Hi,
I will be visiting Portland mid of November (16.-18.). Coming so close to the Ape cache, I am of course thinking about trying it. I can imagine that some of you got it already, but some also might not have it yet. So I do have a couple of questions:
- I know it will be winter and this is not the best time of year to try it, but I do not have a choice. How bad should I expect this to be? Google Maps thinks this is a three-hour drive from Portland, but I am not so sure that this is correct in the winter, with a rental car ...
- I know I will have to come from the west - did anyone do this and could give me an estimate of what I should expect in terms of time and hike?
- Most of all I would be very (!) happy to be not alone on that trip. Is anyone interested? I do plan to do this on November 16th, but this is a Monday. If I could find someone to join me - maybe even with his/her own car (of course I would pay the gas), I would consider coming a day earlier so that we could do it on the Sunday of the 15th. But I would need to know this quite soon.
thanks, kfl