Hiking
12:45pm - 2:45pm
Location: Bennington Lake
Professor Gilbert Mireles will lead a long perimeter walk around Bennington Lake, which is a favored spot for hikers, birders, anglers, runners, and lots of local wildlife. A Whitman College shuttle will depart campus at 12:45pm, arriving at Bennington Lake by 1:00pm. Hikers will be collected at 2:45pm for a return to campus or hotel at around 3:00pm.
Ceramics
Session I: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Session II: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: The Refinery, 205 S. 2nd Avenue | map
Put simply, clay is an incredible medium. It’s therapeutic, tactile, and forgiving. This two-hour workshop at The Refinery will give you an opportunity to experience these benefits and make a unique, hand-built creation of your very own.
Participants attending this workshop should wear clothes and comfortable shoes that they don’t mind getting a little dirty (don’t worry though; clay washes off with water) and bring a refillable water bottle for hydration. Finished pieces will be shipped approximated three weeks after they’re finished.
Yoga
Session I: 1:00pm - 3:30pm
Session II: 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Local yoga instructor Christel Joy Johnson (E-RYT® 500, YACEP®) teaches alignment-based yoga classes, weaving in ways to get into our Parasympathetic System (“rest and digest”) in order to move towards replenishing our bodies, while focusing on alignment to help keep the body safe and the mind focused & present. “We will be doing this through gentle movement and restorative poses which I will give modifications for so hopefully all of us can find a "home".”
Wine Tasting
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Vital Wines Tasting Room, 17 N. 2nd Avenue | map
Vital Wines volunteer Matt Babcock will taste you through varietals from the Walla Walla Valley at their centrally located tasting room, downtown.