Western Washington Four Wheel Drive Club
I’m not sure anyone else is writing this up, so I thought I’d throw something out there…
Pick Up a Mountain last weekend was a blast. Tamers in attendance included Tammy and I, Jeremy and Noni, Rudi and Melissa, John, Antoine, Michael, Eric, Nate, Joe, Terry and Pam. Also in attendance were candidates David and Patty plus Ethan and Tom from NWD Off-road and Performance. Quite the group!
Continue reading “Pick Up a Mountain – 9/16/2023”
So this is my ‘quick’ attempt at a write up for the group I led at Trail Jam (Timber Tamers Group 2).
Continue reading “Trail Jam 2023 – Group 2”Representing for the Tamers as trails hosts at this years Trail Jam there were John, Jake, Sean, Rick, and Tammy and I (Dave). I may be a bit off on some of the details, this is all from my (flawed) memory and it was a long week, by the end details were running together.
Continue reading “Trail Jam Hosting July 2021 (Dave)”For the first time in several years, the Timber Tamers decided to sponsor and send a group of Trail Hosts to the PNW4WDA Trail Jamboree. For those not aware, this is an event that is held annually (well, at least when it’s not cancelled by a pandemic!) in July in the Naches Ranger District of the NFS, and is based out of Jim Sprick Community Park in Nile, WA. This year it was held July 8, 9 & 10, 2021. However, since the Trail Hosts act as trail leaders for this event, we actually arrived at Jim Sprick Park ahead of the event so we could pre-run the trails. And, was it ever an eventful week!
Continue reading “Trail Jam Hosting 2021 (John)”This is why join a club. When things happen you have good people to deal with them and what could be a major issue gets dealt with quickly.
Continue reading “Naches Jul 2020”Given a choice of a romantic dinner at Skippers on two for one fish and chips night or spending the day at JTC (Jeepcast Trophy Challenge) Wendy chose to spend the day with me at JTC for our anniversary. All kidding aside it is the spending time together that is important and I can’t think of anything I would rather do than spend time with family. What an awesome day we had even if it was not a traditional anniversary.
Continue reading “Jeepcast Trophy Challenge Support Sep 2019”First off I would like to thank PNW4WDA and all the volunteers that made trail Jam possible. It is a great thing to hang with not only your club but other clubs as well. Continue reading “Trail Jam Jul 2016”
And we had a Doe Run. Ran the Naches because everyone loves the Naches and if was nice weather. Finding a camping spot was not to hard and we were still allowed to have a campfire. Thank you to everyone that came on the run. Here are a few pictures. Continue reading “Doe Run Jul 2013”
This year the Doe Run returned to Gallagher Lake. The trail to the lake is not very challenging but you know what it was a nice drive and a great weekend with friends none the less. Take a look at the pictures. Continue reading “Doe Run Jul 2008”
One of the best years ever. Continue reading “Red Eye Nov 2006”
A few of the Tamers manage to get spots at Trail Jam this year. Continue reading “Trail Jam July 2005”
This year was the easiest since we started this run 7 years ago. But it is still not an easy run and is always fun regardless of the weather. Normally this run takes us through 3-5 ft of snow. This year we got mud and sunny weather. Continue reading “Red Eye Nov 2004”
Doe Run or The Running of the Does ……..
I couldn’t tell you about the start of the Doe run, as I wasn’t there. I was home doing a few other Tamer related repairs to Moosenstein – trying to make the passenger compartment a little more livable on what likely was the hottest day of the year thus far. These activities included closing up the temperature door in the heater, opening the vent (none of which could be accomplished via the now long rusted and useless control cables still attached to the slide knobs on the dash.) That plus going from a 195 to a 160 degree thermostat promised to make this a more temperate trip than the previous weekend. While I think Jeepster Commando Moosenstein is a much better trail rig than the CJ 5 Moose that preceded it, there is still a lot to be said for no doors and a folded down windshield. I do miss them, sorely. Continue reading “Doe Run Jul 2004”
The “DOH”! run was initially suggested by Tom (moose) James (and helped to be named by Rick) as a pre-Doe run. Patrice and I met up with the group at the Highway 410 café in Buckley at about 9:30am. It was a beautiful 70+ degree morning and promising to get warmer as the day went on. Tom and Eileen had gone to Mike Robinson’s place to drop off Tom’s truck and trailer. Upon their return we made our way to Greenwater / Forest service road 70 and on up to the trail head. Continue reading “Doh Run Jul 2004”