Over the years Pegasus Northwest has donated a lot to this site and it’s members.
A big thank you to Pegasus Northwest for all you do for us.
Check out the sign Pegasus Northwest made and installed out front of the Club House.
Here a few pictures some sent to me as the sign was being made.
Juniper Dunes ORV Run
Report and photos by Clay Graham / Eastern Washington Adventures
Around 10 AM on Saturday November 5th, 2011 we met up at the big parking area in Smith Canyon for the Eastern Washington Adventures Juniper Dunes ORV Run.
We had a big turn-out with some real nice people and all types of rigs. We aired down and made our way out to the dunes.
We wheeled most of the area but did not get to play on a ll the good climbs since the area is so big.
It was a great day wheeling and we cannot wait to go back.
Here are some pictures of the day:
Cleman Mountain Halloween Backroads Run
Report and photos by Clay Graham / Eastern Washington Adventures
Around 10 AM on October 29th, 2011 we convoyed from the Eastern Washington Adventures Club House in Selah to the North Wenas part of the Wenas Wildlife Area for a backroads run up Cleman Mountain. On this run there was my F250 and seven Jeeps (Guido, BSC, nwhooligan, Tiny, TJ40, Tealtard & BlindPilot).
We aired down at the Hay barn off North Wenas Road and headed up W1100. Up the ridge the road became steep so I put it into 4 wheel drive to make sure I would not kick up rocks and hit the rigs behind me. At the top of Cleman Mountain we ran the the ridge Southeast to the end of the Green Dot where we stopped for lunch. After lunch we back tracked past where we came up and ran the top of Cleman Mountain Northwest. At Lookout Road we turn to go back toward North Wenas Road. We aired up at the parking area off Maloy Road and headed back to the Eastern Washington Adventures Club House. This backroads run was fun and had a lot of great views.
Back at the Eastern Washington Adventures Club House we started the Halloween Party early. Some of the guys played on the RTI Ramp. A lot more people showed up around 7 PM. We had a potluck dinner. Once the sun went down it got cold. The outside fire place kept the smokers warm as most of the people stayed inside. Some of the kids played in the Haunted House and didn’t care how cold it was. The Halloween party was a lot of fun.
Here are some pictures of our Halloween Backroads Run at the Wenas Wildlife Area and the Halloween Party at the Eastern Washington Adventures Club House:
Airing down at the Hay barn off North Wenas Road.
Count Docula
Heading up W1100.
At the top of Cleman Mountain heading Southeast.
At the End of Green Dot eating lunch.
Looking at Naches Valley toward Yakima.
Looking at Naches toward Cowiche.
Mount Adams.
Heading Northwest across Cleman Mountain.
Mount Rainier.
Looking down on Tieton.
Coming onto Forest Service land.
On Lookout Road coming onto DNR managed land looking back at a cool old Wildlife sign that needs repair.
Driving down Maloy Road.
Airing up at Maloy and North Wenas Roads.
A lady wearing a Halloween mask showed up to give the kids some candy.
This backroads run was fun and had a lot of great views.
Later at the Eastern Washington Adventures Club House:
America dressed up for the Halloween Party.
Tealtard trying the RTI Ramp.
Food for thought?
BlindPilot showing his flex.
In the Eastern Washington Adventures Club House.
Guido’s eye popped out.
Mad Hatter?
Another great Halloween Party thanks for all who came.
By Clay Graham / CegPics.com
This year we brought back the annual “Wagons East” run on the Historic Naches Pass Wagon Trail for Eastern Washington Adventures members. Two years before after this run we fell into some problems. Camping that night it was freezing cold. Some tent campers left in the middle of the night because of how cold it was. The water pipes frozen in my camper. There was a land slide across SR 410 early Sunday morning blocking us from heading toward Yakima. The people that lived in Eastern Washington that brought RVs and the ones that pulled trailers had to drive all the way to Enumclaw (Cayuse Pass was closed) and around to another pass to go home. Last year we did not hold this annual run since members had that bad camping experience.
Around 10 AM on October 15th, 2011 the people on the East side of the Cascades met up at intersection of NF19 and FS1914. We headed across Pyramid Pass and meet the people that live on the west side of the Cascades on FS70 at the Naches Trail.
We took a hike down to see the cliff where the Longmire Party lowered their wagons down in October 1853.
Once everyone was back at their vehicles we split into two groups. Ricky took a group of rigs around to the Naches Pass Trail at FS7080 for those who did not want to climb the hard part of the trail.
BlindPilot lead the rest of the group up Naches Pass Trail from the west end heading up hill toward the east.
The trail was a little tougher on a few of the rigs and Ricky’s group had to wait awhile at FS7080 for us. I stopped on the trail in a straight section since there was only one rig behind me. BlindPilot drove on to Ricky’s group. The CB in my rig quit working that morning so I had to get James’ (Shindigs) to call back to find out where everyone was. They said some rigs were still making the last hard hill climb. We waited to make sure everyone caught up before we moved on.
Meanwhile at FS7080 BlindPilot stopped another group to let them know we had a big group coming. There were members from the Cascade 4×4 of Tacoma in that group. I found that out when we finally got up to FS7080 and was given a bad time from a lady with a friendly smile. We moved on without stopping to get out of that groups way. Ricky’s group merged in and we all stopped at Government Meadows for a break.
We took a hike to the Government Meadows Cabin and had lunch.
A short time later we moved on down the trail. The top of the pass was not far. We did not stop at the Naches Pass sign because the size of or group.
We stopped after crossing FS1914 to regroup. Rubiclone was out riding his dirt bike and showed up as we were regrouping. Once we had all the rigs were accounted for, we moved on.
The last last part of the trail was tight and I broke off the passenger mirror on my brother’s XJ I was driving. A few others took some time to make it through that section.
At the end of the trail a lot of us headed to the Eastern Washington Adventures camp off of FS1906 to air up or load up for home. Most of the west side people headed back across Pyramid Pass to the west side.
This was a very fun run thanks to all who came.
Here are some pictures I took of our day:
Report by Clay Graham. Photos by Clay Graham, Guido and Lisa Graham / CegPics.com
On Saturday October 8th, 2011 we had our annual Oktoberfest on the farm in Selah, Washington.
This year we had a small but good turnout. We had some great food like Bratwurst, Jägerschnitzel, Barbecued Salmon and more. The beer was Irish Death, 509 and Light Rail Ale from the Iron Horse Brewery in Ellensburg Washington that we picked up at Thursday Night’s GT two days before.
Here are a few photos of the day:
Jägerschnitzel
Oh what a feeling, Toyota!
Photo by Guido.
Photo by Guido.
Dancing.
Photo by Lisa Graham.
