Wynoochee-Skokomish Adventure – 04.04.2008
Originally we had planned to meet in Montesano, Washington on Friday morning, however, because of a paving project on the Wynoochee Road from Montesano to Wynoochee Lake, the location of the meet up was changed to the Taylor Towne restaurant just South of Shelton.
Attending was Ray from Edgewood (driving his Toyota 4Runner), Kevin (riding with Ray), John in his Jeep YJ Wrangler, Dick (riding with John) and Randy from Shelton (riding with me in my Toyota FJ80 Land Cruiser).
Our goals for the this rainy spring day were to:
- Locate the train wreckage from the 1961 film titled “Ring of Fire”. During the filming of the movie they set an old railroad trestle and some passenger rail cars on fire and dropped them into the canyon. (See Brians site at Georgia-Pacific No. 9 and Ring of Fire Wreck Site for a great write up of the details of the movie and the wreckage site.)
- Visit the Wynoochee Dam and Lake.
- Visit the High Steel Bridge over the Skokomish River.
Categories: Adventures Tags: 4runner, adventure, fj80, jeep, land cruiser, landcruiser, skokomish, toyota, wrangler, wynoochee, yj, YJ Wrangler
Washington Cascades Overland Tour 2007: Intro
For the past year, I've had the desire to map out and drive an overland route through the Cascade Mountains of Washington state from the Columbia River near Oregon all the way to northern border with British Columbia.
Categories: Adventures Tags: 4wd, 4x4, 80-series, adventure, border, british columbia, carson, cascade mountains, cascades, chelan, chopaka, cle elum, columbia river, expedition, fj80, forest, four wheel drive, jeep, land cruiser, landcruiser, mt adams, oregon, overland, packwood, road, tour, toyota, washington, washington cascades, wrangler, yj
Cascade Overland Adventure – August 2006
Our first goal was to travel from I-90 near Cle Elum, Washington to Highway 410 near Cliffdell, Washington via logging roads. Our second goal was to travel from Highway 410 to Highway 12 over logging roads. We would then travel Highway 12 over White Pass to Packwood. From Packwood, we would head South on logging roads towards Mt. Adams and locate a campsite for the night.
Categories: Adventures Tags: 4wd, 4x4, 80-series, Adventures, bethel ridge, buck meadows, burley mountain, camp, campground, camping, campsite, cascade mountains, cascades, chain of lakes, cispus river, cle elum, cliffdell, crow creek, crow creek campground, ellensburg, expedition, forest, four wheel drive, french butte, goat rocks, gps, green river, horseshoe lake, huckleberries, hunting, jeep, johnson creek, killen creek, land cruiser, landcruiser, little naches river, lookout, manastash, meadows, meta lake, milk creek road, mt adams, mt hood, mt st helens, national forest, nile road, olallie lake, oregon, overland, packwood, pinto rock, quartz creek, quartz mountain, rattlesnake creek, rimrock lake, ryan lake, snoqualmie pass, south cle elum ridge road, spirit lake, strawberry mountain, takhlakh lake, taneum, taneum campground, tieton river, timberwolf mountain, tower rock, trail, travel, tripod flats, walupt lake, washington, washington cascades, wenatchee national forest, white pass, windy ridge, wrangler, yakima, yj
ARB Bull Bar Installation on Jeep YJ Wrangler
After during my research, I found that by most opinions, ARB makes the best aftermarket bumper that protects against animal strikes. Most bumpers are for clearance for wheeling and do not offer substantial protection. The ARB Bull Bar offers a very secure location to mount a winch plus it also enhances the look of any vehicle (my opinion of course). And of course, any bumper that protects against animal strikes is going to offer a great increase in safety if involved in a collision with another vehicle.
Categories: Vehicle Mods & Repairs Tags: Adventures, arb, bull bar, expedition, jeep, outdoors, overland, vehicle, winch, wrangler, yj
