Dear Friends and Fellow Homeschool Adventurers,
This coming September we are organizing an educational trip to Bend from Friday, September 18th - Sunday, September 20th. If the weather cooperates this should be the best time for the astronomy portion of our trip. We will be camping at Tumalo State Park, but there is also the option to stay elsewhere (with friends or in a hotel/ BnB) and join us for educational outings. Tumalo has tent, RV and yurt sites. Nights can be cold in Bend in September but the Yurt sites make the camping pretty easy even for less experienced campers. Reservations open up 9 months in advance (December 18th) so if you are wanting a yurt site I would suggest reserving as soon as you can.
You can reserve your site here: Reserve America: Tumalo State Park https://www.reserveamerica.com/explore/tumalo-state-park/OR/402486/overview
We are looking at reserving sites on the loop (site numbers 001 -035)
Our tentative schedule:
Friday, September 18th :
Afternoon and Evening - Arrive at Tumalo - set up campsites, dinner, campfire.
Saturday, September 19th :
Morning - Lava Lands Visitor Center, Lava Butte
https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/deschutes/recarea/?recid=38384
Afternoon - High Desert Museum
Evening - Observatory (we will decide which observatory once we know how many people will be with us and the average age. )
Or
https://pmo.uoregon.edu/visiting/
Sunday, September 20th :
Morning - Pack and check out
1:00 pm - St. Francis of Assisi - Historic Church in Bend (Traditional Latin Mass)
This is going to be a wonderful opportunity and adventure, we are hopeful that you will be able to join us.
A blessed Advent to all!
HRHG Management Committee
Suchi Myjak
Darcee Thomason
Jennifer Martin
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