Day 2: Mt. Hood, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, and Bend
Waking up along the banks of the Hood river on Saturday, September 27, a few students decided to go experience the sun rising along the bank. Around 7:30 am we enjoyed a complimentary breakfast in the hotel restaurant. After eating, we packed our belongings and departed for Packer orchards. on the way to the orchard, we stopped to take photos of Mt Hood at a scenic overlook. Arriving at Packer Orchards it was the epitome of a scenic orchard. All around we rolling hills covered with various fruit trees and as we walked in there were pallets upon pallets of fresh fruit. Here we different forms of fresh fruit ranging from apples to pears to peaches, as well as purchasing fresh baked cookies from them.
Once finished we started our journey up the roads leading to Mt. Hood to the Timberline Lodge. At Timberline Lodge, we began by touring the lobby museum which contained history some history of the lodge and how it was built. After taking in the history we headed a little further up a trail to the ski lift that would be our ride up to 7,000 ft above sea level. As we climbed in altitude we began to notice the thinning trees and more rocky landscape. Once off the ski lift we climbed to get to a spot where Miles and Jacob could give their presentations. Miles' presentation was on plate tectonics and specifically the plates of the Cascadia subduction zone and Jacob gave his presentation on the orographic effect in Oregon. After the presentations and descending down the mountain to our vans we ate a picnic lunch and departed for our next destination, the Kah-Nee-Tah resort.
As we transitioned from the landscape on the west side of the Cascades to the east there was a very noticeable change. The ground became much more arid with ground cover being more brown than the luscious greens we had been seeing. At the resort Dakota gave a presentation on the history of the Warm Springs Reservation. From there we further onto the reservation to the Museum at Warm Springs. The building itself is constructed out of stone and concrete to represent the landscape in which it is built. Traveling through the museum gave us additional information on the history through videos displays of native dress and pictures. After taking in the information from the museum we set out for our final destination of the day our hotel in Bend. After unloading our luggage from the vans and getting settled in our rooms we held a discussion on the final chapter of the book The Organic Machine. After the discussion we headed out to our dinner destination of Worthy Brewing Company, a popular new brew pub in Bend. This is where we got our first taste of the craft beer and brewing culture that Oregon holds dear. After enjoying our food and wonderful live Bluegrass music we headed back to our hotel and held our daily debriefing of what had occurred and our impressions of the different landscapes.
Waking up along the banks of the Hood river on Saturday, September 27, a few students decided to go experience the sun rising along the bank. Around 7:30 am we enjoyed a complimentary breakfast in the hotel restaurant. After eating, we packed our belongings and departed for Packer orchards. on the way to the orchard, we stopped to take photos of Mt Hood at a scenic overlook. Arriving at Packer Orchards it was the epitome of a scenic orchard. All around we rolling hills covered with various fruit trees and as we walked in there were pallets upon pallets of fresh fruit. Here we different forms of fresh fruit ranging from apples to pears to peaches, as well as purchasing fresh baked cookies from them.
Once finished we started our journey up the roads leading to Mt. Hood to the Timberline Lodge. At Timberline Lodge, we began by touring the lobby museum which contained history some history of the lodge and how it was built. After taking in the history we headed a little further up a trail to the ski lift that would be our ride up to 7,000 ft above sea level. As we climbed in altitude we began to notice the thinning trees and more rocky landscape. Once off the ski lift we climbed to get to a spot where Miles and Jacob could give their presentations. Miles' presentation was on plate tectonics and specifically the plates of the Cascadia subduction zone and Jacob gave his presentation on the orographic effect in Oregon. After the presentations and descending down the mountain to our vans we ate a picnic lunch and departed for our next destination, the Kah-Nee-Tah resort.
As we transitioned from the landscape on the west side of the Cascades to the east there was a very noticeable change. The ground became much more arid with ground cover being more brown than the luscious greens we had been seeing. At the resort Dakota gave a presentation on the history of the Warm Springs Reservation. From there we further onto the reservation to the Museum at Warm Springs. The building itself is constructed out of stone and concrete to represent the landscape in which it is built. Traveling through the museum gave us additional information on the history through videos displays of native dress and pictures. After taking in the information from the museum we set out for our final destination of the day our hotel in Bend. After unloading our luggage from the vans and getting settled in our rooms we held a discussion on the final chapter of the book The Organic Machine. After the discussion we headed out to our dinner destination of Worthy Brewing Company, a popular new brew pub in Bend. This is where we got our first taste of the craft beer and brewing culture that Oregon holds dear. After enjoying our food and wonderful live Bluegrass music we headed back to our hotel and held our daily debriefing of what had occurred and our impressions of the different landscapes.