Elbe Work Party Apr 2010

Dateline – ELBE
The Most recent Elbe Work Party – by the numbers.
Thousands – of rocks used to fill problem trail areas
13 – Timber Tamers in attendance
6 (or so) – different areas that received our attention
3 – flat trailer tires thanks to the very sharp rocks on the 92 road that penetrated them
2 – loaders loading 2 trucks so we didn’t have to haul rock by hand
1 – really swell day in the woods with the Tamers. Continue reading “Elbe Work Party Apr 2010”

Hangover Run Jan 2010

Ah – not only a New Year, but also a reminder of the passage of years. The Hangover Run in years previous used to be attributed to imprudence of how much and what types of alcohol had been imbibed the previous night. Now – for at least some of us who’ve been around the club for more than a few years – hangover is more a measure of how much and the types of food we’ve partaken over the holidays. When we say it’s hard to get into our rigs – it is literally hard to get up into our rigs. Continue reading “Hangover Run Jan 2010”

Elbe Work Party Nov 2009

Time for some more work on the adopted Sunrise Trail at the Elbe ORV park. Mike, Claire, Amy, Terry, Mark, Greg, Shaun, and myself (Rudi) were all on hand to effect some repairs were needed and assess the over all health of the trail. There was a little snow on the ground which had fallen during the week but it was fast melting and was not really a concern. Once we were all assembled everyone except for Mark and I ran up the trail to check it out. Mark and I ran up the road with my Jeep and trailer as we knew there was going to be some work to do in the rock section. Continue reading “Elbe Work Party Nov 2009”

Red Eye Nov 2009

The run started out around 9:30 Friday night from the Safeway in Enumclaw with 3 rigs:

Doug in his YJ
Steve & Mike in Steve’s Suzuki Samurai
Scrambler Mike his brother Dave in the CJ8 (aka ‘the bus’)

We headed up 410 it began snowing as soon at the first sign of elevation change…turned off onto the 70 road where Steve unloaded his Sammi a few miles up. There was already a slight dusting of snow on the ground there. Continue reading “Red Eye Nov 2009”

Operation Shore Patrol Sep 2009

The Tamers participated in 38th Annual Operation Shore Patrol which is organized the Pacific Northwest Four Wheel Drive Association. Event participants meeting at various beaches and spend the weekend volunteering there time and resources to clean up the beaches. Here are a few pictures for this years event including a few embarrassing ones of people getting stuck on the beach. You know how you are!! Continue reading “Operation Shore Patrol Sep 2009”

TTCW Recovery Sep 2009

On the way back from the Day Course there was a little issue. In the hast to get back for the night time portion of the event and following very close to the person in front so as to avoid the dust, one of the competitors drove off the road and rolled just a little bit. Everyone pitched in and got them back on the road in record time so that they could finish the event.

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TTCW at Manashtash Sep 2009

For the third year in a row the Timber Tamers have hosted the Team Trophy Challenge Washington event. The event is a off road endurance challange in which participants navigate a course and perform various off road related tasks at check points on the course. This event is not a race but rather and endurance challange in which if you are one of the lucky few that complete the course and tasks, you will find your self in the minority of the competitors when all is said and done. Continue reading “TTCW at Manashtash Sep 2009”

Tamer Picnic Aug 2009

So the day started a little early for me as my worrying about making sure the Tamers had a nice spot for the picnic got me to the park at 7am. Since I had some time I broke out the laptop and started working on some items for an upcoming Tamer event. 90 minutes later Ann T showed up and I put the laptop away in favor of talking with Ann about the Tamers and wheeling. Continue reading “Tamer Picnic Aug 2009”