Name: Fall Color
Start: 2012-10-16T00:00:00-07:00
End: 2012-10-16T23:59:59-07:00

Past Activity

Fall Color

Start date: 10/16/2012
Start time: 12:00 AM
End date: 10/16/2012
End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Anticipating a glorious Indian summer day with lots of autumn foliage, we travel along the McKenzie River to the Ranger Station for a rest break and coffee. Then on to Sahalie Falls and perhaps another stop or two going from douglas fir to pine country. At Sisters, we lunch (on your own) and shop, leaving about 1:30 or so. Return over the Santiam Pass, stopping at Hackelman Old Growth- one mile loop hike (optional). Then down the S. Santiam River to McDonalds in Sweet Home for ice cream. Home via Mohawk Valley by 6:00 pm.

(Gloomy Gus Says- if Mother Nature, ODOT or forest fires close the central Cascades, an alternate is mid-Willamette Valley or Oregon Coast.)

Cost: members: $36; non-members: $38; Due October 9.
Reservations and checks to: Mary Lee Cheadle

Event Leader: Ray Jensen
Event Leader Phone: 541-345-5366
Event Leader Email: 000245@obsidians.org
Assistant Leader: Liz Reanier
Event category: Bus Trips
Area Type:
Departure Location: See Trip Description
Rating:
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Season: 2012
Permits Required:
Event Status: Passed
Supplies and Equipment Required:
participant prerequisites:
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Member Fees: 36
Elevation Gain:
Non-Member Fees: 38
Committee: Bus Trips
Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Choosing a suitable date for our traditional Fall Color Trip involves guesswork and hope. This year we did see very good color in the High Cascades, and despite variable rainy weather, we enjoyed the trip.

Our coffee and goodies break was inside the McKenzie Ranger Station, feasting on a delicious birthday cake prepared by Barbara Beard for her ____? birthday.

Then on to spectacular Sahalie Falls, and Fish Lake, where the Santiam Wagon Road Remount Station is being restored. We then traveled over the Santiam summit and immediately enjoyed sunshine. We stayed in Sisters for two hours, shopping and replenishing calories.

Our return was via highway 20, down the South Santiam River, with a brief stop at Hackleman Old Growth, where the trails were in poor condition. We all enjoyed ice cream at McDonald's in Sweet Home and then drove through the Mohawk Valley and McKenzie View Drive to Shopko at 5:15pm. Our driver, Jay Gunsolley was excellent. There were 31 riders, including 10 nonmembers.