We hadn't been to Pullman in a while. The day after school got out, we made a quick day trip over to visit and look around. Elizabeth drove the entire 2.25 hours there! Her longest drive by far!
The kids did some summer running....
Elizabeth wanted to try the food. She's a picky eater so when looking for future colleges, the food is quite important. When she'd made a trip to CWU for an orchestra festival she said everything was so disgusting and she had to rule out CWU due to that alone! I've heard from several friends with kids at WWU that the food is terrible there as well so she will probably rule them out without even visiting.
We arrived on a day the dining center was open. We had brought Nathan his own lunch as usual to heat up. When we were going through the line, they had a dedicated Top 9 food allergy station where all the food was carefully prepared to ensure no cross contamination! Nathan therefore had chicken, diced potatoes and broccoli! He liked it so much he had 2 plates! My guess is they have one of these meals every day for allergy kids. The only problem for Nathan is that he has way more intolerances for things that aren't in the top 9. If they'd had sweet potatoes instead of regular potatoes, he couldn't have had it. Or if they'd had peas or zucchini instead of broccoli. So for a kid like him with so many severe allergies, even this great system probably wouldn't work. He will likely be going to college in Tri Cities just so we can accommodate his allergies.
Elizabeth had the fettucine alfredo and gave it a 10/10! WSU gets some good points and isn't ruled out like poor CWU.
I made them walk up what I (think) is the biggest staircase on campus from the gyms to the top of the library. The ones over by the engineering buildings are pretty big though but I'm not sure which has the most steps.
top of the library!
We always love visiting the stacks to look at the old books and the very specific histories of certain events. The kids liked turning all the wheels.
The pointless bench. Jeremy named it that. I don't know the real history other than the plaque that lists the construction date. The bench was build in 1904. It happily stood overlooking the Palouse view for 5 years. Then, in 1909, they built Bryan Hall right in front of it. So now the bench just looks at the side of a building.
Observing the beautiful view of bricks from 1909.
Elizabeth saw a cute squirrel and tried to make friends with it.
Jeremy looking up information about the old oak tree on the lawn of Bryan Hall. Don't worry, I don't think he was planning to use it for his woodworking.
Bryan Clock tower. We made sure to be outside to hear it when it chimed 2:00.
My old dorm! Community and Duncan Dunn.
We walked down the hill to see Jeremy's old dorm. Stimson.
The museum in the science hall.
The kids really enjoyed looking at all the taxidermized animals.
My favorite campus view looking down the hill. The lavender wasn't at full bloom yet but there is always pretty purple up the middle of the walkway. You can see out over the Palouse from here so it's always a pretty view.
Someone's feet starting hurting (mine too).
We had some Ferdinands. They had an allergy box in the back where they use a dedicated scooper and box for anyone that asks. I didn't know that! Elizabeth was therefore able to have some ice cream. Jeremy and I both had blackberry ripple of course. Elizabeth had vanilla.
view from the bridge
Leaving town and looking at Jeremy's freshman dorm Stephensen South.
The Palouse is very beautiful this time of year.
They were doing some road construction so there was a light in the middle of nowhere.
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