Washington Campy Trip May 29-31 2008

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:43 am

Hopefully the weather will finally change for the better. If anyone can swing a Thurs-Sat trip it would be great! Unfortunately I'm out of vacation time right now.....

I'll go anywhere, from Tacoma to Eugene to points in between. But Boston's too far, by plane or by car...I'm sure the snow's nice but I've had enough ice. The Cascades are just swell, and hey what the hell, we might even have sun, wouldn't that be fun? And somewhere in-between (some day it would seem) that if I don't find the time to get out, I might lose my mind without doubt. Yes, lose my mind, wouldn't that be fine? So take all that snow (man does it blow) and give me some green (it's not that hard it would seem) to sit below firs and watch the gentle wind stir the ferns and branches up top. And now without pause, I promise to stop.
-Docktor Hambone

spiffy · Post by **spiffy** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:22 am

Thanks Edgar Allen Hambone

How about somewhere around here:

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/recreation/cu ... ap4168.pdf

spiffy · Post by **spiffy** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:29 am

Looks like the Canyon Creek area is the only one open right now, washouts and tons of snow out there.

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:37 am

Nice map. OK by me, that's very close to the area of old growth I was tellin ya about. Not sure it will be accessible by May though, with this crazy snowpack. The recreation report isn't encouraging:
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/recreation/cu ... onditions/

DjEep · Post by **DjEep** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:05 am

schedule changed to wed-sat, so no go for me on this one. But sure makes it nice to go out camping on my days off. Not a whole buncha folks out and about on Tuesday mornings.

chachi · Post by **chachi** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:07 am

Westy78 · Post by **Westy78** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:41 pm

That's a great area. The Indian Heaven Wilderness especially. I might be able to do a Friday/Saturday night. I've been feeling this strange tickle in my throat that most likely will get worse on a Friday strangely enough.

spiffy · Post by **spiffy** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:29 pm

Westy78 wrote:That's a great area. The Indian Heaven Wilderness especially. I might be able to do a Friday/Saturday night. I've been feeling this strange tickle in my throat that most likely will get worse on a Friday strangely enough.

We might have to start buying carbon credits if these campouts keep going on 200 miles+ away from our homestead.

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:14 pm

Yeah, this trip should be closer to Tacoma. You guys have gone above and beyond coming way out into the Oregon hinterlands, we owe ya a few.
Maybe a dry run is in order to see if we can get to that St. Helens area.

May 15-17? (at least those are MY days off.....)

When I git home I'll check the books for the area I hear is kickass-oldgrowth-next-to-blast-zone. We still may be snowed out tho.

spiffy · Post by **spiffy** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:21 am

I probably cannot swing the thursday thru saturday thing this time around but if the place is closer to us we could depart Friday after work and be there for a nice weekend.

Surprised more folks haven't chimed in, is everyone busy busy? Weekend before M. Day screwing this up? If this keeps up I might have to come down to P town for a weekend just to catch up with everyone.

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:36 am

Drat, I don't have any more vacation time until the summer. Any chance of getting a Friday off? I'd have to head home Saturday.

DjEep · Post by **DjEep** » Thu May 01, 2008 6:12 am

Hey, I wanna go, I just hafta work thurs-sat. So make it mon-wed and I'm in!

bretski · Post by **bretski** » Thu May 01, 2008 7:47 am

I wanna go.

Ritter · Post by **Ritter** » Thu May 01, 2008 8:07 am

I wanna go. Can you guys come down to norther California?!

steve74baywin · Post by **steve74baywin** » Thu May 01, 2008 8:09 am

Ritter wrote:I wanna go. Can you guys come down to norther California?!

Ha, I was going to post--- I wanna go, but I don't think I will be able to though, but I definitely want to.

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Washington Campy Trip May 29-31 2008

Washington Campy Trip May 29-31 2008

Nobody wants to go?????