Photos: National Public Lands Day Volunteer Work in Yakima County

National Public Lands Day Volunteer Work in Yakima County
By Clay Graham / Eastern Washington Adventures

On Saturday, September 25, 2010 for National Public Lands Day the Yakima/Kittitas Forest Watch added the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office ORV Rules signs to the entrance of a few DNR areas.
It was 52.5 miles from the first sign to the last.

Here are a few pictures of our work day.

We met up at the Ahtanum Sno-park at 10 AM to place the first sign.
Greg Mackey from the DNR came out to help us for the day. Greg brought an auger to make the job easier for us.
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Mike Williams (DNR SE Recreation Program Manager) and DNR Officer Gary Margheim stopped by to touch base with us.
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The first sign up.
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We next headed a few miles down the road to Nasty Creek Corrals to place the second sign.
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The second sign up.
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The crew at the Ahtanum State Forest.
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Next three of us drove miles to place the third sign at the Wenas.
We placed the sign at the Maloy & Audubon Road Y.
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This was a great day thanks to all that came out.

A special thank you to Deputy Brad Martin & Deputy John Greenough with the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office for getting the signs made,
Pepsi for making the signs, Jake Emrick for the post, Greg Mackey from the DNR for all his help and to the volunteers of Eastern Washington Off Road & Yakima/Kittitas Forest Watch for placing the signs.



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Photos: EWOR Thursday Night GT – Snipes Mountain Brewery

Thursday Night Get Together at Snipes Mountain Brewery
Report and photos by Clay Graham

On Thursday September 23rd, 2010 I drove to Sunnyside Washington to meet the others for the
Eastern Washington Off Road Thursday Night Get Together at Snipes Mountain Brewery.

I was a little early so I took a few pics.

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This GT it was only Guido, Craigen and myself.
We all started off with the sampler.
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Guido not sure about drinking good beer.
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After the samplers and dinner I had a glass of Extra Blonde Ale.
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We got some growlers of Extra Blonde Ale to go.
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Snipes Mountain Brewery has a good atmosphere, great food and some pretty good beer!

I plan to come back when I get back down that way.



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Photos: Riverside State Park ORV Area

Riverside State Park ORV Area
By Clay Graham / CegPics.com

On September 22nd, 2010 I was in Spokane for a DOT conference where my wife won an award. I decided to take a drive out to the local ORV area to check it out. Here are a few pics I took of the park. I will have to wheel it another day when I have more time.

Here are a few photos of Riverside State Park ORV Area:

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Photos: Eastern Washington Road Trip – Spokane

Spokane Road Trip
By Clay Graham / CegPics.com

On September 20th-22nd, 2010 we went to Spokane for a DOT conference where my wife won an award and had to classes.

We stayed at the Red Lion Hotel next to the Spokane River. While we we there, we went to the Norther Lights Brewery, Riverside ORV Park (See report), we walked Riverfront Park, saw the Spokane Falls, and had lunch at Chili’s before heading home.

Here are some pictures of our Spokane road trip.

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Photos: PNW4WDA Region 4 Pick Up A Mountain

PNW4WDA Region 4
Pick Up A Mountain
Report & photos by Clay Graham / Eastern Washington Adventures

At 8 AM on September 18th, 2010 we had the driver’s meeting at Jim Sprick Park for the Pick Up A Mountain clean-up.
Here are a some pictures of the event.

Drivers Meeting

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The clean-up run.

Yakima/Kittitas Forest Watch aired down at Jim Sprick Park and drove across the road onto FS1701 to headed up the mountain.
Joining us on the run was three rigs from the Vancouver 4 Wheelers, one rig from Washington Virtual Jeep Club and hards91xj that stayed on the roads with his Toyota pickup so he would not get damage.

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We stopped at the camping area at FS530 to pick it up.
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We moved on up to the 4W694 trail head.
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At 4W670 we drove down to FS1701 and then back up onto 4W694.
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We stopped off at Funny Rocks to clean it up and let some of the Vancouver Wheelers play some during lunch.
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We moved on taking 4W695 to Moon Rocks.
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Moving on down the mountain.
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Turning onto FS1701 we stopped to regroup.
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At FS530, we turned up toward Bald Mountain. We turned down 4W675.
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Down on FS1702 we regrouped before the long drive back down to Hwy410.
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Back at Jim Sprick Park we found out that hards91xj some how rolled his Toyota off of a forest road.
He should have just took the trail and he would have gotten less damage.

Activities

At the park there were a lot of fun things to do.

The kids raced Jeeps.
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There was a big raffle.
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Corn shucking contest.
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Divorce course.
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Pot luck.

Some of our groups clean-up crew.
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People took shelter from he rain for the raffle.
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There was a dance after the raffle.

Sunday morning.

Guido looking for Rain-x. lol
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The kids playing with the prizes they won the day before.
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Sid won the Inspirational Award.
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Pancake breakfast.
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Volunteers cooking for a lot of people.
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The forest is a cleaner place now.
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This was a great event thanks to all who helped make it happen.



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