{"id":102,"date":"2015-06-25T00:02:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T00:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/?p=102"},"modified":"2015-06-25T00:03:26","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T00:03:26","slug":"busy-busy-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/2015\/06\/25\/busy-busy-busy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mt. Howard Gondola Trip and Hiking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These last few days have been extremely informative, but we are all starting to feel the effects of stuffing so much into our brains in such a short time span. We have had full mornings and afternoons of meetings with locals to learn about the history, the natural resources and the food and agriculture of the area. On Sunday, we had the opportunity to ride a gondola up to the top of Mount Howard. It was a beautiful view and Nils Christoffersen accompanied us and gave us a ton of information.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/gondola.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-109 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/gondola.jpg\" alt=\"gondola\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the Gondola<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_128\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0064.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-128 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0064-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DCIM100GOPROGOPR0064.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from the Gondola.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_129\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-129 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0065-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DCIM100GOPROGOPR0065.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holly and Christian in the Gondola<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/christian.jpg\" alt=\"christian\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_131\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0071.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-131 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0071-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DCIM100GOPROGOPR0071.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We made it to the top!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once we got to the top of Mount Howard we went for a hike around the trail loops, stopping at various locations to discuss what we were seeing and some of the history of land use within Wallowa County.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/circle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-106 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/circle.jpg\" alt=\"circle\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Look at that background!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107\" style=\"width: 754px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/dorkygrin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-107 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/dorkygrin.jpg\" alt=\"dorkygrin\" width=\"754\" height=\"503\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taking notes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108\" style=\"width: 754px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/girls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-108 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/girls.jpg\" alt=\"girls\" width=\"754\" height=\"503\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farmland in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110\" style=\"width: 754px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/group.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-110 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/group.jpg\" alt=\"group\" width=\"754\" height=\"503\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nils Christoffersen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/hiking.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-113 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/hiking.jpg\" alt=\"hiking\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hiking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111\" style=\"width: 754px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/grouppic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-111 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/grouppic.jpg\" alt=\"grouppic\" width=\"754\" height=\"503\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Group picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114\" style=\"width: 754px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/holly_ryoko.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-114 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/holly_ryoko.jpg\" alt=\"holly_ryoko\" width=\"754\" height=\"503\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holly and Ryoko taking notes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116\" style=\"width: 754px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/maya_andy_nils.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-116 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/maya_andy_nils.jpg\" alt=\"maya_andy_nils\" width=\"754\" height=\"503\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nils, Maya, and Andy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118\" style=\"width: 821px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/mt-howard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-118 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/mt-howard.jpg\" alt=\"mt howard\" width=\"821\" height=\"547\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Look over there!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/mountain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/mountain.jpg\" alt=\"mountain\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/nancy-christian.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-119\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/nancy-christian.jpg\" alt=\"nancy christian\" width=\"754\" height=\"503\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/Nils.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-120\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/Nils.jpg\" alt=\"Nils\" width=\"821\" height=\"547\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0080.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-138 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0080-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DCIM100GOPROGOPR0080.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canal Fire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_122\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/view.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-122 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/view.jpg\" alt=\"view\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wallowa Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0084.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-142 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0084-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DCIM100GOPROGOPR0084.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Listening to Nils<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0082.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-140 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0082-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DCIM100GOPROGOPR0082.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enjoying the view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_124\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124\" style=\"width: 754px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/yasu_andy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-124 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/yasu_andy.jpg\" alt=\"yasu_andy\" width=\"754\" height=\"503\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yasu and Andy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_125\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0060.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-125 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0060-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DCIM100GOPROGOPR0060.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;m really not sure why I took this picture, but we must have been talking about this tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_123\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/views.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-123 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/views.jpg\" alt=\"views\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I mean, just look at that view!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0078.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-136 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DCIM100GOPROGOPR0078.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0076.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-135 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0076-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DCIM100GOPROGOPR0076.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eagle Caps.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0074.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-134 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/GOPR0074-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DCIM100GOPROGOPR0074.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the top of the mountain, we also got to experience the entertaining chipmunks that were clearly very used to humans feeding them food.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/chipmunk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-103 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/chipmunk.jpg\" alt=\"chipmunk\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chupmunk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/hungrychipmunk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-115 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/hungrychipmunk.jpg\" alt=\"hungrychipmunk\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Please may I have some food?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/chipmunkonholly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-104 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/files\/2015\/06\/chipmunkonholly.jpg\" alt=\"chipmunkonholly\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holly&#8217;s new friend<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following our adventures, we came back to camp, relaxed a little bit ate dinner and had a productive group discussion to go over all of the information that we heard from Nils.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These last few days have been extremely informative, but we are all starting to feel the effects of stuffing so much into our brains in such a short time span. We have had full mornings and afternoons of meetings with locals to learn about the history, the natural resources and the food and agriculture of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/akita2015\/2015\/06\/25\/busy-busy-busy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mt. 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