Yah it's the Koolatron one. I'm down the south end of Harris Road in Pitt Meadows.
Labour day long weekend run '08
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Yah it's the Koolatron one. I'm down the south end of Harris Road in Pitt Meadows.
Bill can we go with you on Friday? What time and when?
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You are welcome to join us.
I haven't heard from Gary T today, but we usually meet around 7:30 a.m. or so. This time he is coming to meet me at my house in Vancouver. I will phone you with my address.
~Bill
Craig, hope the surgery goes well and you have an easy recovery. Take care buddy.
Robert C might not be able to make it, from what he told me he has an eye problem that occurred at work, either an infection or an allergy to something. If he has not recovered by the weekend he won't be joining us regrettably. Marcin, you'll have to do your own cooking.
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Aaron:
Gary is now coming to my house at 8:00 a.m. Friday. Glen will be here overnight as well.
We can wait maybe until 9:00 am before leaving. Otherwise we may spend a little time at Birkenhead Park waiting a while for you. Phone me.
~Bill
Gary is now coming to my house at 8:00 a.m. Friday. Glen will be here overnight as well.
We can wait maybe until 9:00 am before leaving. Otherwise we may spend a little time at Birkenhead Park waiting a while for you. Phone me.
~Bill
Well it looks like I will be heading up alone on Saturday morning. Hoping to leave home around 5 am and catch up with the Burkholder group along the trail before Poison Mtn.
Bill are you going to turn on your ham radio for this trip?
if so I will be calling on the tops of the hours to see how your group is doing.
Hope to see everyone Saturday
Bill are you going to turn on your ham radio for this trip?
if so I will be calling on the tops of the hours to see how your group is doing.Hope to see everyone Saturday
Hey Drew, you passing by Squamish?
Might be able to join you...
Garry
Might be able to join you...
Garry
I could... Both ways up there are about the same for me. Let me know. It would be great to hit the trails with you again.
Garry! where are you in all of this? are you coming?
So Pawel and Robert have backed out, Pawel's truck is having some injector issues and Robert's eye is still not 100% (at least those are the stories they are sticking to). Marcin, his friend Allan and myself are meeting at Lickman at 10:30am and heading out. I figure the canyon would have less people and traffic on it as well as I don't know what new construction is on the Whistler side that might get in the way. From PoCo to Lillooet there is only a 10Km difference between the canyon and Whistler. If anyone decides to join us, give me a call 604.803.3506 and we will likely try to stop for the night at Burkholder. Drew, I will use the Yellow tape to mark the way and will keep the CB on 24 hours in case you take off at night and come in earlier.
So Pawel and Robert have backed out, Pawel's truck is having some injector issues and Robert's eye is still not 100% (at least those are the stories they are sticking to). Marcin, his friend Allan and myself are meeting at Lickman at 10:30am and heading out. I figure the canyon would have less people and traffic on it as well as I don't know what new construction is on the Whistler side that might get in the way. From PoCo to Lillooet there is only a 10Km difference between the canyon and Whistler. If anyone decides to join us, give me a call 604.803.3506 and we will likely try to stop for the night at Burkholder. Drew, I will use the Yellow tape to mark the way and will keep the CB on 24 hours in case you take off at night and come in earlier.
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I will keep an eye out for the tape. Thanks
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I took this route (high line) as a kid in 1985 or 1986. My dad was driving the 1977 F-250 Super Cab 2WD with the 10' camper on it. I remember there were scary moments with the truck spinning and at times we couldn't see the side of the raod (straight drops). Mom wasn't to happy about the trip. When we got to Seton the lady at the gas station couldn't believe we did it.
Sorry I can't make this trip, but May and September long weekends we camp with extended family at a nice relaxing KOA.
Justin and I did do Whipsaw last weekend so I don't feel bad.
Have a great time!
Yeah about that.....
No trip report and pictures? Or was it one of those 'what happens at Whipsaw stays at Whipsaw' kinda trips?
Trip
From Squamish there is only on way to go up that makes sense
Drew, if you do pass this way, I would love to join you. Any time in the morning works for me.
Mat, I guess we'll try to meet up on Saturday?
If we try Seton, I should take the 70 shouldn't I?
Garry
From Squamish there is only on way to go up that makes sense
Drew, if you do pass this way, I would love to join you. Any time in the morning works for me.
Mat, I guess we'll try to meet up on Saturday?
If we try Seton, I should take the 70 shouldn't I?
Garry
Garry, I will come your way and should be in Squamish for around 6:30 -7:00. Matt and the others left this morning so I don't think you will get a reply... Flip a coin, but after hearing about your last outing with the club maybe the 70 would be a better choise.
See you tomorrow.
See you tomorrow.
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Justin was going to post a trip report. We went with a lifted BroncoII and a Cherokee that has been featured in an off road magazine. I road with Justin in his BJ42. The others tried to get us stuck but couldn't. THey were very dissapointed Justins used tires worked so well.
It was good. Lots o fun. Leave the rest to Justin.
As for pics, I can never get them to work on here.
HIJACK OVER
Mail me the pics and I'll post them if you like.
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September Labour Day trip 2008.
Let me say right off the bat that Mat was kidding about this trip sucking: it was an exceptionally good trip. You had to be there!
Members present: Marcin, Drew, Glenn, Gary T, Garry B, Mat, Aaron with Carolyn and Skylar (well behaved kid as usual), Mat, and Bill.
Allan, who works with Marcin, was a guest.
A hearty thanks to Mat for his outstanding Trailmaster efforts to guide us through tough terrain and safely bring us home. Great job Mat! My report card grade for you is “A” for navigational skills, and “Excellent” for attitude and enthusiasm! (Can’t help it, it’s the teacher in me)
I know we say this every time, but this run was one of the best! We had every experience of weather, climate, road, vehicle, and fellowship that anyone could expect.
The weather ranged from cloudy, drizzle rain, heavy rain, sleet, snow, fog, damp, dry, sunny, and almost hot. The climate ranged from dry desert to rainforest soaking, and snowy alpine. The roads were pretty good with lots of alpine switchbacks, steep grades, narrow trails, sticky clay mud gumbo, to high-speed gravel. The vehicles proved once again that Land Cruisers rule the day. The fellowship of our Cruiser community, with people from all walks of life, holds us all together and unites us toward a common cause: having too much fun for any human beans.
Friday, August 29: Up the Sea-To-Sky highway with plenty of construction delays, past Whistler, Pemberton (Diesel $1.38), D’Arcy, Highline Road, Seton Portage (not a bad little village with some paved roads!), Mission Pass, Carpenter Lake and Mission Dam, Bridge River Trail with spectacular hydro penstocks, and on to Yalakom FSR, and past the Beaverdam Rec site to somewhere around Blue Creek where we camped the first night. The weather was damp and not promising, so the tarps went up. No dust and no mosquitoes! Interesting creek rocks for my garden. Warm fire on the creek bank. The night was damp and chilly and about 4:00 a.m. we heard Aaron packing up and moving out. In the morning he was nowhere in sight so I started a rumor that he had gone to the Lillooet Hotel to warm up. Anyway, it turned out that he had warmed up in the car and parked about 100 meters away so as not to bother us more. After a slow start we were off again towards Poison Mountain.
Saturday, August 30: Late start and continued down the Yalakom toward the base of Poison Mountain. We spent quite a bit of time trying to get up the backside of the mountain on an alternate trail but eventually had to back track and take the usual way in. We had just started up the mountain when we heard that Drew had a mechanical problem. One of the nuts on his right front upper control arm had fallen off and the arm had separated. It’s damn lucky this had not happened on the steep mountain slope. Drew was well prepared and quickly jacked up the FJ Cruiser and installed new poly bushings and a new nut and was back in operations inside of an hour. Meanwhile, we went up and enjoyed the fabulous view from the top, while the fog, wind, and drizzle swirled around us. Pretty spectacular. We came down and headed for Swartz (Fish) Lake and found a campsite. No mosquitoes! Tarps up once again with lots of rain, hail, and sleet after supper. Rubber boots, warm sleeping bag, and long johns in order! I think the chill and dampness was the low point of the trip for me, combined with the overnight snowfall, because the next morning I was ready to pack it in and head for steamy Meager Creek to warm up. Fortunately, Mat talked us out of that idea and motivated us to try for China Head and the Fraser Canyon area.
Sunday, August 31: Out of camp by 9:30 and north past Poison Mountain and over trails toward China Head. Lots of switchbacks and gumbo roads with sticky clay. At one point Garry B slid through a mud rut and ripped his L.R. tail light off on a log. The undersides of our vehicles had about 1” of clay mud that later hardened into an unbelievable ceramic dead weight that will have to be chiseled off. By the time we made it up to the China Head Ridge it was snowing hard sleet and we felt like the Everest expedition over that barren landscape. Suddenly we heard voices on Channel 4 and it turned out to be the Heard of Turtles coming from the opposite direction. Our two groups passed each other during an eerie foggy whiteout and they didn’t feel like hanging out up there. Coming down the far side of China Head, the weather brightened up and we saw some blue sky. As we got closer and closer to the Fraser Canyon the weather cleared up and we started shedding multi-layers of clothing. By the time we got to Big Bar, it was unbelievably dry, warm, and sunny! We camped south of the Big Bar Ferry on the sand bar near that old corral. It just felt so good to be in a dry and sunny place for a while. We started a fire and Drew strung up his VH frequency antenna and settled in for an evening of Ham radio chatter. God, it sure felt good to be there! What a day!
Monday, September 1, 08: Decamped and out by 9:30, over the Big Bar ferry (still free), and a long spectacular drive down the Big Bar High Road with the Camels foot canyon vistas, hoodoos, river gorges, and hay ranches. Through the Big Bar Indian Reservation and private ranch roads, and eventually up some extremely steep switchbacks to the Pavilion Road towards Kelly Lake. The road up the switchbacks was dry but once we got up to the plateau, the road suddenly turned gumbo puppy s*** mud and we needed 4WD just to avoid skidding off the corners. We lunched at Downy Provincial Park and the group split up there as we prepared to head home in different directions. There was zero traffic to Lillooet and on to Lytton. Even the canyon coming home was quiet but we took Lougheed Hwy 7 to be on the safe side. It looks like the family sedans are not driving these holiday weekends as much as they used to with the price of fuel being what it is now. The hard-core wheelers, pickups with ATVs in the back, and the big campers are still driving these weekends. A waitress in the Boston Bar burger joint said that it was a quiet weekend.
So, in conclusion, those of you who didn’t make this trip (ahem…Millson , Tetu, et al), I have to say that you missed the best trip of the year and all I can say is that you all should plan on an upcoming Mount Cheam trip in the Fall when the trees are changing colour. My fuel costs: $130. on the BJ74.
HEADS UP, MONTHLY CLUB MEETING THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11.
BE THERE….
Let me say right off the bat that Mat was kidding about this trip sucking: it was an exceptionally good trip. You had to be there!
Members present: Marcin, Drew, Glenn, Gary T, Garry B, Mat, Aaron with Carolyn and Skylar (well behaved kid as usual), Mat, and Bill.
Allan, who works with Marcin, was a guest.
A hearty thanks to Mat for his outstanding Trailmaster efforts to guide us through tough terrain and safely bring us home. Great job Mat! My report card grade for you is “A” for navigational skills, and “Excellent” for attitude and enthusiasm! (Can’t help it, it’s the teacher in me)
I know we say this every time, but this run was one of the best! We had every experience of weather, climate, road, vehicle, and fellowship that anyone could expect.
The weather ranged from cloudy, drizzle rain, heavy rain, sleet, snow, fog, damp, dry, sunny, and almost hot. The climate ranged from dry desert to rainforest soaking, and snowy alpine. The roads were pretty good with lots of alpine switchbacks, steep grades, narrow trails, sticky clay mud gumbo, to high-speed gravel. The vehicles proved once again that Land Cruisers rule the day. The fellowship of our Cruiser community, with people from all walks of life, holds us all together and unites us toward a common cause: having too much fun for any human beans.
Friday, August 29: Up the Sea-To-Sky highway with plenty of construction delays, past Whistler, Pemberton (Diesel $1.38), D’Arcy, Highline Road, Seton Portage (not a bad little village with some paved roads!), Mission Pass, Carpenter Lake and Mission Dam, Bridge River Trail with spectacular hydro penstocks, and on to Yalakom FSR, and past the Beaverdam Rec site to somewhere around Blue Creek where we camped the first night. The weather was damp and not promising, so the tarps went up. No dust and no mosquitoes! Interesting creek rocks for my garden. Warm fire on the creek bank. The night was damp and chilly and about 4:00 a.m. we heard Aaron packing up and moving out. In the morning he was nowhere in sight so I started a rumor that he had gone to the Lillooet Hotel to warm up. Anyway, it turned out that he had warmed up in the car and parked about 100 meters away so as not to bother us more. After a slow start we were off again towards Poison Mountain.
Saturday, August 30: Late start and continued down the Yalakom toward the base of Poison Mountain. We spent quite a bit of time trying to get up the backside of the mountain on an alternate trail but eventually had to back track and take the usual way in. We had just started up the mountain when we heard that Drew had a mechanical problem. One of the nuts on his right front upper control arm had fallen off and the arm had separated. It’s damn lucky this had not happened on the steep mountain slope. Drew was well prepared and quickly jacked up the FJ Cruiser and installed new poly bushings and a new nut and was back in operations inside of an hour. Meanwhile, we went up and enjoyed the fabulous view from the top, while the fog, wind, and drizzle swirled around us. Pretty spectacular. We came down and headed for Swartz (Fish) Lake and found a campsite. No mosquitoes! Tarps up once again with lots of rain, hail, and sleet after supper. Rubber boots, warm sleeping bag, and long johns in order! I think the chill and dampness was the low point of the trip for me, combined with the overnight snowfall, because the next morning I was ready to pack it in and head for steamy Meager Creek to warm up. Fortunately, Mat talked us out of that idea and motivated us to try for China Head and the Fraser Canyon area.
Sunday, August 31: Out of camp by 9:30 and north past Poison Mountain and over trails toward China Head. Lots of switchbacks and gumbo roads with sticky clay. At one point Garry B slid through a mud rut and ripped his L.R. tail light off on a log. The undersides of our vehicles had about 1” of clay mud that later hardened into an unbelievable ceramic dead weight that will have to be chiseled off. By the time we made it up to the China Head Ridge it was snowing hard sleet and we felt like the Everest expedition over that barren landscape. Suddenly we heard voices on Channel 4 and it turned out to be the Heard of Turtles coming from the opposite direction. Our two groups passed each other during an eerie foggy whiteout and they didn’t feel like hanging out up there. Coming down the far side of China Head, the weather brightened up and we saw some blue sky. As we got closer and closer to the Fraser Canyon the weather cleared up and we started shedding multi-layers of clothing. By the time we got to Big Bar, it was unbelievably dry, warm, and sunny! We camped south of the Big Bar Ferry on the sand bar near that old corral. It just felt so good to be in a dry and sunny place for a while. We started a fire and Drew strung up his VH frequency antenna and settled in for an evening of Ham radio chatter. God, it sure felt good to be there! What a day!
Monday, September 1, 08: Decamped and out by 9:30, over the Big Bar ferry (still free), and a long spectacular drive down the Big Bar High Road with the Camels foot canyon vistas, hoodoos, river gorges, and hay ranches. Through the Big Bar Indian Reservation and private ranch roads, and eventually up some extremely steep switchbacks to the Pavilion Road towards Kelly Lake. The road up the switchbacks was dry but once we got up to the plateau, the road suddenly turned gumbo puppy s*** mud and we needed 4WD just to avoid skidding off the corners. We lunched at Downy Provincial Park and the group split up there as we prepared to head home in different directions. There was zero traffic to Lillooet and on to Lytton. Even the canyon coming home was quiet but we took Lougheed Hwy 7 to be on the safe side. It looks like the family sedans are not driving these holiday weekends as much as they used to with the price of fuel being what it is now. The hard-core wheelers, pickups with ATVs in the back, and the big campers are still driving these weekends. A waitress in the Boston Bar burger joint said that it was a quiet weekend.
So, in conclusion, those of you who didn’t make this trip (ahem…Millson , Tetu, et al), I have to say that you missed the best trip of the year and all I can say is that you all should plan on an upcoming Mount Cheam trip in the Fall when the trees are changing colour. My fuel costs: $130. on the BJ74.
HEADS UP, MONTHLY CLUB MEETING THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11.
BE THERE….