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9th annual, can you believe it?
Still my favorite despite the name. Any of you guys free end of July/early Aug? I am hoping for a week out there.
End of July Already...

We just booked an Alaskan cruise for the 2nd-11th of August. Could make it the weekend of the 15th.

Only a week away my friends! I'll be there all week, make some time to come out. Summer is 1/2 over...
Looks like Eva and Don will be there, maybe Sluggo. AND Don will be test-piloting Bus2, it's maiden camp no less. Ho. Maybe Erin too we'll see how that goes.
The directions on that map are a little off.
If you're coming from the Willamette Valley, do this:
OR 224 thru Estacada, past Ripplebrook.
LEFT on 57
Just BEFORE 57 turns to gravel -
LEFT on 58
Climb like a mofo to 4610 at High Rock.
LEFT on 4610, climb more (don't go RIGHT - this is 58 heading east)
look for Abbot Road sign on dirt road heading LEFT at crest of hill. Be very very careful on Abbot, steep narrow and rocky with a dramatic dropoff.


If you haven't been there before, it's very remote. The last couple miles are hair raising! Take it slow in 1st gear you'll be fine. Otherwise it's all paved roads. Keep going until you see the Abbot Rd. sign off to your left. You'll see.

Dammit! Missing Hambone two years in a row. You guys have a good time out there.

Mebbe Linney next month? You are a busy bastard. HEY and give Wayne hell for me, it's been a really long time since he's been on one of our camps.
Haven't heard from Troy in a long time, hope HE is well out there in the world. He's made a few Hambones over the years, Plaza too. Hal, well you know, excuses a mile long. I say this with a smile you realize. I've given up on the rest of them.

For those of you still tuned into this B League broadcast of the STUMPTOWN CRAPPERPOTS: there may be a little leeway on the dates. we will be there for a week, just trying to figure exactly the day of departure.

I am getting pretty excited, this really is a highpoint of the year! I'm grateful it's coming together somehow.

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hambone wrote:Mebbe Linney next month?

Yeah or maybe even early September. With this weather fall camping should be pretty good.

Later in August or mebbe LABOR DAY!!! could work for me.

Ok I changed the dates from Sat to Sun, 8 nights total! Will also have some Portland friends joining us on Wed in their Eurovan, close enough.
Bus2 is now fully insured, she will be making the maiden voyage with Don at the wheel. This is my 10th anniversary of Hambone camps BTW, every year. I never would have predicted a duplicate bus in 10 years...
I'm also glad this heat wave has finally broken, hope it will last a while.

the Hambone forecast so far:
Saturday Partly sunny, with a high near 74.
Saturday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51.
Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.
Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Monday Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.

I can hear the <crickets> from here.

Eight Nights! Someday you're just going to stay out there and become a legend of the woods. There will be stories of a bearded man wandering the woods living out of an overgrown VW Bus but never confirmed. Oh, the legend of Hambone.

By then it will be a suburb of Gresham, full of townhouses. I'll wander the laundrymats.
Even crazier, Eva will be out there with me, she's so excited! I'm lucky.

Weather forecast has changed a bit, low 60s for for the weekend then low 70s. Will it change again?????

I wish there was more info on Hambone history, or the other guard stations etc. Not much, not even photos. There must be a shoebox of old photos somewhere.

https://books.google.com/books?id=z681A ... qICh21iAtO

The latest, look at these crazy temps! Leaving early tomorrow see you out there.

Saturday Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. West wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday Night A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. West wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. West southwest wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. West northwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday A 20 percent chance of showers before 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 58.
Monday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 46.
Tuesday Sunny, with a high near 73.
Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 55.
Wednesday Sunny, with a high near 80.
Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 55.
Thursday Sunny, with a high near 81.
Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
Friday Sunny, with a high near 78.