Take A Class At Glacier This Summer
Deep snow still blocks the Going-to-the-Sun Highway over Logan Pass in Glacier National Park, but it won’t stand in the way of the June workshops offered by the Glacier Institute.
The classes include Montana Mushrooms, June 13-15; Glacier Birdwatching, June 14-15; Glacier’s Grizzlies, June 18-19; Prairie & Forest Wildflowers, June 21; and Field Journals: Connecting People With Place, June 23-25.
There will also be a family fun weekend during the summer solstice, June 21-22.
The Glacier Institute offers a full slate of classes throughout the summer, in and near Glacier National Park.
For a schedule, fee information, and to register, call (406) 755-1211.
Information about the latest conditions of the Going-to-the-Sun Highway is available on the Web at www.nps.gov/glac/ gttsroad.htm.
Bring your checkbook
Those with ambitious travel plans might just get a trip of a lifetime for a bargain at the annual Spokane Food Bank Taking A Bite Out Of Hunger auction Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Spokane Arena.
Among the items up for bid will be an 11-day adventure by Special Expeditions to the Galapogos Islands.
The vacation includes land excursions in Quito, Ecuador, and guided tours by naturalists and biologists.
Other travel-related items include a round-trip airline ticket on United Airlines to any of the lower 48 states, a San Francisco bed-and-breakfast weekend, a Seattle Mariners weekend and a two-night stay at Hill’s Resort on Priest Lake.
Tickets to the auction are $35, $60 per couple; for reservations and information, contact the Spokane Food Bank, 534-6678. Tickets are also available at Vino! and Dutch’s.
A look to the past
The High Desert Museum in Bend, Ore., will kick off a summer-long schedule of demonstrations Memorial Day weekend.
The core of the demonstrations is the operation of the authentic, turn-of-the-century sawmill.
Other demonstration dates are June 14-15, July 19-20, Aug. 9-10 and Labor Day weekend. Demonstrations will be from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the museum, 3-1/2 miles south of Bend on U.S. 97. Admission is $6.25, $5.75 for seniors and students, $3 for kids. For information: (541) 382-4754.
Take a walk on the wild side
A new 14,000-square-foot Interpretive Center has opened at the Yaquina Head area at Newport, Ore.
Nearly a half-million people annually visit the area to see the 100-acre lava flow that juts about a mile into the ocean, the many tidal pools, and to watch the 150 species of birds and 100 seals that live along the beach.
The anchor of the area is the Yaquina Head Lighthouse.
For information about the Interpretive Center, call the Bureau of Land Management, which administers the area, at (541) 574-3100.
For information about Newport, call the Chamber of Commerce, (800) 262-7844 or find info on the Web at www.newportnet.com.
A non-stop weekend of fun
The annual Northwest Folklife Festival will again be staged Memorial Day Weekend at the Seattle Center.
The festival attracts about 200,000 spectators and this year it will include more than 6,000 performers and participants.
Headliners include Pete Seeger and Guy Davis. The Ethnic Food Village is back, as is the International Children’s Village.
Admission to the event is free; it runs from 11 a.m. to midnight on May 23-26.
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