Getting into the great outdoors

Written by Mary Divine, St. Paul Pioneer Press

At a Christian retreat center along the St. Croix River, a group of fifth-graders from Chicago meet nature head-on.  Crickets chirped. Frogs croaked.  Justin Smith got creeped out.  The 11-year-old from Chicago couldn't help comparing the sounds and sights of his hometown with the wilds of the St. Croix River. Read the complete article