My Lighthouse Trip Tommorrow :)

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Mukilteo Lighhouse

Tommorrow I am visiting the West Point, Alki Point, and Mukilteo Lighthouses. I have planned to take notetaking items and write as the speakers give me the tour. I have prepared questions as well, just in case I have extra time to ask questions and speak with them. I am also taking my digital camera (like always!!!) so that I can take pictures of the lighthouses, the keepers, and the surrounding grounds. :-)

Final project update #1

I am very glad that I chose to do my final project on the lighthouses of Washington. So far I have been heavily researching the lighthouses to find out their hours of operation, times they have tours, if they are even open to the general public (many are not!!), and how far and how long it will take me to get there. I have been looking up ferry times and planning around my work schedule to figure out the best times to go visit and get lots of historical information and pictures!!

I called the keeper of the Point Robinson Lighthouse of Vashon Island and set up a meeting with him for this Wednesday and am planning on visiting the Alki Point, Mukilteo, and Admiralty Head Lighthouses as well on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Picture: North Head Lighthouse, nihongo.wunderground.com

My Final Project Topic

What:

Lighthouses of the Pacific Northwest/ Washington.

Why:

I love lighthouses. I think there is a lot of history behind each one of them and are extremely beautiful!

When/ History:

This is the Dungeness Spit lighthouse is Sequim, Washington along the coast. It was named the "New Dungeness" by Captain George Vancouver because it reminded him of Dungeness Point on England's coast. Since 1600 Dungeness Point's light has guided mariners around the ocean.

Dungeness Spit in Sequim is one the the longest in the world stretching over 6 miles and unable to be seen from far away. My dad and I have hiked to the Spit on three different occasions while on camping trips with my family.

Just a short sample of a great project in the making!!!

Picture: Lighthousefriends.com

Retreating glaciers

Retreating glaciers create Puget Sound and Grand Coulee as the Ice Age ends about 15, 000 years ago.

What: I am nominating the retreating glaciers creating Puget Sound and Grand Coulee Damn!

When: 15,000 years ago, right around the time of the Ice Age

Why: Without Puget Sound the Northwest would never be what it is today and many of the events that have happened, like its discovery, would never have occurred.

Field Trip # 2

Today, July 13, 2009, Professor Bill Youngs, Keith, Cole, April, and Kelly Lukey journeyed to an extremely rad museum in downtown Seattle; the Klondike Gold Rush Museum. After lunch at Maggie's Bluff (HAHA!! :) and some exciting history and research time we headed to the car and drove on. The museum displays the struggles and hardships that the men, women, and children went through during these turbulent times. Old shoes, women's dresses, satchels, and wallets give you a sense of history and a feel for the times. Voices saying "Extra, Extra, get your times" speak around us, along with chiming bells as we walked through the doors and old pictures and paper clippings cover the walls. "After years of struggling through a depression, the people of the nation were intrigued by the possibility of riches" (nps.gov). This museum and our trip helped bring the Gold Rush to life. It was a fun day! Pictures coming soon!!!!!!!!!!

1st Recorded Earthquake in Puget Sound

What: Earthquake Shakes Puget Sound on June 29, 1833.

Date: June 29, 1833, William Tolmie February 3, 1812- December 8, 1886.

Summary: On June 29, 1833 William Tolmie witnesses something extraordinary, the first recorded earthquake in the Puget sound region. Tolmie, a Hudson's Bay Company officer in charge of Fort Nisqually, recorded these events in his journal. Tolmie and three others were out reviewing land when the earthquake happened and when they returned they realized it had been felt at home too. The Indians had their own take on things..."'The chief's [Heron's] medicine is strong, He has gone up the hill to shake the grounds.'" This event is important because the first recorded earthquake of the Puget Sound is a big deal. Earthquakes often kill many people and luckily this one did not.

In August of that same year Tolmie traveled on a botany adventure and discovered a new species of saxifrage, which is now called, Tolmie's saxifrage. Tolmie's Peak in Mount Rainier National Park is also named after him.

Sources: HistoryLink.org & Wikipedia.com

Kelly's Boat Trip Haiku

Today was fun.

Sailboat Trip.

Alex.

Just the 5 of us.

Tons of Pictures.

Bill Youngs awesome breakfast!!! Pico de Gallo and Pepper Jack:-)

The history and whistles of ferry boats.

Good Trip!!