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Fall Colors: Spirit Mountain and More

  • Start date: 10/04/2011

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 10/04/2011

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Cost: $35 members, $37 non-members. Due Sept 23
Reservations and checks to: Mary Lee Cheadle (541 689-1085) , 3225 Richard Ave, Eugene, OR. 97402

As usual, we depart Shopko at 8:00 am with a rest stop at Santiam, through Salem, west on Hy. #12, arriving about 10:30 at the original Grand Ronde Reservation to check out the activities and improvements at this community. About 11:30, we proceed to the nearby Spirit Mountain Casino for lunch (on your own) and have some fun. Several restaurants are available. We will have discount coupons, including for the Cedar Plank Buffet. We will depart about 2: P. M. to the Brigittine Monastery to view their 3:00 pm Vespers. The brothers will have chocolates for sale. Our return route takes us through Perrydale, Dallas and King’s Valley for fall color. We should arrive home by 6:00 pm.

  • Event Leader: Jensen Ray

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  • Event category: Bus Trips

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  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

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  • Season: 2011

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  • Event Status: Passed

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  • Member Fees: 35

  • Elevation Gain:

  • Non-Member Fees: 37

  • Committee: Bus Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

ON A BEAUTIFUL CLEAR MORNING of October 4, 2011, our rest stop was at the Santiam River, where we enjoyed our usual great snacks and goodies.
We then went through Salem and west on Hwy 22 to the Grand Ronde Reservation, where we found major changes in what had been a rural slum. Improvements include an administration (governance) building, health and medical facilities, social services, churches, housing units, and an educational cen-ter. Education and efforts to preserve their cultural heritage are emphasized. For example, classes are held twice weekly to study Chinuk Wawa (Chinook Jargon). All these are from casino earnings, which are well spent.
A picture stop was made here at their well-designed Veterans Memorial to honor vets from the tribes and locals.
Then it was on to the casino for lunch and unnamed vices. No reports were given of any winnings—a popular resort and great food. There is a Spirit Mountain, just north of the reservation.
To experience a huge contrast, we went to the Brigittine Monastery, near Amity on the South Yamhill River. This Order was established in the 14th century by St. Bridget of Sweden. The eight monks produce delicious chocolates as their only source of income. It is excellent quality and most of us purchased the 1 lb. boxes.
At 3 pm we went to the chapel for the announced ten minute prayer. Instead, it was Vespers, a 40 minute liturgical mass, including prayer, chants, readings, music, a sermon, communion, but NO offering. All the brothers wore the traditional drab brown hooded robes. It was a very interesting, even inspirational experience.
Because of rainy weather and limited fall color, we opted for a direct route home via Perrydale and Corvallis, with driver Richard Patch returning us to Shopko at 5:30 pm.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Jensen, Ray 541-345-5366 N 37
2 Signed-Up Allen, Ethel 541-736-0692 N 37
3 Signed-Up Anderson, Alice 541-338-3135 N 37
4 Signed-Up Arthur, Bill 541-844-5156 N 37
5 Signed-Up Beard, Barbara 541-994-2337 N 35
6 Signed-Up Beard, Paul 541-994-2337 N 35
7 Signed-Up Beard, Paula 541-968-0013 N 35
8 Signed-Up Cheadle, Mary Lee 541-689-1085 N 37
9 Signed-Up Devine, Leona 541-343-3491 N 37
10 Signed-Up Etter, Rose Mary 541-747-7091 N 37
11 Signed-Up Flanders, Barbara 541-747-9803 N 37
12 Signed-Up Flanders, Dennis 541-747-9803 N 37
13 Signed-Up McManigal, John 541-345-2036 N 37
14 Signed-Up McManigal, Lenore 541-345-2036 N 37
15 Signed-Up Payne, Barbara 541-746-1964 N 37
16 Signed-Up Payne, Don 541-452-3617 N 35
17 Signed-Up Reanier, Liz 541-687-1925 N 37
18 Signed-Up Ringsdorf, Ardys 541-344-5548 N 37
19 Signed-Up Snell, Julie 541-681-3110 N 37
20 Signed-Up Speelman, Janet 541-344-3019 N 37
21 Signed-Up Blankenship, Jean 541-746-1714 N 37
22 Signed-Up Hammer, Velma — N 37
23 Signed-Up Hughes, Doug — N 37
24 Signed-Up Hughes, Maxine — N 37
25 Signed-Up McClatchey, Natalie — N 37
26 Signed-Up Philips, Judith — N 37