Sauna Talk #103: Parade Of Saunas

“What a great event” proclaimed Gayle Myers who, with her partner Gary, partook in the recent backyard sauna tour through 10 saunas built by homeowners in backyards in Minneapolis for the Parade of Saunas event.

Parade of Saunas 2024 raised $1,500 for charity.

“I had a constant stream through my space of curious folk, ranging from seasoned sauna pros to those just starting to daydream about their own backyard sauna retreat.”

Let’s check in with a few of the saunas as part of Parade of Saunas 2024:  

Ryan’s Fulton Sauna

A serene backyard retreat in the Fulton neighborhood of Minneapolis, complete with an AirBnb.

“I put on my extravert hat and gabbed the whole 4 hours on my sauna spiel;).”    

Steve Hawkins

Good fun.  I think I spoke with 60 + people today.  Good vibes.  People really were appreciative of the sauna and willingness to share.  

“Loved talking with all the different hosts and learning about how they made their saunas” – paraphrase of many of the visitors today.

Darin’s NorthUP

Darin from Urban Wing was proud to display his ultralight NorthUp Minne, this is the one they collaborated with Paddle North to float on one of their floating docks in Oct ’23

Joe Sauna

“Such a great experience to meet so many people as enthusiastic about the sauna experience as I am. Everyone that came to check out my set up felt like a member of the tribe. So glad to be a part of something that will hopefully become an annual tradition.”

SaunaTimes sauna

“The first guests started streaming in just after noon.” Glenn said. “I didn’t think I’d have it in me to show my sauna to people for four hours, but their kindness and good vibes fueled me. Then, hosting five people for sauna at 4pm, well, that took things to a higher level. Max brought veniks. And the 6 of sauna’d well into the night. It was a great sauna day, and warm on all levels”

Tom’s LightWave sauna

“That was a fun day talking saunas!
Everyone seemed to enjoy the chance to see others saunas.”