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Calendar page winners are now revealed here!

If you missed out on the pre-order you can order a calendar here - don't forget to enter a coupon code: AFFNEW20 (45% off for new customers), CHEER192 (40% off medium, 50% off large), NEWBOGO20A (buy 1 get 1 free for new customers). If you are a new mixbook customer the best option may be to use this referral link https://mixbook.extole.com/s/Thomas27 to sign up which will get you $20 off your first order.

Planning to attend social (dish you're bringing): Tom (teriyaki meatballs), Michael (Costco combo pizza, beer, soda, plates), Opus (beer, meatballs), Nancyann +3 (baked spaghetti), Veronika (possibly!) (Some sort of dessert), JiimK (dessert), Ski (pie!), puzzlr (Phad Thai), marydave 2 (fruit salad), RumiDude (50/50 chance of atternding) (probably a salad with a few types of dressings), BarbE (Caesar Salad), Kim, maybe (Dessert), Matt (salad), Schroder (tbd), Tricia (chillie), williswall and Cassie (won't be able to make it), awilsondc (side dish - quinoa salad maybe), joker (probably rice and dal - foreign mountain adventure themed), Pyrites (Nanaimo bars, manicotti), Kenji+ (pasta salad), Hiker Mama (Not sure yet), neek (veg. fried rice), rubywrangler (deviled eggs, beer), zephyr (chicken yakisoba), Scrooge and Larch (Famous Grouse) - We'll be very late, Sculpin (just got in from out of town, but I will figure it out), Nickmtn (biscuits), elpezzz (utensils, cups, napkins), Lightning_bug (cheese plate, wine), gb (Salmon), Snowdog (chicken)

neek · Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:48 am

Tom · Admin Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 16481 | TRs

Correct.

Grannyhiker · Sun Nov 24, 2019 1:06 pm

I hope it's OK that I didn't vote in the preliminary. I'm most grateful to the many who did for narrowing down the field so it was far easier to choose!

It's gonna be a great calendar!!!

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May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.--E.Abbey

Tom · Admin Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 16481 | TRs

We have some ties in the voting so I'm gong to leave voting open for the weekend. Make sure you have completed voting in the finals with choices narrowed down to the top 3 from the primary.

Tom · Admin Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 16481 | TRs

Polls have closed and the top 2 in each category are now revealed (in random order). If you are in the top 2 please PM your desired caption and photo credit for the calendar. Also, if you submitted a smaller size please PM a link to a larger size or email to admin@nwhikers.net.

Gwen · LO Girl-of-the-Month Joined: 14 Feb 2010 Posts: 1541 | TRs

Bernardo · Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:40 pm

Nice work everyone who submitted photos. It's still possible to find landscapes without crowds of people.

Enjoy the social!

Tom · Admin Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 16481 | TRs

Calendars arrived today and look great! If you ordered a calendar to be shipped please PM me your address and whether you are willing to wait a little longer for your calendars (I would prefer to have a few extra to release at the social for anyone attending that forgot to order and drop ship to you if we need to order more).

Grannyhiker · Wed Dec 18, 2019 9:42 am

Not able to attend the social, but I do want to wish all of you happy holidays and a merry new year!

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May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.--E.Abbey

Scrooge · Thu Dec 19, 2019 10:46 am

I wasn't going to come to the Social this year. I'm an old man, now, 78, crumpled, almost crippled, hardly able to walk, much less hike.

It's been more than four years.

I wasn't going to come, this year, till I noticed the date, December 20, 2019, almost our Anniversary. It was December 14, 2001, that Tom and Caver brought NWHikers online - eighteen years ago !

It's been more than twenty years since Tom and I first met - off trail - just south of the Rampart Lakes, an accident that pretty much led us here.

Here, where I'm an old man, awkward and forgetful. I won't be wandering around to socialize, but, if you come by to say, 'Hi', odds are I'll know who you are, but not be able to come up with your name.

So, to save us both embarrassment, I suggest you start with that: just say, "Tom', or 'JimK', or 'Schroder', or whatever (I never have been able to see name tags). - Everything else will be conversation.

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Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you....... Go and find it. Go!

Malachai Constant · Thu Dec 19, 2019 10:56 am

Would like to go this but it is same night as our long scheduled family get together. It has been a hard year with a death and difficult estate to settle.

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"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn

RichP · here and there Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 4903 | TRs

I won't be able to attend but wishing all a swell time.

Tom · Admin Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 16481 | TRs

Scrooge, good to hear from you. It would be great to see you if you could make it!

BarbE · Member Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 1088 | TRs

JimK and I will be there around 6:15 to get the place ready and could employ a few helping elves!

Damian · Member Joined: 18 Dec 2001 Posts: 3188 | TRs

No can make this year. Have fun folks. Thanks for all the awesome contributions to this site.