IAC 2009 Midwestern Fall Extravaganza!

Hippie · Post by **Hippie** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:44 pm

Awesome time. =D> I'll put up some pics when I ain't so pooped. Busy day today.

locoqueso · Post by **locoqueso** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:48 am

Sorry we missed you all. I hoped it wouldn't rain all weekend. You have a great family chi. One day I'll get to meet Hippie.

Hippie · Post by **Hippie** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:25 pm

locoqueso wrote:Sorry we missed you all. I hoped it wouldn't rain all weekend. You have a great family chi. One day I'll get to meet Hippie.

Us too. All of our cheese was sane. A sad state of affairs.

Here's a few pics:

Wiggly Lola

Alice is getting tall

Life is good.

Our dog slept all the way home

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:31 pm

Send me that pic of the caterpiller, that was amazing.

Hippie · Post by **Hippie** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:18 pm

Okee Dokee.
Do me a favor and PM your email? It's in my file somehwere....

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Ritter · Post by **Ritter** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:51 pm

Looks like a great trip!

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:58 pm

We had a pretty good time, made the best of it, for sure. That caterpillar is amazing, like a Chinese Dragon.

I'd like to see a meet up of east and west IAC, maybe in Missoula, Montana or thereabouts. Gypsie expressed some doubts about making it through some of the passes in the spring, but I think we can all take a page from the Mt. Shasta crowd.

Gypsie · Post by **Gypsie** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:02 pm

My concern wasn't about spring but before spring. Even that is a slight concern. Them passes get traveled regular but 'slong way from home in the winter.

What species is that 'piller. one of the coolest fauna I've seen.

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:12 pm

This will be our Mt. Shasta. Finally we can measure ourselves against the splittie crowd.

'yever driven across Montana? Goes on and on. Took US 14, hours would go by without seeing another vehicle...

Oregon72 · Post by **Oregon72** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:19 pm

=D> =D> That looks awesome - Beautiful families you peeps have (including the dogs). Glad to see you had at least one dry day.

Awesome jousting caterpillar - Never seen anything like that. =D>

Oregon72 · Post by **Oregon72** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:22 pm

chitwnvw wrote:
'yever driven across Montana? Goes on and on. Took US 14, hours would go by without seeing another vehicle...

You speak the truth - there Todd --- That drive is pretty killer. We did it this summer all the way to Winnipeg, Manitoba and back. This time I was really able to take in how beautiful Montana is especially the western side.

bretski · Post by **bretski** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:39 am

chitwnvw wrote:I'd like to see a meet up of east and west IAC, maybe in Missoula, Montana or thereabouts. Gypsie expressed some doubts about making it through some of the passes in the spring, but I think we can all take a page from the Mt. Shasta crowd.

...or Colorado.

Just sayin'.

pb24ss · Post by **pb24ss** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:29 am

bretski wrote:...or Colorado.

Just sayin'.

X2

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:05 am

The Oregon and Washington guys are used to driving an hour at tops, I fear if we ask them to drive too far that it will never happen. Long haul driving in the bus is a unique experience.

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:31 am

Usually it's 2-5 hours, depending on how much time off.
I love the Clackamas, closest to town and littered with history. At least 1 1/2 hours usually further for the deep wilderness. You're right though, it's hard to justify driving 2 days with a little kid and impatient family when I can just go disappear into a magic valley down the road. And then of course the high desert is just down the road too. It's pretty exciting if you like that sort of thing.
I've driven cross country a number of times though and you're right it's special. Road-mind.

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IAC 2009 Midwestern Fall Extravaganza!