October Play Day
Hosted by Eastern Washington Off Road
Sponsored by Insanity Fab and GHP Autofab
By Clay Graham / CegPics.com
On the Eastern Washington Off Road forum we are having different types of challenges for forum members once a month. This challenge was sponsored Insanity Fab and GHP Autofab.
This is the Picture report on the October 18th 2008 ORV Challenge.
On Saturday October 4th, 2008 we all met up at Lost Meadow Campground off FS1906 at 10 AM. On this run we had eleven rigs. The plan was to take Pyramid Pass over to the west end side and run Naches Pass Trail east.
We head out and just turned onto FS1914 when Scuba’s XJ had some steering problem. We stopped and waited for him to go get his other XJ back at camp.
Once Scuba got back, we were off.
Not to far down the road Waycrazy found out he had mice living in his rig.
He had to stop and get the baby mice out from under his gas pedal.
They put the baby mice in a box but could not find the mama mouse.
Once on the west side we took a walk down to see the historical Naches Cliff.
The walk back up was a work out for a lot of us. Feel the burn!
And we are off to hit the Naches Pass Trail. Scuba took the road around with his stock XJ.
Here we are at the top of the first climb.
Waycrazy found the mama mouse running around in his windshield frame. He could not get her to come out.
We stopped at the top of the next climb to wait for everyone.
Kevin had a few tires going flat on the way up.
The next climb was slick. I came close to taking out some XJ side windows on a big stump.
BlindPilot winch through that area so he did not break his new hard top on his TJ.
I waited up on the trail were FS7080 crossed in hopes of finding Scuba.
The others met up with me so we moved on.
We got up to the Pacific Crest Trail to find Scuba waiting for us.
We took a walk to the cabin.
Here are two of my boys. Test Dummy and Bubz.
Back at the parking area.
Kevin had one tire loosing air fast so I loaned him my spare.
Here is the trade.
BlindPilot’s new TJ top still in good shape.
Moving on up the trail.
Test Dummy found he had a tranny line leak so we stopped on top of the pass to fix it.
While we were there a lady from the Cascade 4×4 Club met up with us.
She was on a Doe Run and one of the rigs had a problem.
She needed to get back to NF19 where her group was camped to get some help.
We told her we would get her back down to FS1914 where she could hit the road.
Crawl Mama keeping warm.
Back on our way.
A long the way Waycrazy’s mama mouse fell into his heater fan. She didn’t make it.
Here is where the lady from Cascade 4×4 Club turned off to get back on NF19.
We waited up for everyone to get caught up.
Kevin had another tire loosing air fast. BlindPilot loaned him his spare too.
On the last bridge “Roll Over” almost lived up to his name.
I winched the front of Roll Over’s rig back onto the bridge.
Some of the guys picked up the back of his truck and slid it over.
The last climb was real slick. A few people had some problems.
Guido had to winch his rig back on the trail.
Coming off the other side I had to pop my rig in a higher gear and let it go because I was sliding down.
Here at the end of the trail a lot of people headed for home and we headed for camp.
This was a real fun time thanks to all that came.
The Pacific Northwest Four Wheel Drive Association (PNW4WDA) is a non-profit organization comprised of member clubs and individuals united in a common objective – the betterment of vehicle oriented outdoor recreation while preserving the environment.
Every year on the third weekend of September, Region 4 of the Pacific Northwest 4 Wheel Drive Association holds a big event at Jim Sprick Park to pick up trash in the surrounding mountains of the Naches Drainage.
On the morning of Saturday September 20th, 2008 126 volunteers met up in Little Naches at Long Meadows off of FS1920 to sign in for the clean-up. 6 Region 4 clubs (out of 1 – Desert Rats, Jeepin Nomads, Roamin Chariots, Shindig Wheelers, Peak Putters, Yakima Valley Timberwolves), 1 Region 2 club (Thunder Trucks), Eastern Washington Off Road, Washington State Snowmobile Association, WaZuk’s, Zombie Off-Road and others that just showed up to help. A total of 9,080 miles were traveled by volunteers to get there.
Our club members signed up and were off to pick up trash. Two guys in a Toyota pickup asked if they could come along. They said they were from the west side and had saw the flyer in Cliffdell and they wanted to help. We said we could use the help so they came along with our club.
On FS1702 we aired down.
We drove on up, took FS1720 and then onto FS1701.
Our first stop was at the 1701/530 camp area.
Bubz could not believe how much trash was in the camp since we were there in June.
Monster held the bag for Crawl-Dad.
The Westside-guy and Fish taking a bed to the truck.
Crawl-Dads friend from Tri Cities.
Crawl-Mama & son.
After we got the camp cleaned up we headed to the Manastash Summit Trail Head (4W694).
Not far up the trail we found a camp with a lot of trash, a barbeque, burnt table and a big chair. It was nice having two trucks to haul the big stuff.
At 4W670 two rigs went down to FS1701 and back up to pick up that trail as the rest of us picked up the trash on the top.
Moving on up the trail getting mostly cans along the way.
We stopped at the Manastash Lake view point to pick up some trash. We could not see the lake because of the fog/clouds.
This area had a lot of broken parts laying around and a beauty ring.
By the time we got to Funny Rocks it was very cold. We picked up the big stuff we saw.
It’s one of those Jeep things!
Looking back at Funny Rocks.
Here people tossed a lot of cans before dropping down 4W686.
Here we are at the bottom of the 5 fingers.
We took Wood Pecker.
Coming out the end of Wood Pecker.
The rigs of the day secured their loads and were ready to go back to the Base Camp.
Here is how much trash there was after we unloaded. There were other rigs coming in as I left.
After everyone unloaded the trash they picked up, it added up to 1.248 tons of trash. It took 1,072 work hours to get it.
This was a real fun event I plan to be at again next year. I want to thank everyone that came out, the PNW4WDA Region 4 for hosting it, MtnRubi for all her hard work making it happen and all who sponsored the event.
14th Annual Jeeping Nomads 4×4 Swap Meet
Pictures by Clay Graham
On Sunday September 14th, 2008 the Jeeping Nomads had their annual 4×4 swap meet in Yakima Washington.
Here are just a few pictures that I took.
This was a real fun event. I had a great time talking to everyone. We had a good turn out at the aworc.com booth and gave info out for Tread Lightly, the Eastern Washington Off Road Forum and the ORV Trail Watch. We had a few people sign up for the ORV Trail Watch too. I got a good deals on some parts. I plan to go back next year. Thank you “4wheelingplus.com” for sponsoring the aworc.com booth.
Due to some ORV users on Labor Day Weekend tearing up a meadow on one of the trails we adopted, I called an Emergency work party. This could not wait. Others would follow mudding the stream and meadow if we did not do something fast. We wanted to get back there before it grows into something to get the trail closed. Some of us were able to change our weekend plans and headed up on Saturday September 6th, 2008.
We met up at the DNR North Fork parking lot near Jackass road and aired down.
We headed up Jackass road. It was good to see Mt. Rainier.
Lately it has been hiding in the clouds.
On up the road.
We turn down 4W613. Along the way we cut a few trees off the trail.
A small cut needed here.
The rigs of the day.
On down 4W613 we had to leave “The Middlekid’s” Dakota parked so it would not get carnage.
The Carnage would have started here.
Coming around Strobach Springs.
Colemancooler just past the Truck Cruncher.
We stopped to move a small log off the trail people were driving around widening the trail.
We cut a big log out of the trail here.
Here is the meadow we found two ORVs riding around. They said they didn’t know they could not drive out there.
When asked to get back on the trail they didn’t. All their friends came down the trail a rode out there too.
We came here to make sure people would have to work harder to drive in the meadow.
We found that more damage had been done since we saw it a week before.
Luck there where a lot of logs lying around the trail.
We started work lining the logs up.
We reburied the Green Dot marker.
This is the second time this year people drove over it and broke it off. It is getting short.
The work we did at the 613 Lower Meadow.
“The Middlekid” fought his dog to ride shotgun and lost.
The Truck Cruncher got Colemancooler’s Toy.
We stopped so “The Middlekid” could get his truck.
Here we found a Green Dot Marker broken from a fallen tree.
We fixed it.
Once up on top of Foundation Ridge we headed up FS1020 toward Blue Lake.
Here is Mt Adams over Whites Ridge.
At the Short and Dirty Trail we stopped to check on the Trail Marker for the Forest Service.
It is broken and held up by an axle and some rocks.
Since we were there we fixed one of the broken Green Dot Markers.
We dropped off FS1020 onto 4W615.
We stopped at Blue Lake for a break.
On the way out we did a little work on the Blue Lake Trail. We placed a log across a dead-end illegal trail.
People were driving the illegal trail trying to find their way out and having to turn around at the end.
We headed on out the North Fork Road and aired up at the pavement.
This was a great time and for a good cause. Thanks guys for your help on this Emergency work party!
