Camping..

I'm going camping July 2nd - 5th. Not sure where yet but it will definitely involve some 4x4ing. Looking to get the R&R kit shipped and installed before then. Pushing it, i know, but want to be able and get up Mt. Stoyoma (aka Cabin lake) in the Fraser Canyon area. If not, then will prob do some 4x4ing on and off the In-Shuck-Ch FSR.

july 1st - reserve for the beach and mojitos :banana:

 

My camera and I are totally down Just a question of whether the wife will let me take HER Jeep Maybe I can convince her to come along.

 

Meet Greets / Trail Runs



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if you break it ... you bought it and i get a new one . :smiley_thumbs_up:

 

anyone else?!?!

Alternate dates are OK too - post up if you want to go, but just not on Canada Day.

 

uh oh... Soundy's got a watchful eye on the bulletin board.

 

Let me have a look at the schedule. Don't know that I'll have my tires and lift by then...unless I find a great deal on tires.

 

I should be able to join on July 1st. Keep me posted. My apology for late reply, I have been away

 

a good dozen lower mainlanders, and only two others that are in? come on Canada, let's show those Greeks what we're made of!

 

So, I'm going to look for a small lake to swim in when we get there. Hopefully the summer heat returns!

Soundy, Petbug, yaya, shirk. - are you still in for July 1?

Soundy - FDI or FDII? are you running SR-A's? just curious.

 

We (yaya and I) are FDI, and yes, SR-As.

 

got any suggestions on a destination Soundy?

 

I dunno, only one I'm really familiar with around here is the road up the west side of Stave Lake (shows on Google Maps as Burma St. and Aka Florence Lake FSR). If you're wanting somewhere to swim, Sayres Lake is accessible from there.

Something I've always wanted to do is a circle trip up the so-called "Sasquatch Highway", up the west side of Harrison, over to the east side of Lillooet Lake, and into Pemberton, then come back down via the Sea-to-Sky. That might be a little ambitious for a light day trip tho.

 

awesome. I was just looking at Florence Lake, and have asked about it on bc4x4.com.

I've done the West side of Harrison from Pemby to Vancouver. It was 5 hours of logging road - after driving to Pemberton 2-3 hours on the highway, and another 2 hours highway to get home. It's a great drive, but it's really a two day trip with a tent inbetween somewhere. One day would be too ambitious.

Halfway down Harrison lake, we ran into a logging crew that was working in a 6" deep muddy swath of the road. I asked if the road lead to Vancouver, and one of the guys gave my stock S-10 Jimmy a sideways glance and said - "yeah - eventually". good times!

 

petbug? shirk? are you in? 1 week away. let's get a solid plan together.

 

I am in and looking forward to some fun. Anywhere is fine with me, hopefully we have a convoy. Do we need extra gas???

 

extra gas??? isn't that why we bought Pats, so we don't need a monster tank?

no, we don't need extra gas.

 

dokboy, where are you??? I've seen your Jeeping pics, and hope you can join us!




So, meeting place?!?!



google maps doesn't have the Golden Ears Bridge on it yet, but I was thinking of a meeting spot on the north end of the bridge somewhere. Any ideas Soundy? I believe the bridge is still free to drive over (no toll yet).

How's 10 AM for everyone?

 

Bridge is still free until July 16. As far as meeting places, there are side roads around there, or there's the Meadow Town parking lot.

 

we will need a KFC stop before hitting the woods. Is there a maple ridge/pitt meadows KFC?

 

KFC/Taco Bell with drive-thru at Lougheed and 222nd.

 

Oh... but I was thinking of packing my portable BBQ and bringing along some smokies or something.

 

10:00 AM is fine. How many do we have so far?

 

Right, so, do we have a destination set? Stave? Elsewhere? I have an account on www.bivouac.com, they have a intense listing of backroads and the like (although they concentrate more on the Squamish district), so I can see what else there is around here.

Everyone down with Meadowtown parking lot as a meeting place? I can give directions if you're coming over the Golden Ears Bridge, since Google Maps doesn't show the completed interchanges yet.

I'm gonna throw my portable BBQ in the rig as well, so if anyone wants to bring along dead flesh to cook up for lunch at the destination... (and if you don't have any, there's a Superstore right there).

 

I am absolutely down with the bbq.

My backroads mapbook shows some roads around Stave, Sayres, etc. Let's just go drive and see what we find.

10 AM at Meadowtown sounds good. I just got my fill of KFC today after an epic ride, so smokies sound good.

 

Yeah, just been reviewing my pics from my drive up there last spring. Found a GPS track for that road on bivouac.com, too... will post up a .KML for anyone who wants to take a look. Good little afternoon drive.

BRING YOUR BUG SPRAY!!

 

got an FRS radio? I've got two, but we need a third.

Actually, I have three, but I need more AA batteries for them.

 

I have three of them as well, and a $#!tload of AA batteries.