We love the West and we want our students, many of whom hail from places like Pennsylvania and Michigan, to see what we love. California's High Sierras or Trinity Alps, Oregon's Three Sisters Wilderness in the Cascades or Wallowas in the Snake River country. The next break allows us to take a long weekend on the the rocky Oregon coast in early October. A few weeks later we spend a some days exploring the streets of San Francisco, staying overnight in an International Youth Hostel on the Bay. The final inter-session falls at Thanksgiving.
Students have five days to visit friends and relatives on the west coast.
Some just hang out at Lincoln, and join a faculty family for Thanksgiving dinner.