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Recharge your hiking

  • Start date: 02/18/2022

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 02/18/2022

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

February 18th is National Battery Day. Participants are invited to bring Double AA and Triple AAA batteries for residents at Nightingale Supported Housing to power their flashlights, headlamps and other devices." We will walk on the bike path to the Nightingale Hosted Shelter at 34th and Hilyard to donate the batteries. Joella has arranged a tour. Then back to 26th and University to the Masonic Cemetery to find the monument for Karl Kordesch, inventor of the alkaline battery. There could be snowdrop flowers in bloom. People can head back to their cars or continue on up to the Bog and the Lodge and beyond. Possibly a bakery stop would help recharge! We will try to forecast where the bathroom stops might be. Mileage is an estimate. UPDATE: I'll have copies of an article about Kordesch.

  • Event Leader: Jacobsen Janet

  • Assistant Leader: Ewing Joella

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: Amazon Park, 28th & Hilyard entrance parking lot

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2022

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: No trip since we donating Double AA and Triple AAA batteries.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 4

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain:

  • Non-Member Fees: —

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Thirteen Obsidians celebrated National Battery Day by donating Double and Triple A batteries to the Nightingale Shelter before we had an illuminating tour with the host. We appreciated how Joella has donated a hot meal to the residents every Monday for three plus years. Our next stop was the Masonic Cemetery to view the grave marker for Karl Kordesch (1922-2011) inventor of the alkaline battery. Even though it was quite chilly, it was a pleasant walk while visiting with friends. Our batteries were recharged and warmed up with sugar at Sweet Life Bakery. Thanks to Jim, Betsy and Ginny whose updates about the AmeriCorps, Masonic Cemetery, and the neighborhood history added so much.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 15
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Jacobsen, Janet 541-206-1251 N —
2 Signed-Up Ewing, Joella 541-513-7896 N —
3 Signed-Up Hoeg, Kathy 541-484-6196 N —
4 Signed-Up Duncan, Sharon 541-343-8079 N —
5 Signed-Up Hanson, Vicky 541-683-7107- cell 541-954-5269 N —
6 Signed-Up Romoser, Ruth 541-726-8154 N —
7 Signed-Up Stewart Smith, Meg 541-913-5464 N —
8 Signed-Up Allen, Jane 541-731-1338 N —
9 Signed-Up Northrop, Jim 541-343-3426 N —
10 Signed-Up Reich, Ginny 541-686-8188 N —
11 Signed-Up Tracer, Sam 541-998-4652 N —
12 Signed-Up Miller, June 808-282-5201 N —
13 Signed-Up Gould, Whitney 510-368-8941 N —
14 Signed-Up Halpern, Betsy 541-729-3949 N —
15 Signed-Up Rusow, Karla 541-744-7990 N —
16 Signed-Up Newman, Judy 541-359-7427 N —