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Woodcarvers Club in Rochester MN

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Picnics

The Woodcarvers have multiple get togethers throughout the year.


Picnics at Oxbow Park

Recent picnics have been at the Nature Center of Oxbow Park & Zollman Zoo.

From Rochester:
From the traffic light on West Circle Drive turn onto west bound Valleyhigh Road NW (County 4).
Continue west on Valleyhigh Road for 6.7 miles.
The entrance to Oxbow Park is on the right.  (If you get to the T at County 5, backup 0.2 miles.)
Follow the park road north for a mile.
Before the road turns right, Turn left (west) onto the road to the large parking lot.
From Byron:
Take County Road 5 heading north.
At 2.5 miles turn right (east) onto Valleyhigh Road NW (County 4).
After 0.2 miles, turn left (north) into Oxbow Park.
Follow the park road north for a mile.
Before the road turns right, Turn left (west) onto the road to the large parking lot.

Click on the map to enlarge it.

Click HERE to load Google Maps positioned on Oxbow Park.


Previous Picnics

The 2021 annual summer picnic was hosted by LaVerne Schettl at her house.
Photos taken by Wayne Hendrickson are in an on-line photo album.
A BIG thanks to LaVerne, Wayne and to all the club members who made it happen!

To view the photos click here. If you click on any of the small “thumbnail” photos you will see that image larger… You can scroll through the larger images, download any you like or watch them in a slideshow.

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