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We are infinitely proud of our longstanding partnership with the YMCA of the North. And so we’re thrilled to be helping them expand their Unlock It! program—a free self-guided scavenger hunt experience. Partially funded by a new state grant, the program engages underserved youth by teaching them about conservation and preservation of MN wilderness through experiences in the outdoors. We designed a new map template that reflects their environmental commitment and we’ll be creating dozens of individual maps as new courses are set up.

Two years ago, we said peace out to d.trio and howdy-ho to cat&tonic. Now in our terrible twos, we’re like most toddlers—untethered by the rules, questioning everything, overly opinionated, and thinking more independently than ever. Our team celebrated with an afternoon of mini golf at Puttery. We are so thankful to you for two memorable years of hanging in there with us as we’ve grown and (kind of) matured.
Who loves a merch table at a concert? We do! And we’ve always wanted one of our own. But we’re not rockstars (well, not that kind of rockstars), so we’re doing the next best thing.
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