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7th Annual 100s in the Hills Trip Report
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YES! I was thinking that as I was going through this!
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The Solo Stove was a super gift and I'm stoked to start using it. Clean, hot fire with zero smoke is perfect for family camping. Thanks to all who donated.
Brittany and Steve Kent deserve many thanks as well. Brittany was instrumental in getting all the tech/website/organizational content together and they were a huge help to us.
People often ask about how built their 100 needs to be for this trip and what gear/mods help or don't help. Who broke what? How did it happen? Scratches? Dents? I saw a little body damage from our Poughkeepsie Wall group.
Brittany and Steve Kent deserve many thanks as well. Brittany was instrumental in getting all the tech/website/organizational content together and they were a huge help to us.
People often ask about how built their 100 needs to be for this trip and what gear/mods help or don't help. Who broke what? How did it happen? Scratches? Dents? I saw a little body damage from our Poughkeepsie Wall group.
Oh, you want to know about breakage eh,
I broke a motor mount:
I first noticed on the drive home that the t-case lever was moved over and causing the console to buzz...
Popped the hood at a gas stop and figured either a motor mount blew or the cross-member had moved.
Not much question here though, the motor mount separated and jacked itself up. It's remained deflected up like the picture shows.
Regardless, the truck did pretty good on the 7.5 hour drive home.. I took that last pick in the office parking lot Monday morning. I've since washed and parked it. I'll get into it a little further and hopefully this is it for breakage. Oh, and a little slider deflecting into passenger fender wound as well. I think this was probably all at the wall. I suppose it's possible that the mount had separated long ago and just stayed put until our Friday adventures shifted it out of place but I also gave it hell when strapping Duncan over the fun lines on the rest of Poughkeepsie... so I'm not sure exactly when/how but I'm sure it's broken.
I broke a motor mount:
I first noticed on the drive home that the t-case lever was moved over and causing the console to buzz...
Popped the hood at a gas stop and figured either a motor mount blew or the cross-member had moved.
Not much question here though, the motor mount separated and jacked itself up. It's remained deflected up like the picture shows.
Regardless, the truck did pretty good on the 7.5 hour drive home.. I took that last pick in the office parking lot Monday morning. I've since washed and parked it. I'll get into it a little further and hopefully this is it for breakage. Oh, and a little slider deflecting into passenger fender wound as well. I think this was probably all at the wall. I suppose it's possible that the mount had separated long ago and just stayed put until our Friday adventures shifted it out of place but I also gave it hell when strapping Duncan over the fun lines on the rest of Poughkeepsie... so I'm not sure exactly when/how but I'm sure it's broken.
We ended up doing Gulches on Thursday, Alpine Loop on Friday, Black Bear/Ophir on Saturday and had a great time (just the wife and I), and driving 15 hours straight Sunday back to Dallas and passed several cruisers on our way home. I'll echo what others have said, you guys put on an OUTSTANDING event - Stan, Chris, all the volunteers, trail leaders and tail gunners. Definitely something we'd like to do on a yearly basis if the schedules align, we got to hang out with some really cool people for 4 days. Thanks to everyone for making it a great experience.
With regards to stuff breaking - on the drive home to Texas, caught a rock to the windshield just under the wiper along with a 15" crack, steering leak on the passenger side possible from the trails, and somehow one of my wheel locks got damaged.
I have a s*** load of photos I'll upload to Dropbox or Onedrive at some point next week.
Somewhere on Black Bear Pass or Ophir Pass.
Thursday at Lake Como.
Our fearless leader for Black Bear Pass @AimCOtaco
"Eleanor" with the trailer @ Shiprock, NM a few days prior to HIH7.
With regards to stuff breaking - on the drive home to Texas, caught a rock to the windshield just under the wiper along with a 15" crack, steering leak on the passenger side possible from the trails, and somehow one of my wheel locks got damaged.
I have a s*** load of photos I'll upload to Dropbox or Onedrive at some point next week.
Somewhere on Black Bear Pass or Ophir Pass.
Thursday at Lake Como.
Our fearless leader for Black Bear Pass @AimCOtaco
"Eleanor" with the trailer @ Shiprock, NM a few days prior to HIH7.
A few more photos.
Stan and Chris, HIH7 was head and shoulders above what we expected, even after being hooked at HIH6. Organization, trail offerings, events, sponsors and prizes, all were top notch. You've made this our go-to boys trip for me and my son, and we can't wait to see what you have in store for other locations. Hearing my four year old say "Black Bear" was the most fun he had on the trip is just awesome. Thanks also to Josh, Tim and Steve for capably guiding us through wet, crowded trails and entertaining and educating us along the way. Most of all though, thank you to Ben for the incredible rear Dissent bumper from the raffle. I'm ordering a Dissent front bumper to go with it (they work best in pairs I told my wife), and I look forward to showing off his great work at HIH8. Can't wait until next year!!!
aaronrules
Coolest person you know!
This had me feeling really worried and bad when you jumped in and took over the tire change. I hope it didn't cause any pain or discomfort.
This has been main thought since the event ended. Made some new friends, but I really feel like I should have "got out more" while at camp and on the trails.
Oh yeah...thanks Stan for getting a shot of my truck that I can use for background! It looks fantastic on my new iPad Pro!
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Damn these pics! I have to find a way to make it to the next HIH.
bluecruiser
SILVER Star
To this 2 Gentlemen that made this happen. Thank you Chris and Stan! We are also grateful to all the Sponsors for their Generosity. My wife and I had fun meeting
Wonderful people. I drove my dirty 100 all week to work reminiscing all the fun I had. Like what our former Kalifornia Governor used to say" I'll be back"
Wonderful people. I drove my dirty 100 all week to work reminiscing all the fun I had. Like what our former Kalifornia Governor used to say" I'll be back"
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bluecruiser
SILVER Star
Well after nearly 5,000 miles Jess and I got back home to Boston last night. We joined a family reunion in upstate NY yesterday otherwise we would have been home on Friday. What an awesome trip - Jess has already asked to go back next year!
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Wow, you guys have some stunning scenery over there in the US. Those trails are so narrow in places, over here anything like that would be closed off due to the Greenies.
Keep the pictures coming.
Keep the pictures coming.
What can I say.....HIH7 was beyond what I had imagined that this event would be this year. A+++
My family and I love this event. many like minded, great friends. My wife Kateri and our daughter Jadyn look forward to this event each and every year.
We spent most of the weekend prior to leaving packing, sorting, making sure we had everything we needed. I travel a ton for work so my time to prep this year was very very limited. The Monday before the event we were well sorted and ready to roll. We did our final packing grabbing ice before we departed on Tuesday later afternoon to meet up with @nakman & @AimCOtaco We stayed in Fairplay for the night and would head out in the morning for Silverton.
Upon arrival into Silverton the first thing we noticed was the banner....both my daughter and I were "Ugh...that's nice, what happened to last years banner, this looks simple and thrown together".
#wheresourbanner #whereisourbanner
We arrived into base camp at Kendall Mtn and were greeted by @B-RAD who showed us where we could set up camp. We got to our spot and the 3 of us begin to set up our camps. The weather was great! We set up and walked around shorty to see who was in attendance. There were A LOT of new faces this year! AWESOME!
After setting up camp we headed down to the opening night event sponsored by @just differentials , Carl a long time HIH sponsor. This was a great time to catch up, see who was at the event and enjoy some great drinks and food. Well done Carl! Thank you!
Thursday morning we woke up , made some breakfast in the cool, brisk CO Mtn air that my family and I truly love. We were headed out today to drive a new trail to HIH, The Gulches, led by Steve, while we've done parts of this trail in past years, it as amazing still. Great views, a glimpse of what the wildflowers in bloom would be like at higher altitude.
The thing with HIH is getting to meet new people, make new connections , reconnecting with old friends and reinforcing great friendships. When we stopped at a mine site for lunch, we all parked, got our lunches set up. During that time, I was parked near Steve, our trail leader for the day. I was talking to my wife about a gentlemen I worked with at Level 3, a broadband provider. Steve asks if I was a level 3 employee. We had a discussion about that, I explained that I had worked for another broadband carrier, The Zayo Group. We'll if you believe in 6 degrees of separation, I can tell you its getting far closer than that. To my surprise Steve's wife was also an Ex-Zayoite. We had a good, funny, serious, frank discussion about our time there and how small the Telecom world is.
Friday came a bit early as Thursday night became Scotch, Whiskey tasting while it poured outside
We were doing Poughkeepsie Gulch and Corkscrew today, led by my great friend @bluecruiser In addition there were several people on this trail that I've gotten pretty close to over the last few years. @smakee @AimCOtaco @paflytyer @IHScoutII75 @ENGINE er This was shaping up to be an epic s*** show. LOL
I've been looking forward to this day for weeks. You will hear this over and over, as its very important to this event, SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Between HIH6 & HIH7 I made some changes/additions to my truck. This year I bite the bullet, after winning a GC to Nitro Gears/Just Differentials last year at HIH6. I regeared my truck to 4.88's and also added Front/rear TJM air lockers, ARB Twin compressor to make it all work. Thank you @just differentials I also added a 50qt Doemetic fridge and fridge slide to my existing ARB Outback drawers from Gamaviti, @nakman
Back to Thursday trail, Poughkeepsie Gulch. We were ready for The Wall, a few years back we tried to ascend but traffic backed up and by the time the trail was clear it had rained and made the wall impossible to ascend. This year was different, the weather held out and it was dry.
First up the wall was Chris in his 80, 4" lift, 37" tires made it look easy as he went far right up the obstacle. Followed by that hooligan in the FJ40. I was next. We decided that due to the 100's limited amount of ground clearance and longer wheelbase we'd go left. !st attempt resulted in kicking left and almost getting into the hole, but couldn't get enough traction to get over the 1st hump. We backed up, realigned and tried the same line, this time, SMACK right into the hole. 3rd attempt we went further left and GASSED IT UP, BOOM, SCRAP, POW, we were over! SWEET! We made it up! Time to watch the others!
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Friday nights potluck was simple amazing, so so much great food, so many great people.
I had been trying to figure out how in the heck I was going to get Stan and Chris, as you know it takes a huge effort to keep this gathering moving. the potluck as that time.
As some of you may recall, I whistled loudly, asked for everybody's attention. Several months before the event one of our biggest sponsors @benc reached out via mud with a great idea. We should get Stan & Chris a gift for all the hard work they pour into this event. So I created us a secret group on Facebook, invited past connections, new people etc into this group to talk about what we could do. The idea of a firepit come to mind. So a dozen or so of us, pooled our $ together. We purchased them a Solostove Bonefire, an incredible firepit that I hope will give these 2 guys many years of warmth, smiles and joy into their lives. From all of us to you!
Saturday arrived and we were headed out to my favorite tail in the area, Imogene pass and then Ophir back to Silverton. This trail stole our hearts our first year attending this event, HIH 5. The wildflowers, view are always incredible...to our surprise and delight, it was rainy, super foggy so it wasn't like we had seen it over the past few years. Led by my good buddy @smakee we set off, I would take gunner for the team this trail. It was beautiful in the fog, in some ares we couldn't see but 20 feet.
@benc
The Raffle & catered dinner. WOW. WOW.
Upon arriving back at camp mid afternoon, I received a txt that asked a few of us to set up the lodge. Absolutely! Within an hour we had 10+ people helping get set up, cleaned up and ready for the raffle. I was blown away how much was being given away this year, and some HUGE prizes. Hats off to each and every one who helped and a HUGE THANK YOU to all of the sponsors!
One last thing. Thank you, each of you in attendance that evening of the Raffle and dinner. We had a ton of work to do to get set up and we missed our opening time frame. Thanks for putting up with me policing the door, kicking folks out, so we were stepping over everyone as we set up. I really appreciate your flexibility and understanding. I had a great time meeting, chatting to everyone as they entered the event. Look forward to seeing many of you next year at HIH8!
Alex, Kateri and Jadyn
My family and I love this event. many like minded, great friends. My wife Kateri and our daughter Jadyn look forward to this event each and every year.
We spent most of the weekend prior to leaving packing, sorting, making sure we had everything we needed. I travel a ton for work so my time to prep this year was very very limited. The Monday before the event we were well sorted and ready to roll. We did our final packing grabbing ice before we departed on Tuesday later afternoon to meet up with @nakman & @AimCOtaco We stayed in Fairplay for the night and would head out in the morning for Silverton.
Upon arrival into Silverton the first thing we noticed was the banner....both my daughter and I were "Ugh...that's nice, what happened to last years banner, this looks simple and thrown together".
#wheresourbanner #whereisourbanner
We arrived into base camp at Kendall Mtn and were greeted by @B-RAD who showed us where we could set up camp. We got to our spot and the 3 of us begin to set up our camps. The weather was great! We set up and walked around shorty to see who was in attendance. There were A LOT of new faces this year! AWESOME!
After setting up camp we headed down to the opening night event sponsored by @just differentials , Carl a long time HIH sponsor. This was a great time to catch up, see who was at the event and enjoy some great drinks and food. Well done Carl! Thank you!
Thursday morning we woke up , made some breakfast in the cool, brisk CO Mtn air that my family and I truly love. We were headed out today to drive a new trail to HIH, The Gulches, led by Steve, while we've done parts of this trail in past years, it as amazing still. Great views, a glimpse of what the wildflowers in bloom would be like at higher altitude.
The thing with HIH is getting to meet new people, make new connections , reconnecting with old friends and reinforcing great friendships. When we stopped at a mine site for lunch, we all parked, got our lunches set up. During that time, I was parked near Steve, our trail leader for the day. I was talking to my wife about a gentlemen I worked with at Level 3, a broadband provider. Steve asks if I was a level 3 employee. We had a discussion about that, I explained that I had worked for another broadband carrier, The Zayo Group. We'll if you believe in 6 degrees of separation, I can tell you its getting far closer than that. To my surprise Steve's wife was also an Ex-Zayoite. We had a good, funny, serious, frank discussion about our time there and how small the Telecom world is.
Friday came a bit early as Thursday night became Scotch, Whiskey tasting while it poured outside
We were doing Poughkeepsie Gulch and Corkscrew today, led by my great friend @bluecruiser In addition there were several people on this trail that I've gotten pretty close to over the last few years. @smakee @AimCOtaco @paflytyer @IHScoutII75 @ENGINE er This was shaping up to be an epic s*** show. LOL
I've been looking forward to this day for weeks. You will hear this over and over, as its very important to this event, SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Between HIH6 & HIH7 I made some changes/additions to my truck. This year I bite the bullet, after winning a GC to Nitro Gears/Just Differentials last year at HIH6. I regeared my truck to 4.88's and also added Front/rear TJM air lockers, ARB Twin compressor to make it all work. Thank you @just differentials I also added a 50qt Doemetic fridge and fridge slide to my existing ARB Outback drawers from Gamaviti, @nakman
Back to Thursday trail, Poughkeepsie Gulch. We were ready for The Wall, a few years back we tried to ascend but traffic backed up and by the time the trail was clear it had rained and made the wall impossible to ascend. This year was different, the weather held out and it was dry.
First up the wall was Chris in his 80, 4" lift, 37" tires made it look easy as he went far right up the obstacle. Followed by that hooligan in the FJ40. I was next. We decided that due to the 100's limited amount of ground clearance and longer wheelbase we'd go left. !st attempt resulted in kicking left and almost getting into the hole, but couldn't get enough traction to get over the 1st hump. We backed up, realigned and tried the same line, this time, SMACK right into the hole. 3rd attempt we went further left and GASSED IT UP, BOOM, SCRAP, POW, we were over! SWEET! We made it up! Time to watch the others!
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Friday nights potluck was simple amazing, so so much great food, so many great people.
I had been trying to figure out how in the heck I was going to get Stan and Chris, as you know it takes a huge effort to keep this gathering moving. the potluck as that time.
As some of you may recall, I whistled loudly, asked for everybody's attention. Several months before the event one of our biggest sponsors @benc reached out via mud with a great idea. We should get Stan & Chris a gift for all the hard work they pour into this event. So I created us a secret group on Facebook, invited past connections, new people etc into this group to talk about what we could do. The idea of a firepit come to mind. So a dozen or so of us, pooled our $ together. We purchased them a Solostove Bonefire, an incredible firepit that I hope will give these 2 guys many years of warmth, smiles and joy into their lives. From all of us to you!
Saturday arrived and we were headed out to my favorite tail in the area, Imogene pass and then Ophir back to Silverton. This trail stole our hearts our first year attending this event, HIH 5. The wildflowers, view are always incredible...to our surprise and delight, it was rainy, super foggy so it wasn't like we had seen it over the past few years. Led by my good buddy @smakee we set off, I would take gunner for the team this trail. It was beautiful in the fog, in some ares we couldn't see but 20 feet.
@benc
The Raffle & catered dinner. WOW. WOW.
Upon arriving back at camp mid afternoon, I received a txt that asked a few of us to set up the lodge. Absolutely! Within an hour we had 10+ people helping get set up, cleaned up and ready for the raffle. I was blown away how much was being given away this year, and some HUGE prizes. Hats off to each and every one who helped and a HUGE THANK YOU to all of the sponsors!
One last thing. Thank you, each of you in attendance that evening of the Raffle and dinner. We had a ton of work to do to get set up and we missed our opening time frame. Thanks for putting up with me policing the door, kicking folks out, so we were stepping over everyone as we set up. I really appreciate your flexibility and understanding. I had a great time meeting, chatting to everyone as they entered the event. Look forward to seeing many of you next year at HIH8!
Alex, Kateri and Jadyn
Greenies are trying their best to to the same here as well. Millions of acres have been closed , and millions more are at risk. Thankfully lots of positive support from several types of user groups fight a good fight to keep our access open, but it's shrinking.
Which brings one of my thoughts/suggestions for HIH8 and beyond- we need to make a priority of visibly/collectively giving something back for the trails we impact during our week, in the way of a $ donation either as part of our registration commitment, or an auction and proceeds provided to an agreed upon advocate like Sharetrails/Blueribbon Coalition for example. As I watched thousands of $$ in giveaways that were provided by many generous vendors, it occurred to me there was a missed opportunity; that we should be auctioning some of the larger ticket items off to raise funds for the organization(s) who fight for and support our rights to enjoy the trails in our favorite motorized obsession. If the greenies had their way we might be riding donkeys in the hills in 10 years.
bluecruiser
SILVER Star
Thanks Alex. So happy to see you and the family at HIH7. You guys stepped up huge and we appreciate your help!
And yes, it was a huge bummer this year that the town of Silverton couldn't seem to locate the banner we purchased last year. In their defense, it was good to see them step up and try to get something put together for us. @paflytyer and I hold out hope they will find the real banner somewhere in town. Until then the hashtag #whereisourbanner will be a subtle reminder that we don't forget. Haha.
And yes, it was a huge bummer this year that the town of Silverton couldn't seem to locate the banner we purchased last year. In their defense, it was good to see them step up and try to get something put together for us. @paflytyer and I hold out hope they will find the real banner somewhere in town. Until then the hashtag #whereisourbanner will be a subtle reminder that we don't forget. Haha.
What can I say.....HIH7 was beyond what I had imagined that this event would be this year. A+++
My family and I love this event. many like minded, great friends. My wife Kateri and our daughter Jadyn look forward to this event each and every year.
We spent most of the weekend prior to leaving packing, sorting, making sure we had everything we needed. I travel a ton for work so my time to prep this year was very very limited. The Monday before the event we were well sorted and ready to roll. We did our final packing grabbing ice before we departed on Tuesday later afternoon to meet up with @nakman & @AimCOtaco We stayed in Fairplay for the night and would head out in the morning for Silverton.
Upon arrival into Silverton the first thing we noticed was the banner....both my daughter and I were "Ugh...that's nice, what happened to last years banner, this looks simple and thrown together".
#wheresourbanner #whereisourbanner
We arrived into base camp at Kendall Mtn and were greeted by @B-RAD who showed us where we could set up camp. We got to our spot and the 3 of us begin to set up our camps. The weather was great! We set up and walked around shorty to see who was in attendance. There were A LOT of new faces this year! AWESOME!
After setting up camp we headed down to the opening night event sponsored by @just differentials , Carl a long time HIH sponsor. This was a great time to catch up, see who was at the event and enjoy some great drinks and food. Well done Carl! Thank you!
Thursday morning we woke up , made some breakfast in the cool, brisk CO Mtn air that my family and I truly love. We were headed out today to drive a new trail to HIH, The Gulches, led by Steve, while we've done parts of this trail in past years, it as amazing still. Great views, a glimpse of what the wildflowers in bloom would be like at higher altitude.
The thing with HIH is getting to meet new people, make new connections , reconnecting with old friends and reinforcing great friendships. When we stopped at a mine site for lunch, we all parked, got our lunches set up. During that time, I was parked near Steve, our trail leader for the day. I was talking to my wife about a gentlemen I worked with at Level 3, a broadband provider. Steve asks if I was a level 3 employee. We had a discussion about that, I explained that I had worked for another broadband carrier, The Zayo Group. We'll if you believe in 6 degrees of separation, I can tell you its getting far closer than that. To my surprise Steve's wife was also an Ex-Zayoite. We had a good, funny, serious, frank discussion about our time there and how small the Telecom world is.
Friday came a bit early as Thursday night became Scotch, Whiskey tasting while it poured outside
We were doing Poughkeepsie Gulch and Corkscrew today, led by my great friend @bluecruiser In addition there were several people on this trail that I've gotten pretty close to over the last few years. @smakee @AimCOtaco @paflytyer @IHScoutII75 @ENGINE er This was shaping up to be an epic s*** show. LOL
I've been looking forward to this day for weeks. You will hear this over and over, as its very important to this event, SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Between HIH6 & HIH7 I made some changes/additions to my truck. This year I bite the bullet, after winning a GC to Nitro Gears/Just Differentials last year at HIH6. I regeared my truck to 4.88's and also added Front/rear TJM air lockers, ARB Twin compressor to make it all work. Thank you @just differentials I also added a 50qt Doemetic fridge and fridge slide to my existing ARB Outback drawers from Gamaviti, @nakman
Back to Thursday trail, Poughkeepsie Gulch. We were ready for The Wall, a few years back we tried to ascend but traffic backed up and by the time the trail was clear it had rained and made the wall impossible to ascend. This year was different, the weather held out and it was dry.
First up the wall was Chris in his 80, 4" lift, 37" tires made it look easy as he went far right up the obstacle. Followed by that hooligan in the FJ40. I was next. We decided that due to the 100's limited amount of ground clearance and longer wheelbase we'd go left. !st attempt resulted in kicking left and almost getting into the hole, but couldn't get enough traction to get over the 1st hump. We backed up, realigned and tried the same line, this time, SMACK right into the hole. 3rd attempt we went further left and GASSED IT UP, BOOM, SCRAP, POW, we were over! SWEET! We made it up! Time to watch the others!
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Friday nights potluck was simple amazing, so so much great food, so many great people.
I had been trying to figure out how in the heck I was going to get Stan and Chris, as you know it takes a huge effort to keep this gathering moving. the potluck as that time.
As some of you may recall, I whistled loudly, asked for everybody's attention. Several months before the event one of our biggest sponsors @benc reached out via mud with a great idea. We should get Stan & Chris a gift for all the hard work they pour into this event. So I created us a secret group on Facebook, invited past connections, new people etc into this group to talk about what we could do. The idea of a firepit come to mind. So a dozen or so of us, pooled our $ together. We purchased them a Solostove Bonefire, an incredible firepit that I hope will give these 2 guys many years of warmth, smiles and joy into their lives. From all of us to you!
Saturday arrived and we were headed out to my favorite tail in the area, Imogene pass and then Ophir back to Silverton. This trail stole our hearts our first year attending this event, HIH 5. The wildflowers, view are always incredible...to our surprise and delight, it was rainy, super foggy so it wasn't like we had seen it over the past few years. Led by my good buddy @smakee we set off, I would take gunner for the team this trail. It was beautiful in the fog, in some ares we couldn't see but 20 feet.
@benc
The Raffle & catered dinner. WOW. WOW.
Upon arriving back at camp mid afternoon, I received a txt that asked a few of us to set up the lodge. Absolutely! Within an hour we had 10+ people helping get set up, cleaned up and ready for the raffle. I was blown away how much was being given away this year, and some HUGE prizes. Hats off to each and every one who helped and a HUGE THANK YOU to all of the sponsors!
One last thing. Thank you, each of you in attendance that evening of the Raffle and dinner. We had a ton of work to do to get set up and we missed our opening time frame. Thanks for putting up with me policing the door, kicking folks out, so we were stepping over everyone as we set up. I really appreciate your flexibility and understanding. I had a great time meeting, chatting to everyone as they entered the event. Look forward to seeing many of you next year at HIH8!
Alex, Kateri and Jadyn
