On Wednesday June 19th, 2013 was Selah’s Wednesday Market season opening. Selah’s Wednesday Market held at King’s Row at 210 S. 1st Street in Selah, Washington.
Selah’s Wednesday Market’s mission is bringing the Selah and Yakima Valley communities together through the “fruits and labor” of our local farmers, artisans and organizations.
This is a weekly family fun event that is held at all summer. This year it runs from June 19th through September 25th.
For more information about this event you can visit the Selah’s Wednesday Market Web on Facebook.
Here are some photos of the Selah’s Wednesday Market 2013 season opening day.
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Father’s Day Manastash Trails Base Camp 4×4 Trip Hosted by Eastern Washington Off Road
for Eastern Washington Adventures Report & photos by Clay Graham and family / CegPics.com
Around midnight Thursday June 13th, 2013 we pulled into Manastash Campground to camp for the Eastern Washington Adventures Father’s Day Weekend event.
Friday
Friday morning the Forest Service took down my yard signs I had just stuck into the ground to lead our group to camp. Most of the group had only been to Manastash Campground by trail. The Forest Service employees said they didn’t think anyone was up at the Campground and thought the signs were trash left from before. I explained we use these type signs so we can reuse them instead of nailing paper plates to trees causing damage. I got all but one sign back. These yard signs are not that cheap.
Tyler and Grandpa Ron came in right after the Forest Service employees left. We took two rigs up to Quarts Mountain to see where the snow level was. We got stopped by a big off camber snow drift just past Quarts Campground. We headed back down. We got back to camp as the others were pulling into camp. We enjoyed that night around the campfire.
Saturday
Saturday morning we waited for everyone to get to camp before we pullout so we were running a little late. That wasn’t to bad since it was opening day for some of the 4×4 trails and the traffic was kind of light the time we left. We headed up the Tripod Flat 4×4 Trail and caught up with some members of Off-Camber.com. We turned onto Shoestring and they went on up Tripod.
On the Shoestring trail we stopped for a break at Region 4 Meadow. Some rigs from PNWJeep.com past us. Later on up the trail we past the PNWJeep.com guys taking a break. They were nice enough to tell me I miss the turn for the trail and was headed to a dead end. I guess I should have been looking harder for the trail instead of checking out their cool JKs. 🙂 On up the trail we ran into a large group of rigs coming down. They had cleared most of the down fall from the trail. We only had to cut a few from the trail so we didn’t have to use by-passes.
At the last hill climb to the top of the ridge it had a lot of snow on it. I worked my way up but had to stop for a log part way into the trail that was stopping me. I call for a saw up front when a group of dirt bikes past us by going through the forest off the trail until they had no choice but to get back on. I back down to let them pass asking them to Tread lightly. They really didn’t care they made the deep ruts off the trail. They continued spinning their rear tires trying to get back on the trail. I was not happy about that or all the rocks they shot at my rig once they got on the trail and still could not get traction to go. Our group cut the log out of the trail and took a break on top of Manastash Ridge. The PNWJeep.com group past us and that was the last we saw of them.
After our break we back tracked back toward camp since some of the rig were having issues. We ran across a guy on a dirt bike by himself. He told us his friend was hurt down the trail and asked up to help. We picked up the bike rider that was hurt but walking up the trail. Guido gave him a ride back to camp and the other dirt bike rider followed. Once back at camp, Tyler took the dirt bike riders to Ellensburg were one’s wife was going to pick them up and take them back to their tow rig at Saw Mill Flat on SR410 near Cliffdale.
Saturday night we had a potluck dinner and visited around the campfire.
Sunday
Sunday morning we hit the 4W311 and ran it up to the end. We had lunch at the Shoestring Trailhead.
Next we headed on up FS3100 to the Frost Mountain 4×4 Trail. That was the first for all of us and we did not know what to expect. Frost Mountain 4×4 has a lot of steep climbs but the traction was good since it was dry. On top of Frost Mountain the view is great. Frost Mountain is a short but very worth while trail. We took in the view and headed back to camp to head home.
Here are some pictures of the EWA Father’s Day Manastash Trails Base Camp 4×4 Trip:
At 10 AM on Monday May 27th, 2013 Eastern Washington Adventures members met up at the Ahtanum Winter Recreation Trailhead for the 2013 Memorial Day ORV Run. On this day we only had 4×4 rigs show up for the fun. dclack – Early Bronco, Guido – TJ, TJ40 – TJ, MudSlinger93 WJ and Ceg – JKU
We aired down and headed up the Middle Fork Ahtanum. We turned onto Whites Ridge Loop Road and then up the Whites Ridge 4×4 Trail. We hit snow close to Norm’s Check Point. The snow was perfect for wheeling on top of. We took a break at the view point and then headed on up toward Gray Rock Trail. The drifts were steep between the trees. MudSlinger93 was the first to get stuck and then I was next. We made close to the Mount Rainier View Point when we had to stop because the trail full of deep snow was too narrow to drive on with the tree holes. We headed back down.
At McLane Canyon Road we dropped down onto the Middle Fork and headed up to Tree Phones to see Ed AKA Mischief Maker that was camping the weekend. Ed & his girlfriend were in their tent trying to stay dry from the rain. We visited a short time and then headed up the Middle Fork.
We hit snow at Eagle Nest. This part got interesting. It was fun trying not get stuck in the deep ruts in the snow from some tall tires that had been there over the weekend. I stopped at Clover Flats Campground so we could regroup. MudSlinger93 got stuck in some of those deep ruts so I went back down to help him. Once we got MudSlinger93 out, he parked his rig and rode up the hill with me in my JKU. We met up with the group a quarter mile or so past Clover Flats Campground where they were turning around. We headed down the Middle Fork Ahtanum back to the Ahtanum Winter Recreation Trailhead.
We took a short break at the Ahtanum Winter Recreation Trailhead and then headed up to Red Saddle and onto the Sedge Ridge 4×4 Trail. We ran into the deep snow drifts not to far past the Duel Climb. We made it to just past the Cultus Hole Trail before we decided to turn around.
We headed back down out the South Fork Ahtanum and air up at Test Dummy’s house in Tampico.
This was a very fun snow wheeling run thanks to all who came along.
Here are some pictures of the 2013 Memorial Day ORV Run:
The Ahtanum State Forest sign near Ahtanum Meadows.
Airing down at the Ahtanum Winter Recreation Trailhead.
Last week the weather was warm during Selah Community Days. Lucky during Selah Community Days we did not have this week’s weather with all the rain, cold and even snow. Here are a few photos of the neat things the weather gave us around the Selah area.
