What's a wind farm look like? Eleven members of University Unitarian Church found out when we visited Puget Sound Energy's Wild Horse Wind Facility on April 19 on a Green Sanctuary-sponsored field trip.

We joined with University Congregational to visit the wind and solar installation located between Ellensburg and Vantage. One of University Congregational's members is on the PSE team developing alternative energy sources and gave us a tour and informative presentation.

Yes, those towers really are that tall -- about 20 stories! As added bonuses, Ellie Norheim catered lunch and Linda Chalker-Scott arranged for expert botanist Don Knoke to join us to help identify Eastern Washington wildflowers. The site features a LEED-award-winning visitors' center with striking views of the Kittitas Valley and Mt. Rainier, and is open to the public from April to October.

Got an idea for an environmental field trip? Contact Laura Kennedy Gould with the Green Sanctuary Committee.

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Al Rasch and Yvonne NaumPat and Dick Henry, Laura Kennedy-GouldJames WilliamsHaving lunch