Walking Lake Pepin

Walking Lake Pepin finale includes brainstorming session for 20th anniversary next year

Aug 26, 2026

Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) 2026 participants had their finale meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 19. The group gathered at the Marina Point Park past the trailers at the end of Ralph Samuelson Way. This park is an out of the way small park in Lake City that offers access to fishing off the point beach, a...

Walking Lake Pepin heads to foot of lake for Wabasha history presentation

Aug 19, 2026

The final group walk of the Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) 2026 season took place in Wabasha. Nancy Falkum, a Wabasha resident, met the walkers near the amphitheater next to the Eagle Center for a walk through historic downtown Wabasha and the riverfront neighborhood. Nancy has been active in uncovering...

Walking Lake Pepin tours Manawa Prairie Farm, learns about sustainable farming

Aug 12, 2026

The Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) group paid a visit to the bluff top Manawa Prairie Farm owned by Dag Knudsen and Deirdre Flesche last Wednesday evening, August 5. The WLP group has visited the farm in previous years and always learns something new about the importance of sustainable farming...

Sunni and Simon Kehren show walkers around Great River Vineyard

Aug 5, 2026

On Wednesday, July 29, the Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) group walkers headed out to the Great River Vineyard, four miles north of Lake City on Hwy. 61, walking through the vineyard and orchard property with new owners Simon and Sunni Kehren while they described their plans for the property. The...

Superb weather for retracing the steps of Sarah the Lamplighter

Jul 29, 2026

The Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) group walk on July 22 can boast superb weather as the group learned about lamplighter Sarah Kimm as they walked her path placing lamps on the river as she would have done every day for 37 years. As reported in The Graphic by Sarah Ziebarth, Sarah Kimm lit lamps placing...

Weather postpones Walking Lake Pepin group walk

Jul 22, 2026

Heat, humidity and poor air quality cancelled the Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) group walk last Wednesday, July 15. The walk was planned for the scenic bluff top Memorial Park in Red Wing and will be re-scheduled in the fall for peak viewing of the Mississippi River fall colors. A walk at the marina...

Walkers explore historic neighborhood

Jul 15, 2026

On Wednesday, July 8, the rain subsided so the Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) group could walk the planned route along Garden and Oak Streets exploring the many historic homes built in this neighborhood. Jim Schreck, who lived during his youth on Garden Street, shared his early memories. He told the...

Walkers dodge raindrops, learn about women who settled Old Frontenac

Jul 8, 2026

A light rain shower greeted the Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) group in Old Frontenac on Wednesday night July 1. The walkers stood under the elevated van hatch to stay dry as Jim Schreck gave the group some new information about the women who helped settle Old Frontenac. One of the more interesting...

Walking Lake Pepin group learns Jewell history

Jul 1, 2026

The Jewell Nursery property is a traditional yearly site for the Walking Lake Pepin group walk. Wednesday, June 24, the weather was perfect and the walk along Clubhouse Drive was a scenic route to savor the beautiful landscape that was the historic Jewell Nursery. Jim Schreck, who worked at the...

Brief shower, puddles no match for Walking Lake Pepin walkers

Jun 24, 2026

In spite of a brief shower and some severe weather predictions before the Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) weekly group walk, six walkers made the hike on the Sand Point Trail on June 17. There were a few puddles on the trail, but not enough to stop the group from making it to the sandy beach of Lake...