| 9:30 AM |
Depart for Tontz Orchards |
| 10:15 AM |
Tontz Orchard is a fully operational orchard offering apricots,
peaches and apples. See a full picking and packing operation
with a narrated tour while seated on an antique trailer and
tractor. |
| 11:15 AM |
Depart for Rocky Reach Dam |
| 11:30 AM |
The highlight of any visit to the Rocky Reach Dam Visitor
Center is the opportunity for a closeup view of fish passing
through the fishway. The fish viewing room, with five windows
located on the west side of the fish ladder, allows visitors
to watch salmon, steelhead, trout and other species continue
their upstream migration to spawning areas. An innovative
juvenile fish bypass system helps move young salmon and steelhead
past the dam. A steel tube up to 9 feet in diameter passes
through the dam and extends 4,600 feet around the back side
of the powerhouse, across the face of the spillway and about
one-third mile down the east side of the Columbia River before
the fish are returned to the river. The entire trip will
take young fish about six to eight minutes. Conveniently
arranged self-guided tours take visitors through the Museum
of the Columbia, featuring a look back at the rich history
of early life along the Columbia River. Other powerhouse
displays include a Nez Perce Indian Portrait collection and
changing art, craft and floral exhibits. Balconies provide
visitors with views of the full length of the powerhouse,
the spillway, fish ladder, the state of the art juvenile
fish bypass system and the Columbia River. |
| 12:30 PM |
Lunch - relax with a box lunch on the award-winning lawns
and gardens of Rocky Reach Dam. Stroll across the lawn to
Petunia Island, where 8,000 brilliantly colored annual flowers
are planted in a new design every year. |
| 1:30 PM |
Depart for Wells Dam Fish Hatchery |
| 2:15 PM |
The Wells Hatchery is the only hatchery in the Columbia
Basin dedicated to the enhancement of the important summer
chinook salmon stocks. Adult summer chinook are collected
for broodstock in July, August and September. They may be
seen in the holding ponds at the Wells Hatchery during those
months. Juvenile summer chinook are released from the hatchery
in April and May. Approximately 3 million juvenile salmon
and steelhead are released annually into the Columbia River
and tributaries above Wells Dam. |
| 3:30 PM |
Depart for Orondo Cider Works |
| 4:00 PM |
Fresh cider while you watch! The Orondo Cider Works press
their unique blend of apples into a crisp tasty cider. Try
a frosty cold cider slushie and munch on a warm donut made
by the Donut Robot while you view the process. |
| 4:30 PM |
Depart for Wenatchee |
| 5:00 PM |
Arrive Wenatchee hotel – dinner on your own at any
of the excellent restaurants in the area. |
