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  1. ok y'all Monday night if you have no plans myself, L&R and the IAG clan will be hanging out at the Waimea Brewing Co. in Kirkland between the hours of 6:30 and 8:30 PM. If ya wanna come out and say hi that would be GREAT! coords are N47 40.558 W122 12.454 If I don't get to say hi at the CM it would sure be nice to hi on Monday. Pepper
  2. She's Baaaaaaaaack!!!!! ...and so is this thread!!!!
  3. ...and the resusults are? Tied up in Chelan,? RWW, do tellll!
  4. The west trailhead does not require a permit. At the lake, if you park on the lake side of the main road, you do not need a permit either. Across the main road from the lake is State park parking (5 bucks). I don't know why anyone parks there with all the free stuff by the lake.
  5. A good map of the southern section can be found on Moun10bikes map page. Don't know if one exists for the northern section.
  6. I was up in North Bend yesterday and the top of Si (4100 ft) looked mostly snow free with all the recent rain. So the ridge (3200 ft) should be mostly snow free and should not need snowshoes, not to say the boxes may be under some white stuff in the shadows.
  7. Congratulations go out to the Birdy(s). It looks like you are staying ahead of your lastest goal.
  8. Happpy B'day Jimmy. And thank you, too.
  9. I hope you don't mind if I hijack your thread Mr. Eraseek... Today I was driving home along Bothell Way north of Lake Washington. It was nearing dark and I was stopped at a light. I was alone, my mind wandering, and I happened to look up at the sky. There I saw a murder of crows. They were flying to the northeast. Where are they going? I turn off Bothell Way and follow them to a spot very near Fenny’s House of Omelets. That is where I stopped and took this picture. I wonder if this is their resting-place so I drive around the block to the north but still the crows are flying past this wooded area to a spot further afield. It is still closer to dark and I must be on my way home, so I did not find their nightly home. Now I get off track.... When I was in my twenties I lived just north of Denver, Colorado. During the summer in Colorado, thunderstorms form almost every afternoon over the Rockies. These storms move down over the plains north and east of Denver. Occasionally, these storms become quite severe and throw off small tornados. Even back then, tornado forecasting was fairly advanced and warnings were broadcast alerting the affected area. If you've ever been to the high plains of Colorado then you know that if you are on top of even a small rise, say a highway overpass, you can see for many miles. This lends itself to scanning large areas of farmland for tornados from a safe distance. During this period in my life, it was one of my goals to observe a tornado in action. When I would here a tornado warning in a nearby area, I would jump in my car and drive toward the storm. I became quite knowledgeable of all the hilltops where you could see for miles. Usually I would arrive at a selected hill, where I thought that I would have a good viewing angle, only to find that the storm had moved many, many more miles to the east. Once in awhile I would find myself in the middle of the storm but all I ever saw was rain and occasionally hail. Not once did I ever track down a storm and see what nature could produce in its most severe way. In the summer before moving to Seattle, I was playing golf in the late afternoon. The course I was playing was located atop the highest hills northwest of Denver. From the high points on the course you could see the entire South Platte River Valley from south of Denver to the eastern suburbs. An unobstructed view of more than thirty miles. On this day, quite by accident, upon reaching the high point of the course, I could see not one, not two, but three funnel clouds forming on the eastern horizon. Two of the funnels reached only halfway to the ground, but the third was definitely on the ground and turning up dirt. I did not fear for my life, they were much too far away and moving away from me. Nor did I realize that I had achieved my goal of finally seeing a tornado. My only thoughts were of the people close to the twister and their safety. Later I learned that no one was hurt and only minimal damage was done. Back to the crows.... Now, thanks you Mr. Eraseek (and geocaching in general), I realize that my storm chasing days are over but my crow chasing days may have just begun. Thanks, Rickie.
  10. Moun10Bike just hit 3400. Wahoo!!! And congrats Tom!
  11. Me thinks Mr. Criminal is not such an @@@ after all. I've gotten lost in the woods, got myslelf lost for hours and just kept going. The main thing that I kept telling myself was DON"T FREAK OUT. I can get out of here and I will. And I did. I will try to look for the lost ones tom. Lucy
  12. We have another 3K cacher in the area. Puppers got their 3000th find yesterday at Maloney Ridge Lookout. Congratulations, Puppers.
  13. Rock on, Gary! You're an inspiration. Not that you're gonna see me naked any day soon. I kinda like my clothes ~Luccy
  14. Wa hoo Robin! As Ellen says... HOLLA! I've been waiting to ask, and yes I'll most likely get in trouble but I have to ask anyway....how's that new Garmin working out for ya? At least the hubby is in the right ballpark. It's not like it was a bowling ball or a set of golf clubs, right?
  15. Half Cornadian hit 3k and didn't tell me about it? Well, that means I have to turn in my gossiper license since I missed that one! Congrats Laurie! Keep hiding them, I like finding yours, they make me smile BTW, I woke up this morn to find a gift from Rickie....a whole array of paint markers, red, green, yellow, blue and a white one that has to go Ms. WD. Those dern vandals will probabaly show up sooner than later.
  16. We just had to share this picture..............
  17. Waa Hoo!!!! Those crazy Wienerdogs got their 3000th find today up on Camano Island. We just happened to be there for the event. Corn-gratulations !!!!!!
  18. YAH! Pepper was planning to come back next spring for the Longview CM so it HAS to go on.
  19. I'll throw my hat in the ring. I'll be in the CRV which will hold five. The Totem Lake P&R is down the street from me if any one would like a ride. 47.42.966 122.11.228 What time are we looking to get started?
  20. We don't remember that rule. If it's a rule then we have violated it many times First by having cached before in the places beforehand and second by getting there the night before and doing the first caches on the route to avoid waking up at o'dark thirty. And I guess by picking up a few the next day on our way out of town the next day. Even doing that, we have never been able to complete a whole CM route. And have never felt the first lick of shame about it either We should be safe tom. WD! We've both cached plenty there and we will be able to stick to a nice pace and we're looking forward to another memorable CM with ya'll. Lucy
  21. Add Lucy and Rickie for dinner...where ever it may be!!!!!
  22. How are you going to pass out the rest of the coins if you keep misplacing them?
  23. Taking them off the topo maps, I come up with 47 26.660 121 23.283.
  24. Above are the three routes that I know of to Silver Peak that don't involved Annette Lake. The black one is a direct north ridge route that is a very steep bushwack that Runhills did. The black route is the shortest but should only be attempted by the skilled traveler. The red one is about six miles round trip from windy pass that Lucy and I did. The green one comes up from Lost Lake and is a little bit longer than the windy pass route with a touch more elevation but you do pass by a couple of other caches along the way. If you need more detailed info just ask.
  25. Another suggestion is Redmond watershed preserve. Nearby. Nice wooded hike. Level terrain. Six caches centered around What a Novel Idea. The longest one is a couple of mile hike but to do all six look at at least six.
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