The Windmill Volunteer Educators at the Windmill Cultural Center in Fulton, IL, invite the public to attend the next program of Wild Winter Wednesday, on February 5, 2025. Please note: if Riverbend Schools are delayed or cancelled due to weather, Wild Winter Wednesdays are cancelled as well.
Doors open at 8:30 a.m. for coffee, hot cider, and Mill treats. The program begins about 9:20. The building is disability accessible and is free and open to the public.
Dana Starkell grew up in Winnipeg, Canada, a city known for warm summers and long cold winters. From an early age his life was filled with adventures. Summer holidays included canoe trips, hiking, sand dune treks, rock climbing, and lake swimming.
A year after completing high school, Dana undertook the two-year canoe trip his father had been planning since Dana was nine years old. Altogether, they paddled through 13 Countries from Winnipeg to Belem, Brazil.
The true story about their adventures became an international best-selling book, Paddle to the Amazon and won them a Guinness World Record for longest canoe paddle.
Dana now lives in the Quad Cities with his wife Stacey and son David.
