Pacific Northwest Backroad Adventures

Even though we never found that perfect Christmas tree, we had a great time with some great people under beautiful blue skies on this year’s Christmas Tree run to the Cle Elum, Washington area.

We all met for breakfast at the Cottage Cafe in Cle Elum. Already seated upon our arrival were Jerry (aka soggymountain) and Evelyn from Yakima, Brian (aka Photog) and Cindy from Gig Harbor, Valerie and her mother Ellen from Bothell and Kent, and friends of Ellen’s (whom I did not get their names). Of course I can’t forget to mention my wife Martha, daughter Korinne and our dog Tareva.

After breakfast, we headed out of town to the Roslyn Cyclery in Roslyn to purchase our tree permits. We were the only family on the hunt for a Christmas tree, everybody was out for the fun of it. After getting the permit, we headed out of town, past Ronald towards Salmon la Sac.
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For those of you living in the Pacific Northwest (mainly Washington and Oregon), there are a couple of upcoming 2007 Christmas tree runs that may be of interest to you.

Join us for a day of fun of looking for that special Christmas tree and hopefully some time in the snow. Even if you already have your tree or you’re putting up a plastic tree, it’ll be a good time.

The first Christmas Tree Run is on Saturday, December 8 and we will be meeting in Cle Elum, Washington. For details, see the forum discussion at Christmas Tree Run NORTH - 12/8/07

The second Christmas Tree Run is a week later on Saturday, December 15 at the Estacada Ranger Station, off Hwy 224 just West of Estacada, Oregon. For details, see the forum discussion at Christmas Tree Run SOUTH 12-15-2007.

If you’re in the area, I hope you can make one of the two runs.