Operation Warm
Hey, all! By the way, I know it says my mom wrote this post, but was actually me signed in with her account. Anyway, if any of are looking for a way to help out in the next two days...
Category: Events
Final Night Out, First Night In
Wow… What a unique and incredible journey. I’d do it all over again in a heartbeat. Along the way, I had no second thoughts about what I was doing, but now I’m astonished at how far I’ve come. I’ll have...
Snoreoutdoors Meets the Hawk Ridge Birdathon
Last weekend was the Hawk Ridge Birdathon, this weekend is a band trip, after that is a canoe trip and then that’s it! June 6th and my year will be done! I’m hoping that many will join in and sleep...
News on my Challenge… And Yours
I have some news to share… 1) I have only 37 days to go in my quest to sleep outside for a year! It’s been a bit rough lately – harder than in the winter. It is cold, wet and...
Oh, the Weather Outside is Frightful…And a Story
It’s been snowing for the past ten hours, and the streets are a mess. You might be thinking, “Oh, you guys get snow all the time in Duluth. It’s fine.” But this is not our usual fluff. This stuff is...
Thank You, Mr. Garrison Keillor (A Note from Rudy’s Dad)
Here we are in the basement of the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, eating catered dinner with the cast and crew from A Prairie Home Companion. Garrison Keillor is asking Rudy about his quest to sleep outside for...
A Prairie Home Companion
Well, yesterday was certainly an experience of a lifetime. It started several months ago, when my parents bought four tickets to see Garrison Keillor’s live radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. A...
Fundraiser: Book-Across-the-Bay Ski Race 2/17/2014
Last weekend my family (plus Uncle Paul) and our friends the Beldens camped at a cabin in Washburn, Wisconsin to attend a Nordic ski race called Book Across the Bay. The race — a fundraiser for a variety of services...
Snore Outdoors Fundraising and Fitger’s Ice House 1/23/14
Hi folks, the Snore Outdoors fundraising has officially started. Please check out the donation buttons at the bottoms of the Habitat for Humanity and Hawk Ridge pages of my website. I’d really appreciate it! Also, share this site with your friends...
