4-16-09 Hal Hambone & Barry Memorial Birthday Campout

Gypsie · Post by **Gypsie** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:50 am

Gonna be chilly...Bring wood. I'll bring a chainsaw...and hooch.

vistacruzer · Post by **vistacruzer** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:58 am

my sweethearts daughter is getting married in 2 weeks so i may have to backout of this one

Gypsie · Post by **Gypsie** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:05 am

It's the chilly thing, right?...

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:14 am

Bummer.
Chilly knees...
Supposed to hit 60 by the weekend.

Gypsie · Post by **Gypsie** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:54 am

Gonna have to show him them fancy new clothing items...."Long Pants" and "Sweater"....

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:07 am

Now now. Some are delicate flowers that wilt outside of equatorial habitat.

So it doesn't get lost in banter:

vistacruzer · Post by **vistacruzer** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:23 pm

love the kilt weather

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:25 pm

Cancha make it at least a nite o' chilly knees? Certain to please yer kilt.

Gypsie · Post by **Gypsie** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:36 pm

Just so's were clear....Bob's in charge of Kilt pleasin'...

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:49 pm

Just the kilt I'm afraid. The troupe of female sasquatches do the rest. It's nice tho, all warm and fuzzy and musky. Sometimes ya get a little mushroom in yer eye but it's all part of the experience.

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:34 am

The Clackamas River is located to the west of the Cascade Range and to the south of the columbia River Gorge. In 1988, Congress designated 47 miles of the Clackamas River into the Federal Wild and Scenic Rivers system. Congress identified the superb fishery, scenery, and recreation as the "outstandingly remarkable values" associated with the Clackamas River. In addition to Federal designation, the main stem of the Clackamas River from the boundary of the Olallie Lakes Scenic Area to the North Fork Reservoir was also designated an Oregon State Scenic Waterway in 1988.

The Clackamas is little more than a mountain brook at its headwaters, but within a couple miles, numerous year-round springs emerge and a cool, rushing river appears. True fir and lodgepole pine forests blanket the banks of the upper river while Douglas-fir and western hemlock dominate the forest along the lower Wild and Scenic section of the river. The Clackamas River has carved out a rugged canyon with steep, basalt out-croppings common along the river corridor. Numerous year-round waterfalls cascade down the sides of the canyon.

Anadromous and resident fish inhabit the Clackamas River and its tributaries. Spring Chinook salmon, coho salmon and steelhead trout use these waters for spawning, rearing, and migration. Resident fish include cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, brook trout, bull trout, and mountain whitefish. The Clackamas River is also host to the last significant wild late-run coho salmon stock remaining in the Columbia River Basin

From its origins in the Olallie Lake Scenic Area, the river flows through the communities of Estacada, Barton and Carver, and is an important water source for southern Clackamas County. The river joins the Willamette River at Oregon City. The name "Clackamas" comes from the Clackamas Indians, a Chinookian tribe who used to live along the river.

tristessa · Post by **tristessa** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:28 am

So, Thursday .. departure time and location for the carabus?

On the one hand I'm of the "earlier the better" mindset, but OTOH .. I've still gotta get the rig tidied up and loaded, need to get supplies...

So with that in mind I'm thinking on the road around noon-ish, meetup at my place in SE?

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:44 am

NOON? Yer crazy I'll be 1/2 crocked by then.
What about 9-ish? Or I could just meet ya out there it's easy to find.
What do you think about Barry's bus? Will it be ready?

tristessa · Post by **tristessa** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:52 am

hambone wrote:NOON? Yer crazy I'll be 1/2 crocked by then.
What about 9-ish? Or I could just meet ya out there it's easy to find.
What do you think about Barry's bus? Will it be ready?

Noon as in "hit the road" not noon as in "meet at my house". Just ain't enough time for me to get things together much before that, 'specially if I'm back over in your driveway this evening .. with Barry's bus.

I'm thinking there's a decent change Barry's bus will be ready. I'm also thinking that the turnoff from the paved road should be marked with a paper-plate sign that reads "Youth Tuba Camp".

Gypsie · Post by **Gypsie** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:52 am

Ssupposed to be in the low 70ws in P-town come Saturday. Only 1200 feet up there. Gonna be niiiiiice.

Can't leave til Fri afternoon. Probably won't be on the road til 6ish.

Gotta figger out the best way to connect with Erin for the ride up.

Thinking on a dutch oven feast idea for Saturday...

Bob, considering we're only 1/4 mile from the ranger station, what's the word on chainsaw use up there. May need to use the handsaws if it's a prob. Praps you could stop at one of the ranger statioins and checkout a wood cutting permit.

Gonna want a big fire for my ladies.

Pack, supplies, libations....

ooops I think I just piddled.

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4-16-09 Hal Hambone & Barry Memorial Birthday Campout