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Quiet Adventures Symposium 2025 is next
30 years of Symposiums!
Quiet Adventures Symposium 2024 was successfully held on March 2, 2024 at the MSU Pavilion on the Michigan State University campus.
See the Program Booklet to get a sense of who was there, the speakers and demonstrations, sponsiors and more.
Now we start looking forward to 2025 and how to make sure that we have a wonderful event, filling the Arena and the Exhibit Hall with boats, bikes, and more.
QUIET ADVENTURES SYMPOSIUM 2024 IS A WRAP
Revisit the fun with Paddling Adventures Radio, Paddling the Blue, and others at your podcast source point. As always, on YouTube, Kevin Callan shared a video on the Road Trip to Quiet Adventures Symposium 2024. Camper Christina was back this year with a wonderful camping booth (see her photos on Facebook). There are also podcasts, instagrams, Facebook reels and photos, and more on the web.
We again thank our exhibitors and our sponsors. Many thanks to our sponsors for their support, including Williams Subaru and Tri-County Bicycle Association with DALMAC as show sponsors; Great Lakes Paddlers sponsored the Au Sable Room and Eagle Monk Pub and Brewery for Volunteer Bandanas. Veith Consulting supports our event management software as well as website. Denny's Central Park Cycles and The Power of Water contributed to our Grand Prize Turf and Surf prizes.
If you enjoyed this event and would like to be more involved in the next one, please contact us directly at info@quietadventures.org .
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QAS 2024 is a wrap!
We all had a great time at QAS 2024. There were around 1500 people at the event, including paid entries, volunteers, exhibitors, speakers, students and kids. This is similar to last year. Now we will be working to make our 30th Anniversary Quiet Adventures Symposium in 2025 bigger and better.
You can help us do that by responding to the surveys tjhat we haev sent out. If you attaneded, paying cash or credit at the door, please help us by responding to this short survey Attendee Survey 2024. We would love your input, as some things changed this year, with new Demonstrations and some new speakers.
Nature Discovery joined us along with over 110 other exhibitors!
Please note: We do not sell or share our contact lists; anyone who offers you our exhibitor list or other contacts is SPAM or worse!
The 2024 Verlen Kruger Award was awarded to John Bollman, a local river angel, helping bring together people to ensure that the Red Cedar River remains a local paadling and fishing resource.
We need to thank all of the many volunteers who helped to make the event a great time. Kate Lederle was honoured as the Stacy Smith Volunteer Award for the many years of service to the Quiet Water Society and now Quiet Adventures Society. She was often seen at the Raffle Desk or elsewhere, working through the challenges before, during and after the show. Well done Kate.
To relive some of the fun from QAS 2024, visit Youtube, Facebook, Podcasts, and more to check out new videos and podcasts from the event. Here is a sampling!
Camper Christina (Youtube, Facebook)
Adventure Anywhere (Youtube)
Two Weeks in a Hammock (Facebook reel)
Kuehl Kuest (Youtube)
The Happy Camper (KCHappy Camper on Youtube)
Paddling Adventures Radio (Podcasts: Episode 420 and more to come!)
Paddling the Blue (Podcasts: future episodes, check March 25)
We will post invitations to Exhibitors, Sponsors, Speakers and Volunteers later in 2024 with a tentative Symposium date of March 1, 2025.
Meanwhile, check out our list of exhibitors, visit them on line or in person. They would love to talk about pleases to go, things to do, and what it takes.
Winter continues with MANY events and opportunities!
Here is just a sample and we will add more in along the way to include backpacking and hiking, conservation and stewardship!
There are still cleanups being scheduled and it is wonderful to get involved in making these scenic places clean and safe throughout. Michigan Waterways Stewards is at it again with a big cleanups of the Lansing area rivers with their many partners Check FACEBOOK @Michigan Waterways Stewards for information.
All along the North Country Trail there are hikes and volunteer efforts, welcoming participants to maintain the 4800 miles of hiking trail across 8 states. The local Chief Noonday Chapter would love you to join in the fun and posts suggested hikes on their website. Visit the NCT Association offices at 229 East Main Street, Lowell Michigan.
Friends of the St Clair River have many activities this winter, so check them out. You can even adopt a Sturgeon!
The Lansing Oar and Paddle Club is found on Meetup and at wordpress, with an awesome trip schedule, including whitewater, river, and sea kayaking, and in winter hiking, snowshoeing, and skiing.
The Northern Forest Canoe Trail is a great destination to explore outside the Great Lakes. Maine has incredible rivers, lakes, and shoreline. Visit their events calendar or check out the Trip Planner for your adventure in the North East.
There are many outfitters and guides in Michigan and the region. Among those who will be at QSS 2024 are Heavner Canoe and Kayak Rental, Forest the Canoe, Uncommon Adventures Naturally Superior Adventures and Cabin Falls Ecolodge on the Temagami with Hap and Andrea Wilson. Come and visit with them!
The League of Michigan Bicyclists has posted their schedule and it is jam packed with biking options throughout Michigan, from MUP in July in the Upper Peninsula to the Michigander Tour in July in Southeast Michigan. Check out all the many rides with LMB and its partners. Signups for 2024 are already available.
The folks at the Tri County Bicycle Association TCBA organize fun rides and safety classes. Registration for the annual DALMAC ride is open now!
Adventure team 906 sponsors many events and also gets kids out and riding, gaining confidence and enjoying Michigan on bikes.
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UPDATES
Quiet Adventures Symposium 2025 is next
30 years of Symposiums!
Quiet Adventures Symposium 2024 was successfully held on March 2, 2024 at the MSU Pavilion on the Michigan State University campus.
See the Program Booklet to get a sense of who was there, the speakers and demonstrations, sponsiors and more.
Now we start looking forward to 2025 and how to make sure that we have a wonderful event, filling the Arena and the Exhibit Hall with boats, bikes, and more.
QUIET ADVENTURES SYMPOSIUM 2024 IS A WRAP
Revisit the fun with Paddling Adventures Radio, Paddling the Blue, and others at your podcast source point. As always, on YouTube, Kevin Callan shared a video on the Road Trip to Quiet Adventures Symposium 2024. Camper Christina was back this year with a wonderful camping booth (see her photos on Facebook). There are also podcasts, instagrams, Facebook reels and photos, and more on the web.
We again thank our exhibitors and our sponsors. Many thanks to our sponsors for their support, including Williams Subaru and Tri-County Bicycle Association with DALMAC as show sponsors; Great Lakes Paddlers sponsored the Au Sable Room and Eagle Monk Pub and Brewery for Volunteer Bandanas. Veith Consulting supports our event management software as well as website. Denny's Central Park Cycles and The Power of Water contributed to our Grand Prize Turf and Surf prizes.
If you enjoyed this event and would like to be more involved in the next one, please contact us directly at info@quietadventures.org .
SAVE-Background color is #2d3f51