Dinner: Social and dinner at 5:50 followed by an orientation and get-acquainted meeting at 7:30 PM. Then discussion of the hikes on the next. On each subsequent day (Tuesday through Friday) there will be evening lectures: botany, forestry, geology, birds of the region.

Lodging: Monastery of the Ascension

Meals Included: Dinner

Hiking at Craters of the Moon. Lecture on local area on bus; lecture on geology in the evening.

Breakfast: Breakfast at 8:00 AM.

Morning: Board bus for hiking locations at 8:45 AM, taking lunches and water provided. Choice of two hikes each day. All will hike the short North Crater Flow Trail and the Indian Cave Trail, but in between those two there is the choice of the North Crater Trail (600 feet elevation gain) or the Two Mould Trail (both about 3 miles). Lecture on bus about the agriculture South Central Idaho.

Lunch: Makings for lunches are provided: bread, condiments, fruit, granola, meat, cheese. Participants make and pack their own for the hike.

Afternoon: Hikes continue.

Dinner: 6:00 PM Dinner

Evening: Lecture on geology of the Snake River Plain. Discussion of next day's hikes in the Sun Valley area.

Lodging: Monastery of the Ascension

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast at 8:00 AM.

Morning: Board bus at 8:45 AM, taking our lunches and water. Choice of hikes in Sun Valley area. Choice of two hikes: Proctor Mountain (starts and ends at the Hemingway Memoria; 6 miles, about 1800 feet elevation gain), or hike along Wood River Trail and optional continuation through Ketchum to Sun Valley Lodge and Hemingway Memorial--those who want can stop in Ketchum after about 3 miles (total about 7 miles; slight elevation gain).

Lunch: Makings for lunches are provided: bread, condiments, fruit, granola, meat, cheese. Participants make and pack their own for the hike.

Afternoon: Continue hikes in Sun Valley area.

Dinner: Dinner

Evening: Lecture on birds of Idaho by Bart Butterfield, Idaho Fish and Game.

Lodging: Monastery of the Ascension

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Hike in the South Hills between Twin Falls and the Nevada line. Through a wooded area on national forest land.

Breakfast: Breakfast at 8 AM.

Morning: Choice of two hikes in South Hills between Twin Falls and the Nevada border in forested area in the Sawtooth National Forest, Lecture on the bus on demography of Idaho.

Lunch: Eat lunch on the trail.

Afternoon: Continue hike in the South Hills. As time permits, visit Shoshone Falls on the way back.

Dinner: Dinner

Evening: Lecture on wildflowers by Dr. Dennis Pettygrove, College of Southern Idaho (emeritus).. Introduction of hikes at City of Rocks.

Lodging: Monastery of the Ascension

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast at 8 AM.

Morning: Hiking at City of Rocks, a National Reserve operated by the US Park Service in a beautiful area with fascinating geologic features, rock climbers, plant and bird life, and several hiking trails. Choice between two hikes: North Fork Circle Creek: @6 miles with 600 feet elevation gain; South Fork Circle Creek, @4 miles, with ups and downs on path over broken terrain. Lecture on bus on history of the monastery.

Lunch: Makings for lunches are provided: bread, condiments, fruit, granola, meat, cheese. Participants make and pack their own for the hike.

Afternoon: Hikes at City of Rocks continue.

Dinner: Dinner

Evening: Lecture on forests and trees by Dr. Anita Koehn, US Department of Agriculture. Introduction to hikes in Greenhorn Gulch and Silver Creek Reserve (Sun Valley area)

Lodging: Monastery of the Ascension

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast at 8:00 AM.

Morning: Board bus at 8:45: Choice of hikes two hikes in Sun Valley area: (1) Greenhorn Gulch; there are several options, the full loop of the Cow Creek hike is 7.5 miles with 1200 foot elevation gain; the half loop is 5 miles with 700 feet elevation gain. (2) Silver Creek Nature Conservancy Preserve: a restful day at a famous fly fishing spot, where springs bubbling up in the desert feed Silver Creek: there are several hiking options, mainly on flat terrain: a short 1-mile nature walk along the creek; a two miles loop around an aspen grove and more of the creek; a 2-mile one way hike out to across the entire preserve. When not hiking, participants can sit at the headquarters and enjoy a beautiful view. Lecture and questions-and-answer session on the bus.

Lunch: Lunch

Afternoon: Hikes continue.

Dinner: Social and dinner at 5:50 PM, followed by wrap up session.

Evening: Wrap up session and music concert.

Lodging: Monastery of the Ascension

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast available from early Sunday morning. Program ends after breakfast. Those who wish can attend Sunday Eucharist at 9:00 AM, and it is sometimes possible to stay over for another day or two (cost $25-30/person/night; meals: breakfast $5, lunch $7, dinner $9.

Meals Included: Breakfast