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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
My apologies to Ree. We had planned on driving the North Cascades today to be at the gate opening. We decided to bag it yesterday. I woke at 0430 and couldnt go back to sleep so I decided to take the drive East to West so I wouldnt be at the gate opening. I had breakfast in Cle Elm and lunch at the Mazama General Store. Some really good vegetable soup. There were cars driving East but none going West. The weather got crummy around MarbleMount.
A ten hour day and 435 miles.
Snow blowing towards Wa Pass overlook Washington Pass Rainy Pass trailhead Waterfall behind barrier wall
"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."
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"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."
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MLHSN What goes here?????
Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1067 | TRs | Pics Location: Wenatchee |
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Wed May 25, 2011 8:09 pm
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10 hours!!! geeze, what was the gas bill.
You should have dropped a line and stopped for a cup of joe on the way
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wildernessed viewbagger
Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 9275 | TRs | Pics Location: Wenatchee |
Damn that's ultra marathon.
Living in the Anthropocene
Living in the Anthropocene
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
MLHSN wrote: | 10 hours!!! geeze, what was the gas bill.
You should have dropped a line and stopped for a cup of joe on the way |
Half a tank! 35.00$. I would have if I'd known where you were.
"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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ree Member
Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Posts: 4399 | TRs | Pics
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Thu May 26, 2011 9:06 am
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Hey yah... I was going to pm you when it was pouring yesterday afternoon and say "Aren't we glad we bagged it?!"
4:30 am?? I guess you were really excited about highway 20 opening! Well, looks like we have a bit of a wait before it all melts out.
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dicey custom title
Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 2870 | TRs | Pics Location: giving cornices a wider berth |
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Thu May 26, 2011 10:08 am
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I hope they plan on plowing out a little bigger parking area at rainy pass!
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Dicey, there was a spot for 5-6 cars across the highway where I parked to take the picture. That said I agree with you.
"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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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
ree wrote: | Hey yah... I was going to pm you when it was pouring yesterday afternoon and say "Aren't we glad we bagged it?!"
4:30 am?? I guess you were really excited about highway 20 opening! Well, looks like we have a bit of a wait before it all melts out. |
Im sorry Ree. I went East to West so I missed the opening anyway. I got an early start too.
"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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Hikingqueen Member
Joined: 12 Nov 2007 Posts: 2946 | TRs | Pics
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thanks for the marathon and update!
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Cody s Member
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 604 | TRs | Pics Location: Mount Vernon |
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Sat May 28, 2011 8:40 am
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You must have drove right past me.
Half a tank? 435 miles? what were you driving?
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Cody s wrote: | You must have drove right past me.
Half a tank? 435 miles? what were you driving? |
Lol. People are already tired of my VW Jetta TDI stories. 2001 Turbo Diesel Jetta. On trips like this one I usually get between 55-60 mpg.
14.5 gallon tank. 850+ miles.
No batteries required!
"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."
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Cody s Member
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 604 | TRs | Pics Location: Mount Vernon |
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Sat May 28, 2011 10:58 am
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You could make the Grand canyon on a tank and a half !!!!!
I need to get me one of those
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Cody s wrote: | You could make the Grand canyon on a tank and a half !!!!!
I need to get me one of those |
Im leaving for Arizona Monday morning. 1470 miles to my moms place. I little over a tank and a half.
Cheap transportation for sure.
"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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Cody s Member
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 604 | TRs | Pics Location: Mount Vernon |
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Sat May 28, 2011 2:24 pm
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