Join the North Country Bears for a few hours of tubing (weather permitting, of course) on the Cannon River on both Saturday, July 9 and Saturday, July 16 . Meet up at Welch Village (directions below) at 10:30am, and we'll go tubing at 11:00am. Tubing is $7 per person.

Bring your sunscreen, bug spray, and whatever beverages you want (including alcohol!) as long as they're not in glass containers. You can even bring a cooler and tie it into another tube (you'll have to pay extra for the extra tube). Bring your towel and leave it in the car since once we get there they'll bus us upstream and we'll float back down to the parking area.

Directions to Welch Village: Welch Village is about 40 miles southeast of the Twin Cities. The address is 26389 County 7 Blvd, Welch, MN 55089 and the phone number is 651-388-9857. Here's a link to a map on MapQuest to find and print out your own directions.