2008-06-28 47 -120

47.65811°, -120.365635° is located just below Dinkelman Ridge (near Entiat), about 200 feet off a forest service road.

3000 foot elevation gain in about 5 miles. No walk in the park.

Who showed up?

• PBnJ (Aaron & Jeska)
• Skylar
• Orville
• Suzie Q (the car)

Activities/Adventures

• Poi.
• Stick-ball.
• Chalk drawings.

Also...

• Aaron saw two deer.
• Skylar found rose quartz and wild dill.
• Orville got cell phone reception.
• Jeska navigated.

Afterwards, we went out for mongolian barbecue and old fashioned ice cream sodas.

Achievements

• Drag-Along Geohash: PBnJ enlisted Skylar and Orville, who had never heard of geohashing before but were game for a random adventure.

• No Batteries Geohash: Our GPS supplier fell through at the last minute, so we had to rely on GoogleMap's Terrain View and the car's trip-ometer. Would have gone the last 200 feet (off-road) with measuring string and a compass, but the straightest route was also straight up, and heavily vegitated, so we went around, and eyeballed it with just the compass.

• Circus Geohash: Orville, poi master! (Aaron also made an attempt.) We would have also tried slacklining if there had been more sturdy trees available.

• MNIMB Geohash: This goes to the car, for getting us within 200 feet of the location. The last 5 or so miles were along a very steep, narrow, dusty, and primitive forest service road. Orville got out and moved rocks every once in a while. Suzie gained a few paint scratches, and we don't want to think about the dents she probably has on the undercarriage! We're just glad we found a place to turn around.

Pictures

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  Fun with chalk!

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  Suzie, the amazing car that made it up the hill.

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  Orville's mad poi skills. (How do I rotate my images?)

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  Aaron attempting the poi while Skylar looks on.

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  Quartz cairn.

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  Steeper than it looks.

(Ignore the time-imprint... I thought I corrected that. I promise, we got there at about 4 pm!)

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