Eastern Washington Off Road
Jumpoff Lookout
Location:
Rimrock, WA
Date:
October 31 2020
Taken By:
Clay Graham of Ceg-TV.com / CegPics.com
Camera:
Samsung Galaxy S9+
Edited by:
Clay Graham
Also on YouTube
Location:
Rimrock, WA
Date:
October 31 2020
Taken By:
Clay Graham of Ceg-TV.com / CegPics.com
Camera:
Samsung Galaxy S9+
Edited by:
Clay Graham
Also on YouTube
On Saturday, October 31st 2020, we did a Halloween backroads trip to Jumpoff Lookout. Club members and other guess met up at Oak Creek Ace Hardware in Naches at 10AM for the drivers meeting.
We convoyed to Wind Point and aired down on FS1302. We worked our way up the mountain and had lunch at Jumpoff Lookout.
After awhile we moved down the ridge for another view. Then headed out through the Ahtanum State Forest and out Cowiche Mill Road. We aired up at the pavement and head out. Some came to the Halloween Party back at Graham Family Farm.
This was a great time.
Here are some photos of the Halloween Jumpoff Lookout Trip:




























































Each year Graham Family Farm has a get together at the farm in Selah for a Oktoberfest celebration. This event has a potluck with the main dishes being German food and foods made with beer or wine.
On Saturday September 26th 2020 we had our annual Oktoberfest event. We played Hammerschlagen and drank some good beer. Dinner was awesome.
Here are some photos of the Graham Family Farm Oktoberfest:



































Eastern Washington Expeditions
Wenas Sunday Drive
By Clay Graham / CegPics.com
On Sunday, October 18th 2020, Eastern Washington Tourism members took a drive to the Wenas to see the fall colors. We turned up Audubon Road. We aired down at the Cascade Camp where there was a lot of leaves turning colors. Not as many as we had hoped. We ran up the North Fork Wenas Creek to see more.
We then climbed up on Manastash Ridge. We worked our was over to Mud Flats Road and took it over to Observatory Road. We took Observatory Road down and took Wenas Pass back to Audubon Road. We aired up there and headed home.
Here are some photos of the Wenas Sunday Drive:
Wagons East is our clubs Jeep trip on the Historical Naches Pass Trail. The trail is famous because the Longmire party was the first wagon train to used it to head west in 1853. The trail was not finished so they had a rough time getting across. They had to winch down the Naches Trail Cliffs near Greenwater. On our Wagons East Jeep trip, we start at the Naches Trail Cliffs and go west to east.
On Thursday, October 8th 2020, the Liberty State Overland Club headed up to the Lost Meadow Campground in the Little Naches area to set up camp for the weekend. TJ40 came up a few hours after we got there.
Friday we went out and got firewood. After that we hung around camp playing with the dog. MrWilsonWJ showed up in the evening and set up camp.
Early Saturday morning it started raining and did not let up much. A few more people showed up for the Naches Pass Trail run around 9:30 AM. We headed out at 10:00 AM and drove to FS1914 to air down. Once everyone was aired down, we then headed over Pyramid Pass to the west end of the Naches Pass 4×4 Trail. It was snowing on top of the pass.
We broken into two groups to head back east. The two groups met up at the first cross road on the Naches Trail and then again at FS7080 where we all ran together the rest of the trail. We stopped for lunch at Government Meadows and walked to the cabin on the Pacific Crest Trail. Of coarse the rain did not let up.
After lunch, we headed on east. At the Naches Pass sign the rain turned into snow. Down the trail we came across a deep hole in the trail. The taller rigs walked through it but Charlies tires were not tall enough for the ruts. He backed out as far as he could. James gave Charlie a pull out of the hole and we moved on passing another group of Jeeps.
The last part of the trail was really slick. The last down hill section all the rigs slid down it. Sliding down, Charlie came close to ahead on with a tree. He came to a stop inches away.
At the pavement we headed back to camp at Lost Meadow for a potluck dinner. Some went home.
Sunday morning after breakfast, we headed up to Raven Roost. We hit snow as we went up. The view up at Raven Roost was not so good due the clouds. We still had fun going. It was cold so we headed back down and headed home.
This was a great time.
Here are some photos of the Liberty State Overland Club “Wagons East”: