Pacific Northwest Bound!

So, I went to bed around 3 last night, after finishing my policy proposal and readings, woof, it was certainly tough getting up at 8. I've been so tired lately, that I kinda forgot we're going to...the PACIFIC NORTHWEST TOMORROW!!! It's just starting to hit me, and I have so much packing to do, and we'll be leaving at 5am. Which means, in order to get 8 hours of sleep, I need to be in bed in about in hour. Is this doable? Probably not.

But...here's the schedule for the next 10 days! (Courtesy of Jim's syllabus)

Feb 27:

"We travel from Mystic to Seattle today, arriving in the early afternoon. We head first to the top of the Seattle Space Needle for the "Big Picture," and then check into the College Inn. Dinner will be on your own tonight, with various spots to choose from in the University District."

Feb 28:

"We start out with a talk on how the shores of Puget Sound, particularly the Seattle waterfront area, have changed since the 19^th century, and then we’re off on a tug boat trip to see Seattle from a water view and to motor through the Port of Seattle container docks. After lunch, we’ll walk through the history of old maritime Seattle, and then visit Fishermen's Terminal, before heading for dinner at the Burke Museum, and an after-dinner talk by Alex Conley S90 on salmon restoration in the Pacific Northwest."

March 1:

Seattle to Tacoma Container Ship terminal and thence to Portlant, OR

March 2:

"Today we’re up bright and sparky to head east up to the Columbia River Gorge and to Bonneville Dam. Then we turn west for the Pacific Ocean, pausing to bond with Multnomah Falls, arriving by late afternoon in Astoria, at the mouth of the grand Columbia River. Tonight we’re hosted by the good folks at the spectacular Columbia River Maritime Museum."

March 3:

"Up again to greet the dawn and, after one more stop in the Museum, off to Cape Disappointment in the State of Washington for our first view of the Pacific Ocean, followed by going back to Oregon and a visit to the salmon raising net pens in Astoria. Then we head south along the Oregon coast, with a lunch-time stop at Cannon Beach, nationally famous in the world of marine policy for the case of Thornton v. Hay. We make several stops thereafter as we head south to our overnight in Newport on Yaquina Bay."

March 4:

"In the morning, we’re at the Oregon Aquarium. In the afternoon, we’ll stop briefly at Sea Lion Caves to examine an aspect of public marine tourism, And then, depending upon weather and time, we may stop at the Oregon coast dunes. Tonight we are at the University of Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB)."

March 5:

"This morning, we head for the tidepools of Cape Arago for an exploration of the rocky intertidal zone. After lunch, we visit the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, one of only 5 such reserves on the Pacific coast."

March 6:

"This morning you'll have * free time * to relax and explore the area, before we reconvene to begin heading north to Portland, and then back home overnight to Mystic."

That's it! It'll be quite an adventure. I won't have internet...again. But! I will have a cellphone. I will only be able to check it when we are at a hotel though.

Have a wonderful 10 days, everyone! I am so excited to go back to the PNW! Puget Sound is one of my favorite places in the world.

XOXO