Lassen Mem Day '21

Booya!  Summit beer party at 9 am...

Fri: 

Started the weekend off with a long ride to Lassen NP... Burney Falls is pretty, but sucks.  Sooo crowded... where do these folks come from?  

Sat:

Sun:

Mon:

Took a nice digger on TimeWarp... right when I got back to town... yowza... 

First backpacking trip of 2021

 

at 5 Mary's another reason why backpacking in the Marbles is a good idea.

Strava

Day 1

Snowy Walk

Day 2

Last day of Mt. A operations!

 

Met up with Steven and Ryan for an early morning ride around the lakes loop.  Then we rode up Mt A and met up with our families so we could don our ski gear and shred!  

Riding in shorts!  Spring skiing at its finest!

smart people think alike...

Gotta get upside down for the last day!

Went to Ghelfi's for a BBQ after the amazing day

Strava

• Road ride with Younkin and Crothers
• Spring skiing with the boys

Shasta - Avy Gulch '21 - horrendous conditions

Check out this prime conditions!!! Icy Sharkfins 

Angel Wings = no go

Misery Hill = Glacier Ice

Hotlum side wasn't that great either...

Let's check out the Trinity Chutes... 

Made it back in town to meet up with the Galicias at Emigrant Lake.

Strava - https://www.strava.com/activities/5138643139

Sunset Bay Yurts

 

Shasta showing his Dominace over Tina

Soon the boys had other plans with Marin's wagon

Love this coast line here... 

Great Tide Pooling

Lots of unsanctioned paths... 

Notes

• Located 3.5 hrs away just outside of Coos Bay
• Great tide pooling spots
• Clamming? -check the tides
• Bastendorff is a nice beach
• Lots of secret beaches

Next Time

• Check out the Strava Heat maps and do some more exploring - https://www.strava.com/heatmap#14.35/-124.37610/43.31539/hot/all
• Area between Sacchi Beach (private but can walk up from 7 devil's rec site at low tide) and Cape Arago
• 7 mi run - https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/oregon/cape-arago-to-shore-acres-loop?ref=result-card
• 8.5 mi - https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/oregon/sunset-bay-to-cape-arago?ref=result-card
• Go check out Agate and Sacchi beach at low tide
• Hikes
• Simpson Reef Trail 3.2 mi - https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/oregon/simpson-reef-loop-trail--3
• S. Slough - https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/oregon/south-slough-national-estuarine-research-reserve
• Cape Arago Pack trail - https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/oregon/cape-arago-pack-trail--2
• Golden and Silver falls on the way or home - https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/oregon/golden-and-silver-falls
• Coos Bay - 7 devils brew co, 

Strava clips

• https://www.strava.com/activities/5104460954 - cape arago
• https://www.strava.com/activities/5111164487 - scrambling from camp with Jasper
• https://www.strava.com/activities/5111160202 - Yoakom pt.

Spring Break '21 Green River with the boys! - Part 3 - canyoneering!

Canyoneering down Morning Glory Arch with the Botts!

Once we were back in civilization, the boys... quickly found a geocache...

And we ate a huge meal!

Then we found some camping right outside of town.  Moab was ramping up for a Jeep Jamboree, so the place was mobbed.  And since we were going to be rappelling off of some big ole arches, I figured we should practice a bit.  We ran across the street and set up a rope so the boys could practice, while the Botts took a shower at the community center.  

Sunset was amazing.

It was cooold. 

We started hiking from camp.  Kimbo didn't want to do this again (she did it on my 2nd green river trip in 2003). So she drove to the other end with Shasta.  

The Botts girls had no trouble and showed my boys what to do.  

Go Aubrey!

Kai's face when he figured out that he's gonna be rappelling off this arch!

We met up with Brit.  She was out there guiding some mtn bike trips.  

soon we got in the car and the movie watching began

great salt lake...

And 50 miles from our destination (just outside of the Ruby Mtns where Casey and I were planning to ski the next day... Terminal Cancer was in all time conditions...) the van blew up.  

So the fam hopped in the Botts van.

meanwhile...

I got the van looked at.  And the headgasket blew.  So I decided to get AAA, get a tow to a Uhaul rental, and tow the van back to Ashland.

Shasta was enjoying time w/o daddy

And a few days later I made it back!

Strava:

• Canyon - https://www.strava.com/activities/5022267832
• Wells, NV - https://www.strava.com/activities/5028863403
• Uhaul Dropoff - https://www.strava.com/activities/5039930090