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jimmythefly
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:02 pm Reply with quote
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UPDATE! It is decided.
New thread here





I've got the weekend of July 7-8 open for some awesome bike camping.

Where to go/what to do?

1. Midnight Ridaz to Suiatte/Back Fri midnight-Sunday PM
2. BC5 bend 'o the river campsite. (ride to/from Seattle)
3. Some backcountry mountain/Fire road route -suggestions?
4. Train somewhere and ride/camp my way home?
5. Iron Horse?

Anyone else got that weekend open?


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tehschkott
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:53 am Reply with quote
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Fuckin A, I'm down.

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Alex
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:26 am Reply with quote
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Title says June, body says July. Which one?
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jimmythefly
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:23 am Reply with quote
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Sorry, July it is!

Suiattle is backup plan at this point, I'd rather go someplace new (to me) and I wasn't on BC5.

Another option would be something in the NE Olympics, Dungeness Creek area.
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caustic meatloaf
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Whatabout a campsite in the San Juans?

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Alex
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:50 am Reply with quote
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I also missed BC5 and like that idea. I haven't figured out my July 4 weekend plans yet, and have a few different ideas floating about, but I'm a maybe.
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langston
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I just found out that I can very possibly attend this event. I'd like to go to the BC5 location as I also missed that ride. I'm not super picky though, I'll follow quorum.

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Andrew_Squirrel
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:26 pm Reply with quote
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yes yes yes, tentatively added this to my calendar.
I have no input for the location (I'm easy), though I would love to visit Suiattle some day but I am sure there will be future expeditions there.

ps. Should this be in Westlake forum?
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joeball
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:31 pm Reply with quote
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BC5 is worth the return trip. 2 nights is good. I'm interested.
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caustic meatloaf
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Hmmm. I'm taking a half-day FRiday, so if there's a later PM headout, I may be able to make it.

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jimmythefly
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:45 pm Reply with quote
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Thanks for the input. I'll consolidate in my brain, then post to Westlake forum when finalized. I put this here because I was also asking for advice on potential routes or other locations to check out.

Tentatively I'm calling it for BC5 location, possibly ride out Friday afternoon/evening(not sure if I can skip out on work), Saturday day explore ride, Sunday home via Banner Forest and Southworth-West Seattle Ferry.
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Andrew_Squirrel
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That reminds me, we should update this: http://point83.com/tos/index.php?title=Ben_Country
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TorreyK
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:48 pm Reply with quote
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BCV was a great ride/camp site. likely in.

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tehschkott
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man I have been dying for an excuse to go bike camping in the San Juans - and I did BC-V

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Though we had great weather there Lee says it generally rains like a motherfucker there.

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Alex
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:50 am Reply with quote
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tehschkott wrote:
man I have been dying for an excuse to go bike camping in the San Juans - and I did BC-V


Finding camping July 4th weekend in the San Juans seems like a tough mission. It isn't like national forest camping where you can just find a nice spot by the side of a creek to throw down your tent.

The San Juans are great fall/spring destinations though. I think we should go up there in fall when Mt Constitution opens back up to MTBs.
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tehschkott
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:03 am Reply with quote
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ah

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Alex wrote:

Finding camping July 4th weekend in the San Juans seems like a tough mission. It isn't like national forest camping where you can just find a nice spot by the side of a creek to throw down your tent.

The San Juans are great fall/spring destinations though. I think we should go up there in fall when Mt Constitution opens back up to MTBs.


FYI - There are certainly some great rouge bike camping spots I've been to in the San Juans, but I wouldn't suggest more then 5-10 people at them, and building a fire would put you at a pretty high risk for getting the boot... So, that may not be the best option on a busy 4th of July weekend with a .83 crew, but I can't wait to go back up there again...



I ran into Peter here on the west side of San Juan Island one weekend, he was touring the other direction around the island and randomly found this magical spot:


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New thread here
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