goodnightrainbow/

Mentions: 

Devin 'Afrodiskayak' Brown Insta: https://www.instagram.com/afrodiskayak/

Two Paddles Canoe and Kayak Races Insta: https://www.instagram.com/twopaddlesmn/

Two Paddles Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TwoPaddlesMN

Migizi Insta: https://www.instagram.com/migizimn/ 

Migizi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MIGIZIMN

1 Mississippi Insta: https://www.instagram.com/1.mississippi/

1 Mississippi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1Mississippi

Mississippi National River and Recreation Area Insta: https://www.instagram.com/mississippinps/

Miss National Park Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MississippiRiverNPS

Saint Paul Adaptive Recreation: https://www.stpaul.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/recreation-centers/parks-recreation-programs/adaptive-recreation

Mississippi Watershed Management Organization: https://www.mwmo.org/

Your first backpacking trip comes with a lot of hacks, naivety, excitement and fear. Hear the approaches of 5 women of various ages prepare for an upcoming Yosemite hiking trip. Personalities come alive in methods of training (including a dutch oven) and preparation for tackling El Capitan. Novice to experienced with varying degrees of certainty and confidence. One thing is we all have in common? Feeling absolutely privileged for this experience and grateful for the new friendships that have bloomed.

We Do This For Fun welcomes: Sarah Julius (the experienced hiker), Sydnee Ceballos (Gen Z), Devinna Hansen (very prepared), and Darbiene Sater (Dutch Oven).

@wildlandtrekking here we come!

@lecreuset thank you for being more than just amazing cookware.

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We welcome husband and wife ultra-athletes Jere Mohr and Leah Gruhn for a candid conversation about training, nutrition, planning and the community that surrounds the world of winter cycling and specifically the Iditarod Trail Invitational (ITI). Stories from the trail, tips for beginners and seasoned athletes alike, and inspiration for anyone looking to challenge themselves with new activities outdoors or anywhere else. Resources, connections and a sincere invitation to anyone who wants help with their next challenge. Check out the documentary that features Leah +Jere- 40 below, the toughest race in the world.

Remember your summer camp experiences? Join lifelong friends Kate Coward and Meghan Cosgrove as they reminisce about their friendship which began at summer camp and experiences they believe sparked their life-time involvement in wild places. Today we give Meghan Cosgrove, the Camp Director for Y of the North’s, Camp Menogyn some sunshine. Learn how camp as changed since we were kids, why summer camp is more important than ever, and why Camp Menogyn might lead in “bad assery”  (my words, not Meghan’s) of the camps in the midwest.

Who makes cocktails approachable? Who throws the best parties? Who has recipes, advice and cookbooks for food and beverages to enjoy in the outdoors? Who wears technical gear and high fashion? The answer: Emily Vikre of Vikre Distillery.

Ultra-endurance athlete and Luce Line Brewery Owner, Kate Coward, joins Jodi as a co-host and within moments the synergies between Kate and Emily become glaringly clear. Bad ass business leaders, dedicated moms and passion prioritizers- so much to learn from them. Bonus? Learn the four liquors you need in your cabinet and Emily Vikre sings the Berkie song.

It’s a not to miss episode.

Buy Emily’s books: Camp Cocktails and Family Camp Cookbook

Dress like Emily: Ganni, Rent the Runway, Shop Mille

Life is a balancing act. Careers, family, home… and if you're lucky you see friends. If you’re really lucky you have hobbies and if you are so blessed, you have time for relaxation. Something has got to give- this episode is about just that.

Devin Brown lives life with intention, service and style. An adventurer who will kayak all 2,350 miles of the mighty Mississippi, source (Itaska) to mouth (Gulf of Mexico), she shows us what might bubble to the top with a thorough life assessment. Her pay it forward approach gives everyone the chance to build their wilderness tool box and removes the obstacle that may be  preventing you from  getting out into nature.

Follow Devin! @afrodiskayak

Sign up for the Basic Wilderness First Aid Skills class at Theo Wirth March 18.

Learn how to kayak with Devin and her friends at Paddle Bridge or give someone else a chance to learn by purchasing a seat for a community member- MPS community education spring/summer.

Role models of generosity: Get Down Coffee and Liberty Church Minneapolis.