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NW99XJ
07-02-2013, 10:02 AM
A very wet wet Wednesday and a ton of road spray was the setting for our groups departure for NWF 2103 from our meeting spot in Vancouver...
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Even thru the clouds and rain, the drive out there lended some great views.
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We finally got tot he point where it was either make a last ditch run for cheap gas or soldier on towards little naches....
My XJ was rather loaded carrying all the raffle stuff, food, water, extra fuel, camping gear, tools, etc.....
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On little naches heading into camp
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Once at camp we spotted John set up in the corner overlooking the river...seemed like a good spot and there was plenty of room, and he was gracious enough to share his privacy with us.
We set up camp, strung up the mother of all tarps, and settled into a night of hanging around the camp fire.
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Curtis and Dustin came by at one point to say hi as well....
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Darren stopped by as well for some chit chat.
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Good times were had for sure!
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NW99XJ
07-02-2013, 10:02 AM
Friday morning came, and after coffee, breakfast, and a rather educational encounter with the OHV ranger, we staged up for our run out.
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We made our way across an endless expanse.....
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Up and over some trails....
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And finally found ourselves at Moon Rocks:
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I'm sure everyone can remember their first time encountering the unique terrain here, for me, I dont think I stopped smiling for 15 minutes straight.
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We played in there for quite a while, easy to do with endless and infinite lines and runs to take.
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John was toollin all around all over and seemed pretty content with how his Jeep was doing.
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Tessa was pretty happy too, seemed like we were all having a pretty good time in the rocks.
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Seemed like any-&-everywhere offered an awesome angle for a great picture opportunity. (i really need to get that fender painted.....)
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Some baby flexing....
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Some just plain ol hangin out....soaking it all in.....
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4.3LXJ
07-02-2013, 10:18 AM
I used to live not far from there. Never made it there though. Someday .........

NW99XJ
07-02-2013, 10:47 AM
It was a great experience to wheel at leisure, picking any line you wanted and just going for it.... hanging with good people and wheeling in this distinct and uniquely wonderful terrain....
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I had been doing my own thing for a little bit, when Brandon (BMikes) came sprinting over the hill, nearly collapsing on my window sill, and in a panting out-of-breath statement told me Ryan broke, and needed recovery....
I made my way to the lower far side of the rocks to find Ryan in an Austin Powers like parking position, perfectly sideways in this groove....
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With a sheared rear driveline he was barely able to at least get pointed into a better position with a lot of one-wheelie-peely via front wheel drive....
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I maneuvered in for the rescue and got into position for the strap to be hooked up, which was precariously close to this rock face:
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Meanwhile the peanut gallery watched on.... :D
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The rest of the day was spent making our way over and back down the mountain..... I was more than happy to lend the assist to ryan, towing him up many of the muddy hills we faced.... I'm super proud of my AW4 for hanging in there thru it all, and for my MT/2's for providing plenty of bite to tug along.

Once on to flat ground we hard packed it back to Whistling Jacks to get some last minute supplies for another evening around the campfire.
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There was a couple of sweet stretched and full width toys there as we pulled in. A bad ass CJ, and an LJ on 1-tons each.
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NW99XJ
07-02-2013, 10:48 AM
Back at camp Ryan licked his wounds.... His DOM driveline extension just wasnt strong enough for that days play.....
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With a couple of chunks off of his trailer, and a section of Hi-Lift handle, he went to work with two batteries, a couple sets of jumper cables and some welding-rod to attempt an at-camp repair.
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He was at it for hours....
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The finished result? ......well it looks beefy.....
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But alas, the welds didnt hold thru a parking lot test drive and he was forced to trailer the jeep for the remainder of the weekend.

NW99XJ
07-02-2013, 10:48 AM
The skies had cleared though and the Snoqualmie National Forest showed us its beauty...
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We figured now would be the perfect time to hang the clubs colors....
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That night proved to warrant a night run, Aaron rode shotgun with me, Broze rolled solo, and Brandon rolled as tail gunner.
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We made our way opposite the way we came out earlier that day, and played for a while at Funny Rocks:
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Yea i know....my camera doesnt take the best night shots without a tripod and a TON of exposure time.
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We rolled back into camp just about 30 minutes after our expected return time... narrowly avoiding a search party being sent out......and called it a night.

NW99XJ
07-02-2013, 10:49 AM
Saturday morning came and we were once again blessed with an educational discussion with the OHV Ranger....nice guy, but it delayed our planned upon departure time by a bit....none the less, we had a substantial group for that days run.
Dustin took point, and led us thru a lot of great trail.
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Adam (SpecFab) was riding copilot with me all day, it was nice to have some great discussion along the trail, and we had a good time.
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We stopped at one point to regroup and once again, Naches did not disappoint with the vistas,
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Pick a line ... any line.... I chose the hardest line, and that put me back near the back of the group. (no complaints)
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Came across this oldie at the top.....
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I think someone had stopped at one point to fully evaluate just how easy an axle pull would be with a vehicle in this position.....
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Awesome scenery....
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Nothing like a long string of Jeeps winding down a trail.....
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Once again we found ourselves at Funny Rocks, this time it was daylight, and not wet.
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Most of us chilled and watched the few rigs that were already there play for a while while we ate lunch.
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NW99XJ
07-02-2013, 10:50 AM
All sorts of rigs were there, Plenty of XJ's....
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Caged XJ's, Wranglers,
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Even some sweet tube frame buggies
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Darren played king of the mountain for a bit.....
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Eric really put the flat bed MJ to work on the Crack
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I wish I coulda been front-and-center for this sweet wheel stand....
(i'm sure there was some pucker involved)
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The Nail Salon Conquers.....
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Curtis showed his own pucker factor on the way down....
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NW99XJ
07-02-2013, 10:53 AM
Some of us had to break off from the rest of the group and head back to camp to start getting set up for the Raffle and Club-Provided dinner. It was a sad trip down, knowing this was most likely the last I was going to see and experience of this place until next year. Needless to say I soaked it all in as best I could.
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We paused along this ridge-line for a quick photo op.
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My Jeep had done well throughout the visit to the area, very little carnage (a bent fender, and a saggy roof light) and plenty of mud and dirt to show for it.
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We made it back to Little Naches with some time to spare, so A couple of us made a bee-line up to Raven's Roost to check out the viewpoint, and get a closer look at the repeater tower.
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At an altitude of around 6200' above sea level, you're high enough to see the curvature of the earth, and at one of (if not THE) tallest peak in the area, you see for miles and miles.
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The Jeeps seemed very much at home up here.
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There were some other people up there having some fun too...these guys were about two buckets into a "driving" competition.
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At this elevation there was still some snow on the ground.....
Yea....you know we had to play a bit!
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Yea yea...poser shots ....I know....
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After a bit of sight seeing and soaking in the views, and of course a little snow play, we headed back down to camp to get to work.....

NW99XJ
07-02-2013, 10:54 AM
We set up for the raffle, staging up the BOD Jeeps to use as poster boards to hang the vendor banners from....
(big thanks to all that pitched in and helped out)
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Specfab and Mnkyboy got to work, staging up the mess-line and got going on the cooking duties.
(you guys rock - cant say it enough - Thanks again!!!!)
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The raffle this year was strong, a fair amount of support and some decent items to give away.
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And who can forget the awards.....a yearly tradition that's soon not to be forgotten.
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The long awaited debut of the official NAXJA NWC Offroad Spill Kits.....
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Goodie bags-o-plenty!
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People started filing in, setting up chairs, getting some grub and awaiting the start of the raffle....
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In the midst of it all a deer meandered into our campground.....
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NW99XJ
07-02-2013, 10:55 AM
There were a lot of happy winners that night!

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Some seemed WAY happy!
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All the winners made out pretty well....
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But I think our grand prize winner was the happiest of them all.....
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NW99XJ
07-02-2013, 10:56 AM
Next up was the awards....Aaron took the reigns and handed out the trophies with flair...
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Some were gracious, but I'm sure not all that proud....
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Others, were well deserved....
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Now there's pride in an award!!
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A very special "Rookie Driver" award.....
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...and a gracious recipient...
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Somebody was stoked.....
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That concluded the "official" festivities for the evening.......

NW99XJ
07-02-2013, 10:58 AM
After the raffle, and awards, we took everything down from the raffle, cleaned up and proceeded to hang around the campfires telling stories, BSing..... and squeezing a third butt into a two butt love seat....
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GOOD TIMES!!!
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h328/jbchill1/NAXJA%20NW%20Fest%202013/IMG_2859.jpg (http://s1104.photobucket.com/user/jbchill1/media/NAXJA%20NW%20Fest%202013/IMG_2859.jpg.html)

...and of course, when around a camp fire, one may occasionally get the urge to dawn another mans suspenders..... nothing wrong with that!
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"Oh....it tickles!"
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"But you know what?....I think I feel something....."
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"Yeah......that feeeeels gooood....."
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"That feels REAL GOOD, and oh so right!"
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Sorry Torx......It had to be shared!
(aint nuthin but love buddy!)

NW99XJ
07-02-2013, 10:59 AM
After a night of fun...... (and other things)....
The morning brought many of us breaking camp, packing up, and making the long long drive home....
And even though the weather had turned a bit from the gorgeous Saturday we had, the views were none the less spectacular.
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Heading up and over the pass, there was still a lot of snow on the ground, and even another black late model spied in the snow-park.
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Saw an ice lake on the way up & over.... it doesn't show up in the picture very well.... but that river running thru this ice lake was nearly a neon blue....
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Bronzewyrm's trailer had suffered some minor carnage coming out of the campground, the extend of which we didn't realize until later....
I stayed close behind him, monitoring the load the whole way out till we reached the 1-5 / 205 split, where we parted ways...
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Northwest Fest 2013... the dawning of a 10 year tradition, my first, but not my last.
I hope I did the event and the tradition justice, and i'm already looking forward to next year.
Thanks again to all that helped out, to all that showed up, and to all that helped the others out when they needed it.
I hope you guys had as much fun as I did.
See ya next time!

4.3LXJ
07-02-2013, 11:05 AM
If I had the cash, I would have been there. Really wanted to go there someday. Maybe we can get together and do it someday

prcjeep
07-02-2013, 12:05 PM
That looked like a sweet event! Man i miss driving/camping/hiking in the mountains

NW99XJ
07-02-2013, 12:45 PM
If I had the cash, I would have been there. Really wanted to go there someday. Maybe we can get together and do it someday

There's always next year!

4.3LXJ
07-02-2013, 01:49 PM
There's always next year!

Are you going to do it in the same place?

NW99XJ
07-02-2013, 01:50 PM
Traditionally its held in Naches.....
So for now I'm going to say yes.
I think out of the ten year history, there has only been one year that it hasn't been there.

4.3LXJ
07-02-2013, 02:05 PM
It is a nice central location. Perhaps I will make it next year. I will either bring the wife with me or drop her off in Astoria to see the kids

bad luck
07-10-2013, 09:21 PM
It looked like everyone had a real good time. I love the Pacific Northwest, except for all the rain. And it would be nice if we had a Burgerville here.

4.3LXJ
07-10-2013, 11:00 PM
Ah, Burgerville. I remember them fondly

NW99XJ
07-11-2013, 08:51 AM
There's a Burgerville here that serves beer and wine..... no joke!
Well maybe when I go to MOAB Next year I'll bring a bucket of their "spread" for you Robert!

bad luck
07-11-2013, 11:03 AM
Yeah! That is what makes their burgers so good.