River
of Words/Watershed Trip
Day 1
- leave from school after tefillah, at about
8:15; kids bring lunch, snacks, overnight bag, sleeping
bag
- drive out I-5; watch movie A River Runs
Through It
- go to the Salton Sea out through Brawley;
picnic lunch; note irrigation canals, new "rivers; importance of
water to agriculture; applications to situation in Middle
East
- observe wildlife in preserves at Salton Sea;
note importance for animals/migratory waterfowl; have ranger talk
about Salton Sea
- drive up the Salton Sea, noting date groves
and other agriculture
- drive across desert, go up Banner Grade to
Julian
- physical activities, dinner and star walk at
camp in Julian
Day 2
- breakfast in camp
- trace San Dieguito River (SDR) from mountain
sources
- trace SDR back to Lake Hodges; spokesman from
San Diego Water Authority talks to us about county
reservoirs
- see brief glimpses of San Diego Aquaduct,
bringing water in from Colorado River/State Water
Project
- end at Del Mar, where the San Dieguito River
enters the ocean; lunch picnic on beach
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