Parkers
Prairie High School
May 15-19, 2006
Final Itinerary and Schedule
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Day 1 - Monday, May 15, 2006
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6:15 a.m.
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Buses arrive in Parkers Prairie - load students, parent
chaperones, staff and gear
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6:45 a.m. |
Buses leave ParkerŐs Prairie for Lake Benton |
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10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. |
Stop 1.1: Wind energy & electric power generation
in southwestern Minnesota.
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Visit to construction yard & towers, discussion |
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11:15 a.m.– 11:45 a.m. |
Travel to Pipestone National Monument (approximately 20
miles) |
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11:45 a.m.– 2:30 p.m. |
Stop 1.2: Geology and cultural history of Pipestone
National Monument.
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VisitorŐs center, carving of pipestone and trail geology |
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2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. |
Travel to Devils Gulch, SD (approximately 30 miles) |
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3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. |
Stop 1.3 Devils Gulch Recreation Area - Jesse James history and area geology |
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4:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
Travel to Mitchell KOA. |
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6:00 p.m. |
Camp: Mitchell KOA, dinner |
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Day 2 - Tuesday, May 16, 2006
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6:30 a.m. |
First wake-up call |
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6:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. |
Strike tent, eat breakfast, pack bus |
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8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Leave for Badlands National Park (approximately 210 miles) |
We gain 1 hour!
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11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
Stop 2.1 Badlands National Park, overlooks (lunch)
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1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Stop 2.2 Collecting activity and investigation: Agates
& fossils, Buffalo National Grasslands
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5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
Travel to Badlands KOA
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6:00 p.m. |
Camp: Badlands KOA, dinner |
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Day 3 - Wednesday, May 17, 2006
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6:00 a.m.
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First wake-up call
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6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.
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Strike tents, eat breakfast, pack bus
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7:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
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Travel to DevilŐs Tower, Wyoming
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10:30 a.m.– 2:30 a.m.
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Stop 3.1: DevilŐs Tower: Igneous rock and area plate
tectonics
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2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
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Travel through Spearfish Canyon to Lead (90 miles)
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3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
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Stop 3.2: Homestake Museum, Lead, SD
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4:45 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
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5:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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Travel to Hot Springs, KOA
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6:00 p.m.
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Camp: Hot Springs, KOA
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Day 4 - Thursday, May 18, 2006
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6:30 a.m. |
First wake-up call |
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6:30 – 7:30 a.m. |
Breakfast, tidy camp (We stay here again tonight!) |
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8:00 a.m. |
Load bus, travel to Wind Cave
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8:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. |
Stop 4.1: Wind
Cave National Park – Hydrology
presentation & tour by Park Service staff |
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1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Travel to Black Hills Geology Institute, Lunch on the bus |
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2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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Stop 4.2: Black Hills Geology Research Institute.
Presentation by museum staff.
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Emphasis:
Fossils (Dinosaurs / T. Rex), minerals |
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3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
Travel to Cascade Falls |
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4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
Swimming at Cascade Falls, Cook-out |
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6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. |
Return to camp, Hot Springs, KOA. |
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Day 5 - Friday, May 19, 2006
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6:30 a.m. |
First wake-up call |
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6:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. |
Breakfast, strike tent, pack bus |
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8:00 a.m. |
Leave camp for Parkers Prairie
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7:00 – 8:00 p.m. |
Arrive back in Parkers Prairie (Note: We lose one hour enroute!) |
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