Albeni Falls Dam tour
Albeni Falls Dam tour
Monday, May 14, FULL
Thursday, May 17, SPACE AVAILABLE
Tuesday, May 22, FULL
All tours 9:30 am – 12 noon
Location: Albeni Falls Dam, 2376 E. Highway 2, Oldtown, ID
Phone: 208-437-3133
Website: http://www.nws.usace.army.mil/PublicMenu/Menu.cfm?sitename=albeni&pagename=home
Map/Directions/Parking: maps.google.com. Two miles east of the WA/ID border on Highway 2
Description: A park ranger will begin our tour at the Visitor Center. We will take the short walk to the dam to see the internal mechanisms of the structure, down to the very bottom, which includes the turbines. We will see a short movie about how the dam was made. We will do a problem solving activity involving animal tracks. On this exciting tour will be understand how the land, people, and animals are all competing for the same water. We’ll discover how each one of these impacts the others and how people have different water needs and wants in different seasons. Plus we’ll see how that what happens upstream effects what happens or doesn’t happen down the river. We’ll have a lunch break in the middle of the fun. If its nice weather we can eat at their picnic tables. In bad weather, we’ll eat indoors.
What to bring: lunch, camera, comfortable walking shoes, weather appropriate clothes, jacket and hat, water bottle, sunscreen, umbrella.
Ages: This program is designed for kids in grades 1-12 but all ages are welcome to attend.
Cost: free
Tour limits: 40 people max
Registration: Send an email to ExploringFamilies@gmail.com that includes the number of kids, the number of adults, and your phone number(s) by May 1. If your registration request has been received, then Exploring Families will send an email back to you confirming whether there is space for your family or not. If the tour/trip/event is full, Exploring Families will email back to you to let you know you are on the wait list. If you don’t get an email back from Exploring Families about that tour/trip/event, then assume there has been an email glitch and Exploring Families didn’t get your first tour/trip/event request. Please resend your email or call Kelly Clark at Exploring Families at 509-999-7614. If you don’t get a confirmation back from Exploring Families, please don’t just show up.
What to do the day of the trip:
- Check the weather at www.noaa.gov by entering the city where the trip will be.
- Check out the website (www.exploringfamilies.wordpress.com), Facebook page(http://www.Facebook.com/ExploringFamilies), or Twitter Tweets (@ExploringFamily) for any last minute changes or details from our tour host.
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Pack the appropriate gear based on the weather and Exploring Families’ update (ex. extra water, bug repellant, sunscreen, umbrella, coat, etc.)
Cancellation: Please contact Kelly Clark at Exploring Families (exploringFamilies@gmail.com or 509-999-7614) as soon as you can if you have to cancel. There is usually a waiting list of families wanting to participate. Or we may have to cancel the tour/trip/event if we cannot meet the minimum number of required students.
Please send a Thank You letter, after our visit, to Taylor, Albeni Falls Dam, 2376 E. Highway 2, Oldtown, ID, 83822
Questions? Contact Kelly Clark at 509-999-7614 or ExploringFamilies@gmail.com
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