2008 Faculty Field Tour time schedule
Monday 6:45 am 7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 10:30am 11:15m 11:30am 12:30pm 2:00pm 3:30pm 3:45pm 5:30pm 6:30pm 7:30pm
June 16 Bus available for loading at Burke Museum Breakfast, Kickoff Program begins Leave Campus Arrive Toray Composites Leave Toray Composites Rest Stop – Toledo, distribute lunches Back on the road, Mount St. Helens movie & lunch en route Arrive Johnston Ridge Visitor Center, begin hike Leave Mount St. Helens Rest Stop – Battle Ground Back on the road Arrive Skamania Lodge Dinner at Skamania Lodge Prof. Jim Anderson – Dams, fish and people.
Tuesday 7:00am 7:00am 8:00am 10:00am 11:30am 11:45am 12:30pm 12:45pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:30pm 6:30pm 8:00pm
June 17 Bags out for pickup Breakfast – Skamania Lodge dining room Leave Skamania Lodge Arrive Radio KDNA Leave Radio KDNA Arrive Toppenish Creek restoration site Leave Toppenish Creek Arrive Heritage University Leave Heritage University Arrive Olsen Bros. Winery, Prosser Leave Olsen Bros. Winery Arrive Hampton Inn, Richland Dinner at Anthony’s Columbia Pointe Return to Hampton Inn
Wednesday June 18 7:00am 7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 10:30am 11:30am 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:30pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:30pm Bags out for pickup Breakfast, Hampton Inn Leave for La Esperanza Arrive La Esperanza Leave La Esperanza Arrive McCain Foods Leave McCain Foods Lunch at Hallmark, Moses Lake Leave Moses Lake Meet Lloyd Bourne, Tokio Exit Leave Bourne’s farm Arrive Red Lion River Inn Welcome to Washington dinner, Red Lion
Thursday 7:00am 7:00am 8:00am 10:30am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:30pm 6:00pm 7:00pm
June 19 Bags out for pickup Breakfast, Shoreline room Leave for Grand Coulee Dam Arrive Grand Coulee Dam Lunch with Colville Nation leaders Leave Grand Coulee Arrive Colville Precision Pine mill, Omak Leave Colville Precision Pine Mill Arrive Cascade Organics orchard Leave Cascade Organics orchard Sun Mountain Lodge, Winthrop Dinner Sun Mountain Lodge
Friday June 20 7:00am 7:00am 8:00am 8:30am 9:30am 11:30am 1:00pm 3:00pm 4:45pm 5:30pm 8:30pm Bags out for pickup Breakfast at Sun Mountain Lodge Leave Sun Mountain Lodge Arrive North Cascades Smoke Jumper Base Leave North Cascades Smoke Jumper Base Arrive Skagit City Light Cookhouse Back on the road Boeing Everett Plant tour Leave Boeing Everett Plant Arrive Center for Urban Horticulture – Welcome Home barbecue Barbecue ends
2008 Faculty Field Tour Stops Monday Kickoff at the Burke Museum – get acquainted, set expectations for the trip Toray Composites, Frederickson – Large Boeing subcontractor that manufactures composite materials used in building the Boeing 777 and 787. A collaborator in our advanced materials center of excellence in Engineering Mount St. Helens – Ranger led walk discussing the eruption and re-growth of the landscape around the mountain Dams, fish and people lecture by Prof. Jim Anderson, Aquatic and Fishery Science
Tuesday Radio KDNA, Latino public radio for the Yakima Valley. About to move into a new building catalyzed by grants led by our Community Partnerships group in Toppenish Toppenish Creek restoration site – collaboration between the Yakama Nation and several UW departments Heritage University – tour, discussion, and lunch with Pres. Kathleen Ross Olsen Bros. Winery – tour and tasting with UW alums that own the winery and the mayor of Prosser, also an alumnus
Wednesday Esperanza, Mattawa -- Farm worker housing project run by Grant County Housing Authority, consisting of recycled shipping containers. Design and construction of housing and landscaping by UW faculty and students
McCain Foods, Othello – Potato processing plant that makes French fries and tater tots Economic Development lunch, Moses Lake – Presentation by Grant County EDC about the dramatic growth in Data Centers (Microsoft, Yahoo and Intuit) in the town of Quincy
Lloyd Bourne Farm – Our 10th visit with Lloyd and his wife Maureen for a discussion of farming life Welcome to Washington, Spokane – Collaboration with UW Alumni Association to welcome incoming freshmen and their families to the UW family
Thursday Grand Coulee Dam – tour of the 3rd power plant at the dam Lunch with Colville Nation leaders and economic development presentation about Colville tribal enterprises Colville Precision Pine Mill, Omak – Tour of a mill that makes pine dimension lumber, discussion of Colville Nation forest practices Cascade Organics Orchard, Omak – Our fifth tour of the organic cherry and pear orchards run by the Stennes family
Friday North Cascades Smoke Jumper base – tour and discussion of forest fires in the West. Lunch and Tour – Seattle City Light – Ross Dam hydro power project Boeing Everett Plant – discussion and walking tour of the plant to view planes under construction Welcome Home barbecue – Center for Urban Horticulture
Monday Toray Composites:
http://www.toraycompam.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=29
Mount St. Helens: http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/ Skamania Lodge: http://www.skamania.com/
Tuesday Radio KDNA: http://www.kdna.org/ Heritage University: http://www.heritage.edu/Main.php Olsen Bros. winery: http://www.olsenestates.com/winery.html Hampton Inn, Richland http://www.hamptoninn.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml;jsessionid=QXQG34CQAVY USCSGBJNM22Q?ctyhocn=PSCRLHX
Wednesday La Esperanza: http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19990602&slug=296 4227 McCain Foods: http://www.mccainusa.com/mccainfoodservice/pages/plants.aspx Moses Lake EDC: http://www.grantedc.com/index.html Red Lion River Inn: http://redlion.rdln.com/HotelLocator/HotelOverview.aspx?metaID=62
Thursday Grand Coulee Dam: http://www.usbr.gov/pn/grandcoulee/ Colville Nation Enterprises: http://www.colvilletribes.com/ctec.htm Cascade Crest Organics orchard: http://www.cascadecrestorganics.com/index.html Sun Mountain Lodge: http://www.sunmountainlodge.com/
Friday Seattle City Light – Skagit tours: http://www.seattle.gov/light/tours/skagit/ Boeing Everett: http://www.boeing.com/commercial/facilities/ Center for Urban Horticulture: http://depts.washington.edu/urbhort/