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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Owyhee Sheep Camp Expedition, Part 1

Some time ago my brother David and I started talking about making a summer camp-as-you-go trip to Mountain Home, Idaho to see our 86 year old Grandmother. My wife, son and I flew down a few years ago but neither David nor I had driven down there since, as best as we [...]

3 Comments » - Posted in Blue Highways, Outdoors by Brandon

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Wanted: Your vision for recreation in Washington

From the Washington Department of Natural Resource. Help Keep our sport alive and attend your local workshop
Wanted: Your vision for recreation in Washington
Help DNR chart a course for recreation in Washington

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Friday, July 11th, 2008

Grey Rock Trail - Ahtanum State Forest

We recently visited our favorite outdoor destination in Yakima County, the Ahtanum State Forest.  This time the destination was the first of the Grey Rock Trail, starting at Treephones Campground.  The trail heads over Whites Ridge, down to the North Fork (8 miles) then onto Louei Way Gap for a total of 23 miles.  Our [...]

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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Off-road Tent Trailer Build, Part 1

A few posts back I introduced my “old” camping trailer and stated I was going to start to rebuild it. Here is the first installment of the rebuild process. It took some time to figure out how exactly I wanted to approach this. The old camp box was built on my M416A1 [...]

6 Comments » - Posted in Overland travel, Tech by Brandon

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Public lands patrol yields drug case

From: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Public lands patrol yields drug case

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