I dont get out as much as I used to it seems, but here's a short write up on this past weekends trip with the local club.
Sunday Funday trip report to Theodosia...
Who ever invented 6 am, I curse you, but that was the alarm time needed for our Southview road meetup time of 7am. Early bird gets the worm, or some crap like that.. but hey..ain't daylight savings great?
So after driving bleary eyed and almost into Lund, I turned around and met up with the gang at Southview road.
Tyson/Frankie/Sheba in their Jeep, Graham/Mel/Jackson in another Jeep, Mike and Liz in their Toy pickup, and Me n' Milo in my 'cruiser.
Off we go into the wilds. The weather was surprisingly good for this time of the year, especially since the reports said we were getting some wind and rain.
It was a rather uneventful drive up to the trailhead, then the others got out of their vehicles and had to do this weird thing with the front axles..locking hubs they called it... I drive an 80 series so these pedestrian tasks are beneath me; full time all the time baby!
Off we go up the big hill, seemed way steeper when I was last here 2 years on my quad. Way more comfortable with heat and coil suspension this time.
We then wind our way through the twisty, narrow, forest trail, and eventually through a series of road deactivations. The nastiest one being a large pile of rocks; very narrow, but no drama.
As we drive down the road along the inlet, the tide was out and lots of birds feasting on the salmon runs, didnt notice any other wildlife.
We stopped and checked out the spectacular waterfall on the way to Olsen Lake, quick stop at Olsen Lake as the water was very high, then off towards Olsen Landing at Powell Lake.
On the way there we stopped to check out an old Madill crane parked off in the trees; well camouflaged with its faded yellow paint, moss, and a coating of fallen leaves.
Shortly after the crane we turned off down another trail and poked around an old homestead on the banks of the Olsen River. Pretty cool, and a very ethereal feeling wandering amongst the heavily moss covered trees in there. It must have been quite the place back in the day, the foundation and basement stairs are still there, along with a long rock garden wall.
Off to Olsen Landing and had a lunch break where the river comes out to the lake, quite a nice spot.
We then packed up and backtracked to the log sort, then up and over Heather Main to check out the museum of old equipment alongside the road; another old yarder crane, and 2 old bucket and cable excavators. Farther along and up the mountain a bit, we checked out an old steam donkey. It's been secured from falling over by the good people of the local ATV club a few years back.
We then meandered down to the lake again to Chippewa bay. Daylight was ending in a few hours so we began the track back on our route there.
Once back out on Southview we stopped to check out another piece of abandoned equipment, but it was getting dark quickly, and wetter, so we'll be back another day to finish that excursion
Sunday Funday trip report to Theodosia...
Who ever invented 6 am, I curse you, but that was the alarm time needed for our Southview road meetup time of 7am. Early bird gets the worm, or some crap like that.. but hey..ain't daylight savings great?
So after driving bleary eyed and almost into Lund, I turned around and met up with the gang at Southview road.
Tyson/Frankie/Sheba in their Jeep, Graham/Mel/Jackson in another Jeep, Mike and Liz in their Toy pickup, and Me n' Milo in my 'cruiser.
Off we go into the wilds. The weather was surprisingly good for this time of the year, especially since the reports said we were getting some wind and rain.
It was a rather uneventful drive up to the trailhead, then the others got out of their vehicles and had to do this weird thing with the front axles..locking hubs they called it... I drive an 80 series so these pedestrian tasks are beneath me; full time all the time baby!
Off we go up the big hill, seemed way steeper when I was last here 2 years on my quad. Way more comfortable with heat and coil suspension this time.
We then wind our way through the twisty, narrow, forest trail, and eventually through a series of road deactivations. The nastiest one being a large pile of rocks; very narrow, but no drama.
As we drive down the road along the inlet, the tide was out and lots of birds feasting on the salmon runs, didnt notice any other wildlife.
We stopped and checked out the spectacular waterfall on the way to Olsen Lake, quick stop at Olsen Lake as the water was very high, then off towards Olsen Landing at Powell Lake.
On the way there we stopped to check out an old Madill crane parked off in the trees; well camouflaged with its faded yellow paint, moss, and a coating of fallen leaves.
Shortly after the crane we turned off down another trail and poked around an old homestead on the banks of the Olsen River. Pretty cool, and a very ethereal feeling wandering amongst the heavily moss covered trees in there. It must have been quite the place back in the day, the foundation and basement stairs are still there, along with a long rock garden wall.
Off to Olsen Landing and had a lunch break where the river comes out to the lake, quite a nice spot.
We then packed up and backtracked to the log sort, then up and over Heather Main to check out the museum of old equipment alongside the road; another old yarder crane, and 2 old bucket and cable excavators. Farther along and up the mountain a bit, we checked out an old steam donkey. It's been secured from falling over by the good people of the local ATV club a few years back.
We then meandered down to the lake again to Chippewa bay. Daylight was ending in a few hours so we began the track back on our route there.
Once back out on Southview we stopped to check out another piece of abandoned equipment, but it was getting dark quickly, and wetter, so we'll be back another day to finish that excursion
