Trail Mix

Originally published Tuesday, April 2, 2002

Visitors can help feed the animals

EATONVILLE -- Here's a chance to help feed the animals.

Northwest Trek Wildlife Park presents its Animal Care Camp from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Participants will work with a park animal keeper feeding the bison, observing grizzly bear training or cleaning the cougar exhibit. Participants can spend their time with the predators, such as the grizzly bears, wolves or raccoons, in the park's core area.

Participants also can work in the park's 435-acre free-roaming area, where moose, deer, elk, bison and bighorn sheep live.

An adult must accompany children ages 8 to 14. The cost is $60 for nonmembers and $50 for members. Reservations are required. Call 360-832-7182.

Books

An Olympic Peninsula landscape photographer turns his lens on his home ground.

"Olympic National Park Impressions," ($9.95, Farcountry Press) by James Randklev focuses on the endless cycles of water that have shaped the park.

The photographer has portrayed America for 30 years with a large-format camera.

The 80 pages include 77 color images of the park, from mountain waters to the ocean beaches. The images cover four seasons and include skyline panoramas and close-ups of flowers and beach details.

Outdoor events

- Tulip tour: Gray Line of Seattle is sponsoring one-day Skagit Valley Tulip Festival tours departing at 7 a.m. Saturday and April 13. The bus leaves from the American Automobile Association office in Tacoma. Tickets are $35. For information or reservations, call 800-426-7505.

- Bike ride: The Capital Bicycle Club will sponsor a 20- to 22-mile social ride Saturday, starting at 10 a.m. from the Littlerock Elementary School in Littlerock, up the west side of the Black River, around Black Lake and back to Littlerock. For more information, call 360-273-8342.

Want your event included on the Outdoors page? Contact outdoors reporter N.S. Nokkentved at 754-5445.

The Olympian Copyright 2002

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