Outings
Sea Kayaking, May 19
Posted by Lehman HolderCycling (bicycle), Road Tour, May 27-28
Posted by Lehman HolderCycling (bicycle) overnight road ride, May 27-28. Fully-loaded ride in preparation for a week-long road tour in June. Vancouver, WA/Portland, OR area. Advance signup required by May 13. Details: E-mail the outing leader, Lehman Holder, tripsguy@q.com .
National Trails Day - June 2nd and 3rd - Umtanum Canyon and Ridge Hiking/camping
Posted by Jacquie Powers
Two days of hiking, camping overnight at BLM campsites along the Yakima River. The first day will be hiking the Ridge, the second day hiking back into the Canyon.
Day hikers welcome to join us for either day. Pace will be easy/moderate. Hoping for flowers still being in abundance. Good photo opportunities.
Leaving Saturday morning at 7am to give us time to set up camp and start hiking by 11am Saturday, meeting at the bridge over the Yakima River at the Umtanum campground.
Sunday hike will start at 11am at the bridge.
Oyster Creek Blanchard Mountain Hike - National Trails Day (NOTE DATE CHANGE)
Posted by Terese VanAssche
Join us on National Trails Day to hike through old-growth forest to spectacular views of the San Juan Islands from Blanchard Mountain's Oyster Dome.Total hike length is 6 miles RT. One section of the trail gains 1200 Ft. in 2 miles.
Late spring is the perfect time to visit this gem of the urban area hike south of Bellingham. A healthy climb along Oyster Creek will shake the spring rains out of your bones. Ferns are lush, big trees abundant, and wildflowers out for sighting. The Mt. Baker Group and Friends of Blanchard fought to preserve old-growth forest on these DNR lands.
Cycling (bicycle) Road Tour, June 11-15
Posted by Lehman HolderCycling (bicycle), fully-loaded road tour on the recently-designated Old West Scenic Bikeway near John Day, OR. Loop ride, 180 miles over 5 days. Leader approval and advance signup required by May 15. Details: E-mail the outing leader, Lehman Holder, tripsguy@q.com.
Sea Kayaking, June 23
Posted by Lehman HolderSea Kayaking, June 30
Posted by Lehman HolderSea kayaking, near Skamokawa, WA (SW WA, NW of Portland, OR/Vancouver, WA). Oriented to more advanced beginning paddlers (3-4 previous times out). Advance signup required by June 28. Details: E-mail the outing leader, Laura Skehan, lauraskehan@comcast.net .
Snohomish Group ~ Coal Creek Campground, South Fork Stillaguamish River.
Posted by Tom Crisp
A 'car-campout' family affair with easy day hikes and bike rides for children and old fogies (your leader). We may try to call for spotted owls near Red Bridge or look for beavers at dusk in Beaver Creek. Nearby is the Big Four Ice Caves. We may ride mountain bikes to Monte Cristo, explore the gold mining town site, Ore Concentrator, Sunday Falls, and J.D. Rockefeller's railroad turntable (which still works!). Possible hikes up to Mt. Dickerman, Fourth of July Lake and Boardman Lake.
Learn about the history of J.D. Rockefeller's railroad, the Pleistocene lake, current road construction issues on the Mtn. Loop Hwy and the proposed road into Monte Cristo. This road would cut through an old growth forest and is intended for clean up of toxic wastes left by gold miners over century ago. You will be serenaded to sleep by the croaking of Red-Legged Frogs looking for love in the nearby pond.
Sea Kayaking, July 8
Posted by Lehman HolderBike Ride On the Snoqualmie Valley Trail, King Co., Sunday July 15th
Posted by Jacquie Powers
The Snoqualmie Valley Trail edges up to the Snoqualmie River here and there and sits on the flat top of the river dike as it winds it's way through the valley. Trees on both sides provide a lacy shade. Mileage between Carnation and Duvall is 9.2 mile ea. way. Trail is flat and is small packed gravel, fine for all types of bikes. Pace will be casual.
This would be a fine family outing as the trail never traverses any roads. We will leave from Duvall and rest in Carnation. Contact the leader for more information: Jacquie Powers powers.jacqueline@gmail.com
