On Tuesday August 29th, 2006 I took up my family to Tree Phones to get a camp for the All Wheelers Off Road Club Labor Day Run.
Wednesday we loaded the kids in the XJ and the wife rode the quad. We went up to Darland Mountain and back around. We hit a few side trails on the way.
Thursday we took a drive on Sedge Ridge.
Friday my wife went into town to get some more fuel and supplies. I sat around camp waiting for everyone to show up. PullUout came up early in the day. It was nice to have someone to BS with. Everyone else showed up in the evening.
Saturday as we were getting ready to pull out for the run, Deputy Sutliff from the Yakima County Sheriff's Office came to our camp to meet us. He said he had seen we had a run from the Eastern Washington Off Road forum. We talked awhile about the cegranch.com site and about the closed areas of the Ahtanum. It was good to meet Deputy Sutliff. He said if anyone has any questions about ORV areas in Yakima County they were welcome to contact him. His e-mail is: [email protected]
On this run we had 4 quads (99, Tiny, Bobstar & his wife), 1 bike (Jacob) and 7 rigs (Ceg, Sgt. Superman, Test Dummy, Stiff_CJ, Mischief Maker, PullUout & Fatboy). We started off the by going down the Mid Fork to the White Ridge Cross Over Trail, Up the North Fork, passed Blue Lake and stopped at Blue Slide Lookout. On the way up Jacob's bike broke down and Tiny pulled him back to Tree Phones with his quad.
Here is Fatboy coming in.
After we regrouped at Blue Slide Lookout we headed on down and onto 613. It was tight for PullUout’s full size.
Here I had to stop to get the boulders out of the trail. They were kicked up on the Saturday before when the Ridgerunners had their poker run up 613. I am guessing some of the last rigs that went up on the run had a hard time because of all the powder dirt on the climbs. I was glad we were going down because it was dusty enough just driving.
There was a by pass but a 2 rigs just went over the logs on the trail.
Stiff_CJ
Sgt. Superman
We stopped here while PullUout repair his power steering.
We stopped to regroup here were the Grey Rock Trail meets 613.
Stiff_CJ found a good place to park.
On up the trail we ran into MonsterMazda and his group. We talked awhile then headed on down the trail.
The next stop was on Strobach Mountain for a cool view of Rimrock. Here comes PullUout.
Group picture on Strobach Mountain.
After a few pictures we headed down the Strobach mountain trail. We stopped near the end to regroup.
After we regrouped we headed down to the Nasty Creek Corals. Most of the rigs hit the Nort Fork pavement and went back to Tree Phones. Test Dummy and I stayed with the 3 quads and ran up Foundation Ridge and back around. It was dark the time we got back.
Sunday Colemancooler came up to wheel with us. Dweezy camped with us but didn't get to go with us until this days run. On this days run we had 4 quads (99, Tiny, Dweezy & Jacob) and 6 rigs (Ceg, Colemancooler, Sgt. Superman, Test Dummy, Mischief Maker & Fatboy). We took off from camp and headed up on top of Whites Ridge. Colemancooler's rig was over heating so he headed back. We took a break at where the Grey Rock Trail meets the Whites Ridge Crest Trail. Here is PullUout with my stiffy dog Pepper.
Group shot.
We turned around and ran the Whites Ridge Crest Trail back down. At the Whites Cross Over Trail we meet up with Sgt. Superman.
A few of the guys ran back to Tree Phones to get some refreshments and the rest of us ran the Whites Ridge Crest Trail to the bottom.
We all meet back up at the Sno-park. From there we ran up A2400 and then A2420 to the top of Sedge Ridge. On the way up I lost my low range in my XJ's transfer case. I had to run the Sedge Ridge Crest Trail in high. It was fun getting up the Sedge Ridge rocky climb, but I made it up on the easir trail. Here is Test Dummy trying to make it up the harder part.
We ran the trail to the cross over looking Cultus Hole.
Deputy Sutliff had told us that the logging company bought the rest of the trail and didn't want anyone on there land so we watched the sun set and head back down the way we came.
This was a great run.
Wednesday we loaded the kids in the XJ and the wife rode the quad. We went up to Darland Mountain and back around. We hit a few side trails on the way.
Thursday we took a drive on Sedge Ridge.
Friday my wife went into town to get some more fuel and supplies. I sat around camp waiting for everyone to show up. PullUout came up early in the day. It was nice to have someone to BS with. Everyone else showed up in the evening.
Saturday as we were getting ready to pull out for the run, Deputy Sutliff from the Yakima County Sheriff's Office came to our camp to meet us. He said he had seen we had a run from the Eastern Washington Off Road forum. We talked awhile about the cegranch.com site and about the closed areas of the Ahtanum. It was good to meet Deputy Sutliff. He said if anyone has any questions about ORV areas in Yakima County they were welcome to contact him. His e-mail is: [email protected]
On this run we had 4 quads (99, Tiny, Bobstar & his wife), 1 bike (Jacob) and 7 rigs (Ceg, Sgt. Superman, Test Dummy, Stiff_CJ, Mischief Maker, PullUout & Fatboy). We started off the by going down the Mid Fork to the White Ridge Cross Over Trail, Up the North Fork, passed Blue Lake and stopped at Blue Slide Lookout. On the way up Jacob's bike broke down and Tiny pulled him back to Tree Phones with his quad.
Here is Fatboy coming in.
After we regrouped at Blue Slide Lookout we headed on down and onto 613. It was tight for PullUout’s full size.
Here I had to stop to get the boulders out of the trail. They were kicked up on the Saturday before when the Ridgerunners had their poker run up 613. I am guessing some of the last rigs that went up on the run had a hard time because of all the powder dirt on the climbs. I was glad we were going down because it was dusty enough just driving.
There was a by pass but a 2 rigs just went over the logs on the trail.
Stiff_CJ
Sgt. Superman
We stopped here while PullUout repair his power steering.
We stopped to regroup here were the Grey Rock Trail meets 613.
Stiff_CJ found a good place to park.
On up the trail we ran into MonsterMazda and his group. We talked awhile then headed on down the trail.
The next stop was on Strobach Mountain for a cool view of Rimrock. Here comes PullUout.
Group picture on Strobach Mountain.
After a few pictures we headed down the Strobach mountain trail. We stopped near the end to regroup.
After we regrouped we headed down to the Nasty Creek Corals. Most of the rigs hit the Nort Fork pavement and went back to Tree Phones. Test Dummy and I stayed with the 3 quads and ran up Foundation Ridge and back around. It was dark the time we got back.
Sunday Colemancooler came up to wheel with us. Dweezy camped with us but didn't get to go with us until this days run. On this days run we had 4 quads (99, Tiny, Dweezy & Jacob) and 6 rigs (Ceg, Colemancooler, Sgt. Superman, Test Dummy, Mischief Maker & Fatboy). We took off from camp and headed up on top of Whites Ridge. Colemancooler's rig was over heating so he headed back. We took a break at where the Grey Rock Trail meets the Whites Ridge Crest Trail. Here is PullUout with my stiffy dog Pepper.
Group shot.
We turned around and ran the Whites Ridge Crest Trail back down. At the Whites Cross Over Trail we meet up with Sgt. Superman.
A few of the guys ran back to Tree Phones to get some refreshments and the rest of us ran the Whites Ridge Crest Trail to the bottom.
We all meet back up at the Sno-park. From there we ran up A2400 and then A2420 to the top of Sedge Ridge. On the way up I lost my low range in my XJ's transfer case. I had to run the Sedge Ridge Crest Trail in high. It was fun getting up the Sedge Ridge rocky climb, but I made it up on the easir trail. Here is Test Dummy trying to make it up the harder part.
We ran the trail to the cross over looking Cultus Hole.
Deputy Sutliff had told us that the logging company bought the rest of the trail and didn't want anyone on there land so we watched the sun set and head back down the way we came.
This was a great run.
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