Graham Family Farm NorthWest

Liberty State Overland Club
Gallagher Head Lake Overland Trip
Hosted by Eastern Washington Expeditions
By Clay & Odo Graham / CegPics.com

On Monday, July 13th 2020, Liberty State Overland Club members finished the Liberty Overland Trip and headed to Cle Elum. We stopped at Warriors Quick Stop to fuel up since they always try to have the lowest fuel prices around.

Next we worked our way north. We turn up FS4330 and aired down. We went up FS4330 for close to eight miles and turned on 4W301 and ran it to Gallagher Head Lake. It was a challenging to get around the big rocks with my stock YJ, and there was a lot of them.

At Gallagher Head Lake we set up camp and took a walk around the lake. Doc, Odo, and Shelby played in the lake.

As the sun went down, it got cold. There was a little wind too. We took shelter between two rigs with our propane campfire and used a tarp to block the wind. During the night it was real cold.

Tuesday morning it was nice and warm when the sun came over the mountain. We ate breakfast and then loaded up.

We then headed on up Hawkins Mountain on 4W304. More big rocks. We got to the second to last steep climb and I could not make it over the rocks with the little tires. I backed down and waited with Charlie as the TJs that went on up. The TJs came back and we all headed down. There was one hill climb that Charlie’s ZJ could not made. He had broken the CV shaft on the drivers side and did not have four wheel drive. Foxracer gave him a tow to the top and we headed on out. We stopped at the bottom of 4W301 at FS4330 for a lunch break. TJ40 took off before us.

After lunch we headed down FS4330 to the pavement and aired up for home.

This was a great time thanks to all who came.

Here are some photos of the Liberty State Overland Club Liberty Overland Trip:

Liberty State Overland Club
Liberty Overland Trip
Hosted by Eastern Washington Expeditions
By Clay & Odo Graham / CegPics.com

On Sunday, July 12th 2020, Liberty State Overland Club members met up at Smitty’s Conoco in Ellensburg. On this trip we had eight Jeeps. My YJ was the lowest rig, Charlie’s ZJ had the smallest tires, and the Jeep Gladiator was the longest rig. Around 12:30 PM we convoyed up Reecer Creek Road to Cle Elum Ranger District’s Liberty area.

We stopped and aired down near FS3507111 and then hit the trails. We worked our way up to Crystal Mountain with one stop to winch Kevin AKA TJ40 out of the trees.

At Crystal Mountain we stopped for a late lunch. After lunch we worked our way down 4w319 onto Pole Patch to FS3500. We turned up FS3500 and ran it up onto the Table Mountain Management Area and stopped at Lion Rock Road. At that point we said goodbye to Jeff and his family.

The rest of us drove to Lion Rock Lookout for the view and then headed back to Lion Rock Campground to camp the night.

The next morning we hit the 4W315 (Nealey Creek) and ran it down. There were a few steep sections and some off camber. Once at the bottom we ran FS3521 back to FS3500. We ran FS3500 up and ran down FS9712 to The Hole in the Rock for lunch. We air up there.

After lunch we headed to Cle Elum for the second part of the overland adventure. See: LSOC Gallagher Head Lake Overland Trip

Thank you to all who came.

Here are some photos of the Liberty State Overland Club Liberty Overland Trip: