Grayson Nepsund, 6, smiles while playfully swinging his life vest around while waiting for the Sunset Paddle event at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center to begin on Friday, June 30, 2023.

Here's a healthy dose of paddles, pups, pedals, paths and prairies from this week's Outdoor Adventures column. Enjoy. Patty Cope, a local dog behaviorist and trainer, will lead a clinic Aug. 10 on how ...