Trip Announcement: Christmas Tree Run – 12.06.2008
Last year, there were several Christmas Tree runs posted on the forum. I don’t know what this year will bring., however we have the first Christmas Tree run of the year posted. It’s a joint gathering with the All Wheelers to the Rimrock Lake area off Highway 12, East of White Pass, Washington. The meeting place will be in Naches, Washington where you can buy tree permits if needed.
You can read more and discuss the trip on the forum at Christmas Tree Run.
Categories: Adventures Tags: Backroad Drivers Northwest, christmas tree, naches, northwest, pacific northwest, rimrock, rimrock lake, trip, trip announcement, washington, white pass
Backroad Drivers Northwest
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.
Categories: Off Track Tags: Backroad Drivers Northwest
Tour Announcement – Clemen Mountain Tour – 10.04.2008
Join us in Naches, Washington to explore Forest Service, Department of Wildlife and DNR roads on and around Clemen Mountain. Clemen is actually a 4000′ high ridge that separates the Naches and Wenas Valleys and most of it lies within the Wenatchee National Forest and the Oak Creek Wildlife Area. It is not unusual to spot elk and big horn sheep on Clemen and sometimes in one particular area the deer are so plentiful it is almost impossible to keep count of your sightings.
Read more at Clemen Mountain Tour.
Categories: Adventures Tags: Backroad Drivers Northwest, big horn sheep, clemen mountain, dnr, elk, naches, oak creek, suv, tour, washington, wenas, wenatchee national forest, wildlife
Tour Announcement – Mountain Loop 10th Anniversary (10-25-08)
Help us celebrate our 10th Anniversary of exploring Northwest backroads and a new outlook for the next ten years. That’s right, Backroad Drivers Northwest is celebrating a decade of announcing, driving and reporting on backroad driving throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho and beyond.
Join us in Everett, Washington and follow in the tire tracks of our very first tour ten years ago including the Mountain Loop Highway. Lunch and an informal celebration will be held in Darrington and our route from there will depend on vehicle capabilities. Most roads will be paved, but there will be a few miles of gravel. High ground clearance will not be necessary so bring what you have.
Details to follow, but mark the date on your calendar NOW!
Read more at Mountain Loop 10th Anniversary (10-25-08).
Categories: Adventures Tags: Backroad Drivers Northwest, explore, exploring, idaho, mountain loop highway, oregon, washington
Trip Report: Scouting the Whiskey Dick Road Management Area – 05.16.2008
Who would have thought that a Friday trip to the Whiskey Dick Road Management Area near Ellensburg, Washington would bring out more participants than most weekend trips.
Well Jerry (aka SoggyMountain) picked a wonderful day for a Backroad Drivers Northwest tour of the Whiskey Dick. Hands down, this was the warmest day of 2008 to date.
The meeting place that morning was the Bar 14 restaurant in Ellensburg. In attendance for the days trip was of course Jerry from Yakima driving his full size Jeep SJ Wagoneer; (and if I get the names wrong, please forgive and let me know to correct them) Phil and his son Travis from Newcastle, driving the white Ford Explorer; Paul from Tacoma driving the other Ford Explorer; Jim (stucky) driving the white Chevy Pickup (I forgot to ask where Jim was from); Trish and Tammy from Bothel driving a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon; John and Cindy from Monroe driving a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon; Sid from Renton driving his Jeep Wrangler, Peter and Don (I forgot to ask where they were from or if I did, I didn’t write it down) driving the Sportsmobile van; myself in my 80-series Toyota Land Cruiser; and Bill from Ellensburg who joined us for breakfast but had to supervise a fencing property today so he couldn’t join us.
Categories: Adventures Tags: 60-series, 80-series, Backroad Drivers Northwest, backroads, bohinkleman spring, bryant creek, caribou road, cayuse, chevy, colockum, colockum road, darrell f jones, desert, elk, ellensburg, fj60, fj80, ford explorer, gps, grave, gravesite, hedgehog cactus, jeep, jk, land cruiser, landcruiser, little bohinkleman creek, little brushy creek, memorial, northwest, outdoors, pacific northwest, quilomene, quilomene ridge, rollinger creek, rubicon, shrub-steppe, skookumchuck, skookumchuck ridge, sportsmobile, tj, toyota, trip, vantage highway, wagoneer, washington, whiskey dick, wild horse wind farm, wrangler
Photos – Tracking the Ice Age Floods
Here are a few photos from Saturday’s (April 19, 2008) road trip through the coulee country of Eastern Washington. Complete trip reports are posted on the forum at Tracking Ice Age Floods – April 19, 2008.
Categories: Adventures Tags: Backroad Drivers Northwest, banks Lake, Black Butte, caribou trail, columbia river, Coulee City, drumheller channels, dry falls, grand coulee dam, hartline, ice age floods institute, lake lenore, missoula floods, moses lake, pinto ridge, roosevelt lake, soap lake, stratford, sun lakes, washington
