Pacific Northwest Backroad Adventures

Back in Fall of 2006, I noticed that the fall and then rise of fuel prices corresponded to the November 2006 election (see forum post at Gas Prices). The prices fell significantly (for that time), leveled off for a few weeks, and then slowly began to rise.

Earlier in the year (2008), I predicted that fuel prices would again fall just before the election, and guess what is happening now? The election is nearing and fuel prices are dropping. Coincidence? Who knows.

The confirmation of this theory is whether the price of fuel will rise after the election has been completed (or after the possible court battles/recounts are complete).

Let’s watch and see what happens. I hope I’m wrong.

Steve

Over the past few years, I’ve been a moderator on the Backroad Drivers Northwest group, learning the business of running a Yahoo group from Jerry, the creator of the list. Now that the list is fast approaching the 10 year mark, Jerry decided it was time to pass the ownership of the list to somebody else to run with it. That somebody is me.

Thank you Jerry for conceiving the idea for the group and leading and growing the Backroad Drivers Northwest list to what it is today. You are an inspiration for all of us.

My goal, with the help of current and future members, is continue on with the traditions Jerry started and build upon that success for the future.

You can read the official announcement at 10th Anniversary – Changes on the Horizon.

If you happen to have a problem logging into the forum, be sure you are logging into http://www.pnwadventures.com/forum rather than the old URL format of forum.pnwadventures.com

If you receive the “server busy” error message, be sure to log into your account.

Steve

As you can tell if you’ve been a regular visitor to pnwadventures.com, I made changes to the theme of the blog. The change from a black background to a white background better matches the forum’s theme (though not exactly — yet). I also included a flash header image that rotates through photos I have taken over the past several years on various outdoor vehicle dependent adventures.

How time flies. It’s been over a month since my last outing. Between the holidays, a lot of hours at work and studying up on photography, I have not made the time for even a short day trip. Sure I made a road trip and visited relatives over the holiday, but only ended up laying around and watch bowl games. I need to get out very soon.

I wish everybody happy holidays and a safe, healthy and prosperous new year.

A Happy Thanksgiving to all. Be safe where ever your journey over the holiday weekend takes you.

All indicators are pointing to yes. Its rare that we get so much snow so soon in the mountains. Unfortunately, one “pineapple express” could wipe out the snow and once again bring green to the alpine areas.

Last weekend, we made a trip to Sunrise in Mt. Rainier National Park for a pre-dawn hike for a photo shoot and there was a nice dusting of snow at the Sunrise parking area and several inches of snow at the Frozen lake viewpoint. Since then, 7 inches of snow has fallen at Sunrise and the same at Paradise.

Everyone have a safe and enjoyable Labor Day holiday weekend. I’ll be working all three days so no fun for me.

I now have pnwadventures.com window stickers available. They measure 1/2 inch by approximately 7 inches long and come in white only.

If you want one or two, please Email me for an address to send a stamped self-addressed envelope to.