Pacific Northwest Backroad Adventures

• Rupe Update: Can anyone tell us how Rupe and family are coming along on their new place in Christmas Valley? We haven't http://bit.ly/InXUe #
• Make sure you have the correct escape cord on your crab pots: [The Seattle Times] In the northwest Straits, an estimated http://bit.ly/9uyCW #
• Another perfect Mount Hood day at Skibowl: Terry Richard/The OregonianMitchell Busk of Corbett gets his money worthy on http://bit.ly/sZTGh #
• Lower-elevation campgrounds will open in time for holiday: [theolympian.com] A number of campgrounds, roads and http://bit.ly/NsvR6 #
• Third wildlife corridor suggested for Siskiyous: [theolympian.com] Medford, Ore. – Conservationists are proposing http://bit.ly/EUZHd #
• Regional recreation business booming: [TheNewsTribune.com] By 7:20 a.m. Friday the parking lot at Mount Rainier http://bit.ly/2fjQ13 #
• Worst trip ever!!: Some of you may have seen my earlier thread in this section "good deal or not". Well as it turns out http://bit.ly/17g5p0 #

• Natalie Bartley: Educator program brings archery to schools: [IdahoStatesman.com] During the summer, teachers catch http://bit.ly/1oy8Or #
• Learn basic kayaking skills at clinic: [theolympian.com] The South Sound offers a remarkable mix of places to go http://bit.ly/K9xK9 #
• Stay safe and enjoy fireworks at a professional show, not out in the woods: [theolympian.com] Giant, illegal http://bit.ly/PbVRy #
• No warm and fuzzy feeling in this bag: [theolympian.com] I find that whenever I sleep outside with friends, I wake up http://bit.ly/ORwiE #
• Park staff looking at effect of human visitors on wildlife: [theolympian.com] Wild animals eating human food was an http://bit.ly/V8f1O #
• Be mindful outdoors of wildfire risk this season: [theolympian.com] As people head out for the holiday weekend, public http://bit.ly/dVatZ #
• What's new at Mount Rainier: [theolympian.com] If your last visit to Mount Rainier National Park was in July or August, http://bit.ly/Iva8z #
• Weekend Getaway: Walk Puyallup: [theolympian.com] Puyallup Parks and Recreation and the Tacoma-Pierce County Health http://bit.ly/JmD9E #
• Hike of the Week: Elwha River Geyser Valley Trail: [theolympian.com] Want a hike with historic significance? Want a hike http://bit.ly/TuQe8 #
• Olympic National Park road work: [theolympian.com] More… http://bit.ly/Cf5VX #
• Three things to do this weekend: [theolympian.com] Sunday: Learn more about the animals and plants of the Nisqually http://bit.ly/CtJUN #
• Episode #67 Killer Fish, Duck Stamp Sex Line, and More!: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/1aplUj #
• Episode #68 Keith Mark, and Joe Goes Salmon Fishing!: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/GQstp #
• Episode #69 Waterfowl Special w/ Adam Carpenter: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/1aeXk7 #
• Episode #70 Joseph's First Deer!: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/xTxoJ #
• Episode #71 Election Ramblings: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/17HPFb #
• Episode #72 Firearm Deer Season!: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/sjNOd #
• Episode #73 End of Season, Ice fishing Already, & E-mails-a-Plenty!: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/bHOTT #
• Episode #74 Your E-Mail, Outdoor News, and Ice Fishing Babes Too!: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/B4Yix #
• Episode #75 World Record Bull Elk, Your E-Mails and More!: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/UFAgo #
• Episode #76 Ann Coulter!: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/eZsjE #
• Episode #77 Pass It On!: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/tdjgs
  this weeks edition of HuntCast http://bit.ly/HOLUs #
• Episode #78 A Few Announcements, and Even More E-Mail!: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/TxP63 #
• Episode #79 Tracy Byrd, and Turkey Hunting!: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/VVkUT
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• Episode #80 Is it Spring Yet???: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/HtyUx
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• Episode #81 Kip Adams from QDMA: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/4MthN
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• Episode #82 Turkey Down, and Win a Hunt With Joe!: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/w1OhI #
• Episode #83 Latest Threat to Fishing and Hunting, and Your Calls!: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/jp4YO #
• My new podcast!: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/pataE
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• Episode #84 U.P. Fires, Turkey Season Ends, and Fishing!: [HuntCast] http://bit.ly/ssqn8 #
• Episode #85 Fishing, and the Whole Rush Limbaugh Mess!: [HuntCast] http://www.republicanvoices.org/limbaugh.jpgIn this http://bit.ly/38pHC #

To keep up with the times, this is the current list of social networking sites you can associate with Pacific Northwest Backroad Adventures:

• Facebook Fan Page
• FaceBook Group Page
• MySpace
• Twitter

If you’re a member of any of the above social networking sites, stop by our profile and add us as a friend.

For all you Facebook users, I just added a couple of pages on Facebook. First there is the Pacific Northwest Backroad Adventures Fan Page on Facebook. Then I created a Pacific Northwest Backroad Adventures Group Page on Facebook.

The Pacific Northwest Backroad Adventures Fan Page on Facebook is viewable without logging in.

The Pacific Northwest Backroad Adventures Group Page on Facebook is only viewable by members of Facebook.

Feel free to stop by and visit.

Over on the forum at OBCDR Trip Report, Decidion posted up a web page with a trip report of a recent 4-day trip through the Oregon Backcountry.

Decidion describes the trip as follows:

“The Oregon Backcountry Discovery Route is a series of gravel and offroad/4×4 trails that leads from the California border all the way up to the Washington border along the eastern edge of the Cascade mountains. It is primarily US Forest Service roads, some of which are maintain, but a lot of them have not seen any cleanup since the last person who ran the route.”

Read the trip report at Oregon Backcountry Discovery Route Trip.

If you’re interested in building an off-road camp trailer to tow behind your expedition vehicle, you have many options to choose. You can purchase a top of the line trailer with all the bell and whistles like a Adventure Trailer (drool) or you can do as Brandon over at OlympiaFJ60 is doing and build your own.

You can follow along with the build at Off-road Tent Trailer Build.

Generally, I don’t like to travel on holiday weekends, especially when it involves going to Eastern Washington. However a day trip on a Sunday isn’t bad – no Monday stop and go traffic over Snoqualmie Pass to contend with.

On Sunday, my son Steven, our dog and myself headed out around 6:00 a.m. over Snoqualmie Pass to Eastern Washington on a photographic tour. After a stop in Ellensburg for gas, coffee and food (plus a few stops on the way for the dog), we headed east on I-90 to Vantage, across the Columbia River and south on SR 243 towards Beverly to head up Lower Crab Creek.
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May 12-18, 2008 has been proclaimed “Bear Awareness Week” by Washington state Governor Christine Gregoire.

As reported by the The Grizzly Bear Outreach Project (GBOP):

Governor Gregoire established Bear Awareness Week to encourage people to learn more about our ursine neighbors, how to avoid conflicts with them, and to appreciate these majestic creatures in Washington – one of just four states that is wild enough to still support both species of bear.

This is great information for all of us who spend time enjoying the outdoors. If you haven’t encountered a bear yet, you eventually will.

Read more about Bear Awareness Week Activities at Governor proclaims official Bear Awareness Week

With the price of gasoline approaching $4.00 per gallon, more and more people are trading in their “gas guzzling” SUV or truck for a more fuel efficient vehicle. Most people simply think about much it costs to fill up their tank without considering the actual costs.

The way I figure it, I own my Land Cruiser free and clear. If I was to go out and finance a new vehicle, the payments alone would probably exceed $500 (and probably be much more). That’s a lot of gas I could buy each month.

I found a post on pricewheels.com that lays out the true costs of replacing your old vehicle. You can read it at Dumping Gas Guzzler For Fuel Sipper May Cost More Than You Think

I found this freebie posted on another site and thought I would pass it along.

Right Channel Radios is giving away complete Uniden Off-Road CB Kit that includes everything you need to install a CB in your 4×4 vehicle.

All you have to do is submit your email HERE by June 15, 2008.

Good luck.

NOTE: I am in no way associated with this give-away or the site.