Upcoming Special Events
Each year, the Fun, Fit & Over Fifty Club sponsors many special events that take place locally, in the Northwest, and around the world. We place newly-identified trips on the Weekly Update a couple of times and then transfer the information here. We keep that information posted here until the event happens.
2022 Events
Embracing Climate Change Solutions
Steve Ghan, Richland Public Library, April 20, 2022 - 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Imagine daily life fifty years from today. Will your children, grandchildren, great-grand children’s lives be as remarkable as yours? We have all enjoyed living in a world with an impressively stable climate. Our civilization has flourished as farmers refined their methods and seaports built infrastructures proven to be useful for millennia.
While few of us are likely to live long enough to witness the disruption to agriculture and coastal living that global warming will bring, our children and grandchildren most likely will see and experience it personally.
If you wish to preserve the climate you’ve enjoyed for future generations, you might feel overwhelmed or confused by what you can do to support such a daunting effort.
The good news is that solutions are available to effectively reduce the carbon emissions driving the warming, and to preserve if not accelerate the removal of carbon from the atmosphere.
For the last decade, advocates for climate solutions have argued over the role of the individual in all of this. On the one hand, all emissions are due to individual choices - where we live and work, how we heat our home, where we travel to, how we travel, what we eat, what goods we purchase, etc.
On the other hand, we have little influence over how our electricity is produced when we pay our utility bill. And, even if we did, our actions are insufficient if we're the only ones reducing our carbon footprint. There is evidence that the notion of a personal carbon footprint was spread by fossil fuel companies to shift the attention and responsibility from them.
So, where does that leave us? The proper perspective is that this is a global problem that requires global solutions. We will make collective decisions about how to address it, and can choose to align our personal decisions along with the global policies.
In this talk, climate scientist Steve Ghan will summarize the activities driving global greenhouse gas emissions, the solutions available to reduce the emissions sufficiently to restore carbon dioxide concentration to a safe level, and the policies available to accelerate the adoption of those solutions. He will then lead the audience in the selection of climate solutions sufficient to limit global warming to 2 degrees C. He’ll close by describing several ways each of us can contribute to climate change solutions.
Please, RSVP to Melinda d’Ouville, mdo2057@gmail.com to receive links to additional material and videos and insure we have enough seating.
Steve Ghan, Richland Public Library, April 20, 2022 - 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Imagine daily life fifty years from today. Will your children, grandchildren, great-grand children’s lives be as remarkable as yours? We have all enjoyed living in a world with an impressively stable climate. Our civilization has flourished as farmers refined their methods and seaports built infrastructures proven to be useful for millennia.
While few of us are likely to live long enough to witness the disruption to agriculture and coastal living that global warming will bring, our children and grandchildren most likely will see and experience it personally.
If you wish to preserve the climate you’ve enjoyed for future generations, you might feel overwhelmed or confused by what you can do to support such a daunting effort.
The good news is that solutions are available to effectively reduce the carbon emissions driving the warming, and to preserve if not accelerate the removal of carbon from the atmosphere.
For the last decade, advocates for climate solutions have argued over the role of the individual in all of this. On the one hand, all emissions are due to individual choices - where we live and work, how we heat our home, where we travel to, how we travel, what we eat, what goods we purchase, etc.
On the other hand, we have little influence over how our electricity is produced when we pay our utility bill. And, even if we did, our actions are insufficient if we're the only ones reducing our carbon footprint. There is evidence that the notion of a personal carbon footprint was spread by fossil fuel companies to shift the attention and responsibility from them.
So, where does that leave us? The proper perspective is that this is a global problem that requires global solutions. We will make collective decisions about how to address it, and can choose to align our personal decisions along with the global policies.
In this talk, climate scientist Steve Ghan will summarize the activities driving global greenhouse gas emissions, the solutions available to reduce the emissions sufficiently to restore carbon dioxide concentration to a safe level, and the policies available to accelerate the adoption of those solutions. He will then lead the audience in the selection of climate solutions sufficient to limit global warming to 2 degrees C. He’ll close by describing several ways each of us can contribute to climate change solutions.
Please, RSVP to Melinda d’Ouville, mdo2057@gmail.com to receive links to additional material and videos and insure we have enough seating.
RV Trips
All trips are being planned to comply with area COVID-19 rules and the limitations in place at the selected camping facility. Group planned activities will use our guidelines for outdoor activities.
As you are making reservations, please contact the trip leader so they know who is planning to attend and can coordinate with the RV Park if there are any questions by the RV park.
You don’t have to have an RV to have fun with the RV/Camping group! Although, we stay in state and city parks and RV resorts/campgrounds, most events are in places where members without RV's can stay in cabins, hotels/motels or B&B's. We have several couples and individuals who take advantage of the fun by staying close by the park in other accommodations. If you like walking, hiking, bicycling, kayaking/canoeing, fishing, and group tours of interesting places in the area, come join us.
All trips are being planned to comply with area COVID-19 rules and the limitations in place at the selected camping facility. Group planned activities will use our guidelines for outdoor activities.
As you are making reservations, please contact the trip leader so they know who is planning to attend and can coordinate with the RV Park if there are any questions by the RV park.
You don’t have to have an RV to have fun with the RV/Camping group! Although, we stay in state and city parks and RV resorts/campgrounds, most events are in places where members without RV's can stay in cabins, hotels/motels or B&B's. We have several couples and individuals who take advantage of the fun by staying close by the park in other accommodations. If you like walking, hiking, bicycling, kayaking/canoeing, fishing, and group tours of interesting places in the area, come join us.
July 18-22, Peach Beach RV Park, near Goldendale, WA
Peach Beach is a private RV Park located on the Columbia River. Activities include boating, swimming, biking and local wine tasting. The park is located within walking distance (1 mile) to Maryhill State Park. You can hike to see the petroglyphs at Horsethief State Park, tour the Maryhill Museum and visit our own Stonehenge. You can also golf at the Goldendale Golf Course and go wine tasting at the Maryhill Winery.
Hosted by Bill and Mary Kay Edwards Contact edwardsend@gmail.com for more details.
Peach Beach is a private RV Park located on the Columbia River. Activities include boating, swimming, biking and local wine tasting. The park is located within walking distance (1 mile) to Maryhill State Park. You can hike to see the petroglyphs at Horsethief State Park, tour the Maryhill Museum and visit our own Stonehenge. You can also golf at the Goldendale Golf Course and go wine tasting at the Maryhill Winery.
Hosted by Bill and Mary Kay Edwards Contact edwardsend@gmail.com for more details.
August 15-19, Wenatchee Confluence State Park, Wenatchee, WA
Hosted by Allen and Elsie Palmquist. Contact palmquist1988@gmail.com for more details.
Hosted by Allen and Elsie Palmquist. Contact palmquist1988@gmail.com for more details.
September 12-16, Ambassador RV Resort, Caldwell, ID
Local activities include hiking in Bogus Basin and bike riding on a paved trail in the Boise Green Belt. Caldwell has three golf courses, and in the Boise area, there are three museums; the War Hawk Air Museum, Boise Art Museum, and the Idaho State Museum. We hope to make a group visit to the Snake River Birds of Prey Natural Area. We will plan a dinner out as a group to a restaurant in the Meridian Village shopping center.
The Ambassador RV Resort (Good Sam) will be taking reservations for the 12 held RV sites in January of 2022 through March. Contact the resort at 208-454-8584. Say you are with FFOFC. They will take payment on your credit card, and give you a site number after March. This resort is a G7 RV Resort, www.g7rvresorts.com. All sites are 33’ X 80’ Pull-Thru, with full hookup. Amenities include a heated saltwater pool, a clubhouse, and dog area. Cancellations must be 48 hours in advance (w/$10 fee). Additional sites may be available at a later date, but may not be near the group area.
Hosted by Ray and Susan Williams. Contact maxwilliams@aol.com for more details.
Local activities include hiking in Bogus Basin and bike riding on a paved trail in the Boise Green Belt. Caldwell has three golf courses, and in the Boise area, there are three museums; the War Hawk Air Museum, Boise Art Museum, and the Idaho State Museum. We hope to make a group visit to the Snake River Birds of Prey Natural Area. We will plan a dinner out as a group to a restaurant in the Meridian Village shopping center.
The Ambassador RV Resort (Good Sam) will be taking reservations for the 12 held RV sites in January of 2022 through March. Contact the resort at 208-454-8584. Say you are with FFOFC. They will take payment on your credit card, and give you a site number after March. This resort is a G7 RV Resort, www.g7rvresorts.com. All sites are 33’ X 80’ Pull-Thru, with full hookup. Amenities include a heated saltwater pool, a clubhouse, and dog area. Cancellations must be 48 hours in advance (w/$10 fee). Additional sites may be available at a later date, but may not be near the group area.
Hosted by Ray and Susan Williams. Contact maxwilliams@aol.com for more details.