Itinerant Air-Cooled

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=pasola+m ... n&t=h&z=14

In 1931 it was the main drag thru Bull of th Woodz, abandoned since 1964. I will most likely be out there with a couple goons (Don and Randy) until at least Monday. Just puttin' this out there.

Holy crap, clean the garage out later,and go to the woods:
Thursday Sunny, with a high near 70. West wind around 6 mph.
Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 54. West southwest wind 5 to 7 mph.
Friday Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.
Friday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 56.
Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.
Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Sunday A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.
Sunday Night A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly clear, with a low around 57.
Monday Sunny, with a high near 70.

Not bad for over 4000'...
I should get packin' instead of talking to myself on the Camping and Fishing! section.

Age of Pasola:
Late Miocene
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Late Miocene (also known as Upper Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages. The Tortonian and Messinian stages comprise the Late Miocene sub-epoch.

The sub-epoch lasted from 11.608 ± 0.005 Ma (million years ago) to 5.332 ± 0.005 Ma. The Late Miocene Period was when the Australian species Thylacinus potens lived.

P.S. this will be Don's maiden voyage in his bus! Wish him well.

Look how much the forecast changed! Man it's not even worth checking a few days ahead...

Detailed Pasola Forecast

Thursday Sunny, with a high near 75. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 55. West northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. North northwest wind 3 to 8 mph.

Saturday A 20 percent chance of showers before 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 87.
Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 59.

Sunday A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.
Sunday Night A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59.

Monday Sunny, with a high near 79.

Pasola: The Blood Sport of Sumba
Every year the clans of Sumba face off in one of mankind's most ancient and violent rituals: ceremonial battles on horseback that often have very real consequences. They say it's not a Pasola until there's blood on the field.

Directions here:
http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mthood/r ... 4&actid=51

Directions:
From Portland, travel east on US Hwy 26 to Sandy. Turn right (southwest) on OR Hwy 211 and travel 6.1 miles to OR Hwy 224. Turn left (southeast) on OR Hwy 224 and travel 30.6 miles to Clackamas River Hwy (Forest Road 46) (approximately at milepost 50).
Take the right fork onto Clackamas River Hwy and travel 3.7 miles to Collowash Road (Forest Road 63). Travel 5.7 miles on Forest Road 63 and turn right onto Forest Road 6340. Travel 7.8 miles on Forest Road 6340 and you will come to a fork in the road (6340 and 6341).
Take the left fork onto 6340 and follow it for approximately 1.5 miles to the trailhead parking area at the end of the road.

We will be somewhere towards the end of 6340, have never been up there not sure exactly...watch for the orange hubcap!

One hell of a camp, didn't see a soul. Steep, lots of giant trees, lots of clearcuts. Found the old trail but it may be a goner...
Randy where were you????? Kept hoping all the way til the end.