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#31 Smokecreek1

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Posted 15 October 2014 - 04:51 PM

More adventures from the rally :D !  Well we are home and it's raining as "Bob" naps after his stent as "Dog Boss and chief ball holder along with Roxy. Thanks to Ted and Fishmore and those who guided and set up this rally, Marty and his crew who kept the retired crew  and Craig in the middle camp in food and to Marc and his crew for the great Pig. It was sure nice to meet the people that went with the WTW posts. Where next time, the desert or maybe the King Range.  Now on to another unplanned adventure.  I had just installed a second solar panel, an additional battery and a new compression frig/freezer in my rig and this was a test run to see how it worked. I spent some time talking to Marty and others about it and it was acting up and having "teething" problems. Remember Ted this is your fault-you stopped by on pig night and infected my rig and my hot water heater went "Boom" and blew out-did relight it later.

 

As Russ (lawnmower man ) and me waved good by to Craig and Riley  (the last to leave other than us) as they headed  off for more adventures, I mentioned to Russ my comptroller was suddenly showing a charge of 11.4-7) and didn't seem to be charging even in the sun and i was worried, especially cause i was planning to go on some more adventures!  Well in the best tradition of WTW, he volunteered to trouble shoot the problem(me i'm still learning how to spell solar) and we spent the next several hours rewiring the cables,  panels, checking battery charges,etc! [anyone has question on what we did-send me a message on one of the solar threads] and in general putting my system into a series arrangement. By the end of the day and sun light, my batteries were starting to charge-up to 12.5-6  By the next morning and in sun light  it seemed to be charging just quite nicely :D !  Sooo, off Russ (thanks again) headed toward Quincy and down the Feather River Canyon and me-off to Susanville to see if the fix worked or it was to the shop-it worked charging at 13.7 and after the rains stops it off again.  So,  mission completed and as we stress all the time on this site-"always be prepared" because you never know when Murphy" will strike and can ruin a great adventure.  Again, thanks for the great time, neat people and I wonder what other adventures WTW folks got in to after the "meet".

 

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#32 Casa Escarlata Robles Too

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Posted 15 October 2014 - 08:07 PM

For us who couldn't make the meet, thank you for all the pictures and names with faces.

What a great job,THANKS.

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Posted 15 October 2014 - 09:32 PM

No photos to contribute...but just wanted to chime in that I enjoyed it, too. :)

Thanks, all, for the nice time -- and especially thanks, Ted, for stepping up to do what organization needed to be done, and thanks, Marc, for the pig.


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Posted 15 October 2014 - 10:05 PM

We want to thank all those who organized the meetup and who came. It was great to match up faces and forum names. Great pork feed for hubby cooked by XP Camper folks and wonderful onion soup by Marty and other great veggy entrees by Ted and others for me. I got the last sliver of Mark's walnut pie with ice cream from ?

We are just north of Yerrington, NV having lunch. After the meet we returned to Indian Falls for photos and camping. No signs prohibiting camping and no one kicked us out. We toured through Lassen and went on up to Burney Falls. We camped at Ramhorn Springs north of Susanville last night. Sorry, Smoke but it was raining too hard to go Smoke Creek Road so we went on 320 to Pyramid Lake's west side. We did catch a rainbow over Smoke Creek Desert, though as we went north a bit on Sand Pass Road by those 2 old houses by the RR tracks. On our way to the Sump, Bishop, and bristlecones in a WTW way of routing.

Thanks for the photos everyone. When we return, I will post photos and a blog sometime in November.
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Posted 16 October 2014 - 12:26 AM

Sorry we were unable to attend . . . . looks like it was a memorable event.  Also, thanks to those who did the organizing and submitted the photos in this report.  As Frank said above, it is neat to put faces to the names that we've become familiar with on this forum through the years - Richard


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Posted 16 October 2014 - 12:35 AM

We want to thank all those who organized the meetup and who came. It was great to match up faces and forum names. Great pork feed for hubby cooked by XP Camper folks and wonderful onion soup by Marty and other great veggy entrees by Ted and others for me. I got the last sliver of Mark's walnut pie with ice cream from ?

We are just north of Yerrington, NV having lunch. After the meet we returned to Indian Falls for photos and camping. No signs prohibiting camping and no one kicked us out. We toured through Lassen and went on up to Burney Falls. We camped at Ramhorn Springs north of Susanville last night. Sorry, Smoke but it was raining too hard to go Smoke Creek Road so we went on 320 to Pyramid Lake's west side. We did catch a rainbow over Smoke Creek Desert, though as we went north a bit on Sand Pass Road by those 2 old houses by the RR tracks. On our way to the Sump, Bishop, and bristlecones in a WTW way of routing.

Thanks for the photos everyone. When we return, I will post photos and a blog sometime in November.

Glad you found Rams Horn-if the weather was better-many, many adventures down Rams horn road at the head waters of Smoke Creek-enjoy your run!  Taking SC road during wet weather is a "getting stuck" fun time for sure!

 

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Posted 17 October 2014 - 10:10 PM

I'm sorry to have missed this event.

 

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A big shout out and "thanks" to everyone that helped put it together.

 

Just too much happening right now to escape last weekend with work and family.

 

I hope to be able to attend the next one.

 

 

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Posted 25 October 2014 - 03:07 AM

Got back to Tucson  today after 3 weeks on the road.Just want to say I had a great time at WTW 2014.Great group of DOGS +humans.Glad to see old faces and some new ones.


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Posted 25 October 2014 - 04:09 AM

We're sorry to have missed a gathering of WTW'ers and their dogs so close to home.  We were in VT to VA visiting family with plane tickets purchased last spring, so the least Ted could have done was consult with us before scheduling the event.  :D  :D  :D


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