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Backpacker Joe
Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001
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Location: Cle Elum |
After seeing the Hulksters Boulder lake report, and also realizing the ultimate closure of the access road around Spada I thought Id make this hike my first since "ribbing" out.
I left the parking lot around 0915 this morning. Mine was the only car. I figured Id be slow as I haven't been out in eight weeks. Well to my surprise I made it to the lake in under two hours. Sorta of works out to two miles per hour. I was pretty happy with that pace (shut up Randy, Stefan, Thomas S. Dicey and the wonder twins  ) (please forgive any other speed demons I've missed)
The lake was a beautiful place. There were mad made camping spots everywhere. I stayed (for the day) at number 7... Lucky number don't ya know.
 Long foot bridge  Long foot bridge  Colors starting  Colors starting  Boulder lake  Boulder lake camp 7  Boulder lake camp 10  Boulder lake  Boulder lake bozo  Boulder lake  Boulder lake tree  Boulder lake parking lot  Boat ramp and Williamson Creek  Boulder lake 094  The old man watching over Spada  The old man watching over Spada  Shadowman says goodbye to Spada
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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Jennifer S.
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Joined: 06 Aug 2007
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Location: South Puget Sound |
Pretty! Thanks for sharing.
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Dayhike Mike
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Joined: 02 Mar 2003
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Location: Going to Tukwila |
Looks like a pretty lake. Glad you had prime conditions. 
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
"Ignorance is natural. Stupidity takes commitment." -Solomon Short
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
"Ignorance is natural. Stupidity takes commitment." -Solomon Short
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Jim Welch
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Joined: 24 Aug 2008
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Location: Bringing up the rear |
does anyone know how good the fishing is there?
The top of a mountain is just the place you turn around and head back down.
The top of a mountain is just the place you turn around and head back down.
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Hulksmash
Cleaning up.
Joined: 20 Apr 2008
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Location: Arlington |
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Hulksmash
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 Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:34 pm |
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I love the color of that lake.
Javajim wrote:
| Quote: | | does anyone know how good the fishing is there? |
I spoke to some one who camped over night, he also packed in a raft. He said he was kept catching dolly varden. 
He expressed some frustration having to release all of them.
"Bears couldn't care less about us....we smell bad and don't taste too good. Bugs on the other hand see us as vending machines." - WetDog
Albuterol! it's the 11th essential
"Bears couldn't care less about us....we smell bad and don't taste too good. Bugs on the other hand see us as vending machines." - WetDog
Albuterol! it's the 11th essential
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captain jack
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Joined: 25 May 2004
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Location: Upper Fidalgo |
| Backpacker Joe wrote: | | There were mad camping spots everywhere. |
Joe the gangsta' 
| Quote: | | On the way home I took a dip in Spada. |
Well, I'm getting all my water from that aquifer on 164th for at least the next 3 months then.
Cuppa Joe anybody ?
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Schmidt Alti-Dude
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Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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Location: Looking for Adventure 201! |
Nice lake bag . Glad to see you are out hiking.
Anything stated by me in no way reflects the attitudes or opinions of my wife
Anything stated by me in no way reflects the attitudes or opinions of my wife
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Trevor
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Trevor
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Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:49 pm |
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Nice to see a couple of cracked ribs can't hold you down. Nice work.
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Backpacker Joe
Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001
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Location: Cle Elum |
Thanks guys. It heald me down for nearly 8 weeks. Nice to be out again.
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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Brian Curtis
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Joined: 16 Dec 2001
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Location: Silverdale, WA |
| Quote: | | I spoke to some one who camped over night, he also packed in a raft. He said he was kept catching dolly varden.
He expressed some frustration having to release all of them. |
Now that's a funny story. The poor guy couldn't tell an eastern brook from a Dolly Varden. At least he tried to do the right thing.
that elitist from silverdale wanted to tell me that all carnes are bad--Studebaker Hoch
that elitist from silverdale wanted to tell me that all carnes are bad--Studebaker Hoch
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Hulksmash
Cleaning up.
Joined: 20 Apr 2008
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Location: Arlington |
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Hulksmash
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Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:03 am |
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Brian Curtis wrote
| Quote: | | Now that's a funny story. The poor guy couldn't tell an eastern brook from a Dolly Varden. At least he tried to do the right thing. |
That's what i thought. He said, there wasn't any spots on the dorsal fin. Hybrid?
"Bears couldn't care less about us....we smell bad and don't taste too good. Bugs on the other hand see us as vending machines." - WetDog
Albuterol! it's the 11th essential
"Bears couldn't care less about us....we smell bad and don't taste too good. Bugs on the other hand see us as vending machines." - WetDog
Albuterol! it's the 11th essential
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Brian Curtis
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Location: Silverdale, WA |
They definitely are not hybrids in there. Pure EBs.
that elitist from silverdale wanted to tell me that all carnes are bad--Studebaker Hoch
that elitist from silverdale wanted to tell me that all carnes are bad--Studebaker Hoch
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