july 2010 echo magazine - camping & hiking issue

Annual Kittitas County CAMPING & HIKING Issue

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• Kids connect with Nature at Camp Wahoo

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Ron and Jan Sellar from Bremerton,Washington rolled into the area driving amega-mobile home, towing a trailer with a1932 Auburn on it, and inside the Auburnwas a crime boss’s hat and a toy machinegun. What were they doing? Answer: Prac-ticing the fine art of retiring via ‘heavymetal camping.’

“We’ve put on 350,000 miles in thelast 15-years,” Ron said. “Hit all 48 states,and let me tell ya, retirement is the best,no matter what they say.”

Inside the mobile home, Ron and hiswife live comfortably while they’re on theroad.

“We’ve got a queen-sized bed, fourclosets, walk-through shower for two,kitchen with a fridge that makes ice, twoair conditioners, two furnaces, a living

room and dining room, an in-motion satel-lite that allows us to keep the televisionon while we’re on the road.”

Asked what the crime boss hat andtoy machine gun were all about, Sellargrinned, “The Auburn looks like it’s a mobcar. I thought up my license plate at threein the morning: GDFATHER.”

Sellar said he acquired the car onEBay, and had to drive to Illinois with atrailer to fetch it back to Bremerton.

“It’s got a Chevy 350 with a 400crankshaft beneath the hood. Front axle isa 1986 Corvette. It’s got AC and cruisecontrol. It’s my daily driver. On the roadI’ve driven through Times Square, acrossthe Hoover Dam, and over a good stretchof Route 66.”

Since retirement, Sellar, 68, said he’s

worn out two mobile homes already. After the brief stopover in Cle Elum,

he said he and his wife were returning totheir home in Bremerton for a pit stop,after finishing a seven-month road trip.

Asked if he would be driving thesame-sized rig down the road when hereaches 90 years of age, Sellar shot back,with a broad smile, “Yes sir. Life’s a blast.”

TUNDRA by Chad Carpenter

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“We run a nine week camp,with 20 to 24 kids at a time,”Stacy said. “They each get theirown horse. They’re assigneddaily chores, a different oneeach day.

“We teach classes in horse-manship, CPR, and First Aid. Wehave creek time. We haveguests who entertain and teachthe kids about the forest andfish, plants, trees, and wildlifefor example. And we teach kidshow to pack a horse or muleand ride backcountry.

“We grow leaders – kids whocome back as counselors. Forsome, Wahoo is a first, seriousoutdoor experience. They loveit or hate it. Either way, it’s alife-changing thing. Most seemto appreciate it second andthird time around.

“Most kids come to Wahoofrom the Westside, but as faraway as Colorado, Oregon, evenGermany.”

The transformationsStacy says she sees in the50-percent of those whoreturn year after year, areobvious and encouraging.

“Rugged lifestyle withbare necessities, takingcare of a pack animal andlearning to ride, buildsconfidence, self-reliance,character and a sense ofresponsibility and respect.”

Those traits, Stacy said,in younger children, startto show in subtle ways, at first.

“I remember one first-timer, a little girl whowouldn’t go into the outhouse because therewas a bee in there. She returned the next year,and wound up with a bee in the outhouseagain, but this time, she squished it. Didn’tthink anything of it,” Stacy laughed.

Learning to interact with others, she claims, isone of the biggest lessons kids learn at Wahoo.“Stripped of their technology, they’re put in a po-sition to socialize, work together, make friends.”

She said she’ll never forget the letter she re-ceived from a loving grandfather. “He saidWahoo changed his grandson, in a good way.”

By the Numbers:Chores at Camp Wahoo

Pots and Pans. Dishes. Campsite beautifica-tion. Manure. Horse and mule feeding andcare. Outhouse. Table clearing. Trash. Compost-ing. Trail maintenance. Tent cleaning.

Wahoo-landCamp Wahoo is 28-miles due north of Cle

Elum, tucked away near theheadwaters of the TeanawayRiver, North Fork. The campkitchen is cradled by Iron andEsmeralda Peaks, and KoppenMountain. The camp providesa launching point to a varietyof trails: DeRoux, Gallagher,Esmeralda, Iron Peak, MiddleFork, Paris Creek, and BeverlyTurnpike.

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sine is regularly scheduled atWahoo, though the gas grill isthe standard cooking-engine.“One year,” Stacy smiled, “oneof our 19-year-old’s cooked abirthday cake in the Dutchoven.”

Kids get up in the morningto the smell of bacon andeggs. Fresh fruit is serveddaily. Campers get a variedand healthy menu for lunch

and supper, Stacy said. Thecamp cook drives for food

weekly, walking out ofthe grocery store with a$1,400 bill, on average.

The electricity-free camp uses waterfrom a spring fed stream,via a storage and deliverysystem regulated andmonitored by the Depart-ment of Health. There’s apropane-driven waterheater for kitchen useand hot showers.

Wahoo StaffStacy is assisted with a variety of camp du-

ties by husband Mike. Seattle volunteer Town-ley Simons has helped around camp since1998. Seattle’s Tim Fields, EMT-certified, acts asthe Camp Program Coordinator. Seattle’sJeanie Krogstad, a retired teacher, comman-deers the camp kitchen.

Wahoo HistoryIssaquah’s Debbie Miller founded Camp

Wahoo, and she owned High Country Outfit-ters before Sutton took it over. Wahoo is a co-operative venture with the U.S. Forest Service.Stacy pays a fee for exclusive use of the camp.

Stacy and husband Mike moved to Cle Elumin 1995, after weekending in the Upper Countyfor years. They’re both hardcore outback riders,sometimes averaging 28-miles a day. With thoseskills, from their Camp Wahoo base camp, theycan also guide backcountry trail riders andhunting parties, or advance camp supplies upthe trail, a service they call drop camping.

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Paints a picture of sedate tranquility,doesn’t it? Just happens to be the wrongpicture, however, ‘cause things are hop-ping at the McManus’ dream home herein Upper Kittitas County.

It is in the woods. It is peaceful there,and the train does whistle from time totime.

“It’s off in the distance,” said Dick.“The sound is kind of muffled, though,coming through the trees.”

And the couple does pause to enjoythe sound of that muffled whistle, butonly after a full day of retirement activi-ties.

“I don’t know what we do,” Dicklaughed, “but it takes all day to do it.”

What they do is: travel, work onwoodworking projects, go bird watching,hunt wildflowers, paint, embroider, go

out with friends – and anything else thatinterests them.

“Anything that interests us, anythingthat we think is neat, we can go aheadand do it ourselves,” Dick said about re-tirement.

“I really enjoy retirement,” Marylynadded with a smile, “I highly recommendit.”

One of Dick and Marylyn’s big inter-ests is birds. “Just one of those things oldpeople get into,” Dick joked.

There’s a big book about birds on thecoffee table in their living room, and Dickkeeps an album of his own bird photosnear by.

“Do you know there are Virginia Railin Ellensburg, and Harlequin Duck?” Dickasked with some amazement as he pulledout his photo album to prove the point.

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DICK AND MARYLYN MCMANUSat the entrance to their littlecabin in the woods. They’vebeen married for 47 years. Theyhave three sons and sevengrandchildren. Dick retiredfrom Bridgestone Tires andMarylyn is a retired nurse.

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A little cabin in the woods, that’s what they wanted – a place where Dick andMarylyn McManus could live out their retirement years in peace – punctuated by the occasional lonesome train whistle waffling through the trees.

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And, yep, right there in the album are photos of the twobirds along with may other feathered friends.

As members of the Audubon Society, the couple oftenhunt down and photograph the birds of this county andelsewhere.

Out on their deck, birds of several varieties flock to agroup of feeders, and a little further out a family of duckscoasts down the Yakima River.

And when they get tired of birds – there’s flowers. “She does the same thing with wildflowers,” Dick said,

indicating there’s an album of those photos around some-where.

“If you ever get a chance to visit Death Valley after a wetspring, go see it,” Marylyn said emphatically.

“Flowers cover the whole desert,” Dick added.That’s not the only place the couple has traveled.

There’s a map in Dick’s workshop with a pin in every coun-try they’ve visited.

It was travel, a little closer to home, that brought Dickand Marylyn to their Kittitas County dream home.

“We were traveling through the area, and stopped tovisit a friend up the street,” Dick said.

Turned out the friend wasn’t home, so the couple hadsome time to explore.

“It was the ideal location, just about an hour, to an hourand 15 minute drive to Seattle,” he explained. “And therewas woods, water and golf.”

So should we add golf to the couple’s list of activities? “No,” he said. “We go with the kids if they come over

and want to, but that’s about it.”Besides, you don’t have to be into golf to enjoy the com-

munity of people who are Dick and Marylyn’s neighbors.But if you like eating out with friends, that does help.

“We all get together for Meatloaf Monday at Old No. 3 inRonald,” Dick laughed, “and Taco Tuesday at the Brick inRoslyn.”

You get the sense this couple enjoys everything abouttheir life, their retirement and their sedate, tranquil dreamhome.

The only thing that might add to their contentment is see-ing others enjoy life and a dream home as much as they do.

Dick has done what he can to see that happen. When hefound out there wasn’t a Habitat for Humanity* chapter inUpper Kittitas County, he felt that was something thatneeded to be corrected.

“I contacted Habitat to get something started,” he said.“Soon you’ll see two Habitat houses going up in Roslyn.”

So before too long, two upper county families will havethe opportunity to enjoy their own dream home, and life,and perhaps even our fine feathered friends, just as much asDick and Marylyn do.

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A Karelian Bear Dog in our backyard“Woof!” I met a new friend in Wenatchee at the Washington

Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) office. His name is“Cash” and he is owned by a human being named Rich Beau-soleil who is a Wildlife Biologist for the WDFW at the We-natchee office. Cash is one of only three Karelian Bear Dogs inservice to the State of Washington. There are only about 25dogs in service (working dogs) worldwide. That makes him aspecial dog, and he’s handsome, too! Cash is only four-years-oldand weighs about 72 lbs. Rich said that Cash is a “freak of na-ture” because they normally are a wee bit smaller than that, upto 60 lbs., and are considered a medium size dog. Imagine howmuch safer our woods are with Cash and Rich around? Theyhave, as a team, been called to safely diffuse much wildlife al-ready. And, Cash goes home each working day with his owner,Rich, who says that he will be Cash’s human for his entire life.That’s good because you can see the bond between the two.

What kind of work does Cash actually do? Cash is a working dog, but he’s NOT a police dog and NOT a

hound. He is strictly a WILDLIFE SERVICE DOG. He helps to keepwildlife from being “put-down” by authorities. That means that

when Rich and Cash get a call to go into the “wild” or perhapswhere people live, they actually use “tough love” to help teach ananimal their boundaries, and wildlife boundaries don’t includepeople. That’s wild animal sheparding at its finest!

Cash goes to schoolRich said that he has owned Cash since he was a puppy of 12

weeks old. By then he had been handled by and socialized with morethan 300 children. When Cash is not helping with the wild critters, hegoes to schools in Washington State. He helps teach the children NOTto leave their garbage out (at all times) or bird feeders hanging in thewinter months when a critter might be looking for an easy tidbit so,doing your part will help save wildlife! “Everyone migrates to Cash, es-pecially the children!” said Rich, “and teaching these kids, whilethey’re young, helps them to not have wildlife conflicts.” Cash is awonderful dog and he loves to help the children learn.

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Tree that wildlifeRich also told me about how his life and work is much more

efficient since Cash came to live with him. He used to spendhours treeing bears/cougars for counting or relocation and now,with Cash, it is so much quicker. Cash has been called to helpwith “aversive conditioning” when cougars, moose bear and otherwildlife accidentally or otherwise wondered into Wenatchee andthe surrounding area. In fact, Cash is among the very first KarelianBear Dogs in service to add cougars to their list of wild animalsthat the dogs shepard. Washington State is the only state in the USto have that program. And, Cash has already been called in to helpsave a cougar’s life (this occurred in Seattle) through using thesetechniques. Now I know that a barking dog helps to thwart offwildlife, so I’m figuring that if wildlife gets a whiff of a dog, eventhat should help tremendously!

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According to Washington State Parksofficials, due to continued safety concerns,tunnels 46 through 50 on the Iron HorseState Park - John Wayne Pioneer Trail willremain closed until further notice.

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not be concerned with motor-ized traffic – it’s NON-MOTOR-IZED use only. You might see amountain bike on the trail be-cause they are acceptable but,most folks prefer to ride theirbicycles on a more challenging

trail. Cooper River Trail #1311 is a trail that is perfect fornovice horseback riders because it is short, has only a few upsand downs, and a tree root now and again across the trail.Once it climbs gently, it sort of levels off. The trail is mostlyforested and follows the river on the north side for 3.2 miles.If you’re interested in camping somewhere around Salmon laSac, you can call the National Forest at (509) 852-1100 formore details. There is also a campground on the left and it isso close to the Salmon la Sac Trailhead, you will surely have awonderful weekend if you stay at that one. There are twoother more difficult trails (Waptus River Trail #1310 is longerand Pollalie Ridge Trail #1309 climbs) that begin at the trail-head as well. They go north of the river trail. Be sure you areon the path that follows Cooper River if you have little onesor a novice with you. Always stay SOUTH of the other trailsand make sure the river is to your south, and you’ll be fine.

Another thing that is really neat is a backpack harness andleash for your toddler. They are so cute now, that you shouldnever be embarrassed to have one, and using one could saveyour sweet patootie’s life if he or she gets too close to the cliff

walls and water!The Cooper River Trail #1330 follows the river itself as it

flows from Cooper Lake and into the Cle Elum River. Thereare a few places to access the river, but you’d want to keep asharp eye on your kids because the river really moves! And Ialmost forgot, there is NO DRINKING WATER, so be sure andpack some (snacks too!) on the trail.

So, if you wanted to, you could hike or ride the trail from thelake downhill slightly, to the trailhead at Salmon la Sac. There aretwo parking lots available at Cooper Lake – one for horses (re-member not to take your ponies down to the water) and one forhikers. You will also notice the trailhead for Pete Lake is at theend of the road (stay right with horse trailers) and you might beinterested in riding that trail if your critter’s condition is good.

Directions: Drive on SR 903 through Roslyn and Ronaldas it becomes the Salmon la Sac Road. Continue on that roadfor about 11 miles. Drive straight when the pavement fizzlesout and over a bridge which curves left – straight on down tothe Salmon la Sac Trail-head parking area. A NWForest Pass is required topark at the trailhead. Youcan also use their vaulttoilets and picnic area.

“Trail Mix” is a description of a Cascades area trail from the perspective of an actual user.

TRAIL OF THE MONTH

Families have several choices of spots to go down to the river for lunchor snacks, but the water is swift and deep, so keep a sharp eye on anykids that might be with you. Janie McQueen photo

Trinity Olson, Jordie Peterson,Erik Olson (dad), DonnieOlson, and Heidi Butler-Olsonat first just wanted to weartheir little guy out (by hiking)before heading home to Bon-ney Lake. But, they enjoyed thetrail so much, that it didn’tmatter! Janie McQueen photo


By Janie McQueen

Family-friendlytrail follows

Cooper River

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How do you explain to a kid – you don’t have enough money to save the family pet?

What Bill Johnson did when he losthis beloved best friend Sonny to caninelymphoma cancer – is ride like hell. He’snot at all the Forrest Gump type. There isno comparison. But what bridges Gumpthe fairy tale to Johnson the true-life storyis the drive to get up and move – after tak-ing a hammer blow.

Five years after his dog’s death, John-son is still moving and healing. With a bikehe’s carving a permanent memory out ofPacific Northwest hardtop that, each con-secutive year, sculpts meaning and pur-pose onto the face of his loss.

In 2006, the summer after Sonny died,Johnson cycled 217-miles from his homein the Teanaway to WSU’s College of Vet-erinary Medicine in Pullman, where hetook Sonny for cancer treatments.

Along the way each year, Johnsonpasses the places where he and Sonnyregularly stopped on trips to and fromWSU, to air themselves out.

This year marks the fifth year Johnsonmakes the ride, for the Sonny Angel andCody Jo Gift of Hope Endowment he es-tablished through the WSU VeterinarySchool’s Good Samaritan Program. Theprogram assists underprivileged familieswith pet medical care costs.

Cody Jo was another dog Johnsonowned and lost to cancer in 2008.

Donors gift the program during John-son’s annual ride, this year scheduled forSaturday, August 21. Some donate by themile. Others simply give what they can.

What’s it like to ride 217-miles fromKittitas County to Pullman in about 12-hours, the bar Johnson set for himself?

“Depends on the year,” he said. “Lastyear it rained for the first three hours.Other years it’s been hot, 105-degrees,which puts the tarmac at about 130. Thenyou have the wind, and first-week-of-school traffic. Sometimes thunderstorms.

Physically, I train year-round, on a rigorousschedule, so I’m pretty well preparedcome August. Mentally it’s always a taskdoing that kind of mileage. It’s fun untilmile 200, then it gets mental.”

For more info, logon to www.vetmed.wsu.edu/depts-prd/donors/Johnson.aspx.

About Johnson“How do you explain to a kid that you

don’t have enough money to save the fam-ily pet?” Johnson said in a 2006 interview,after he completed his first ride to Pullman.“That’s why I’m doing this,” he said.

Who is Johnson? His friends describehim as tenacious, versatile, and talented inmany areas – a down-to-earth version of aRenaissance man. He’s a Rotarian, a semi-retired contractor, an amateur photogra-pher, a horse and dog-lover and owner,and a part-time open range cowboy, occa-sionally partnering with Red Bridge Roadneighbor and friend Sharon Almberg. Thetwo help Ellensburg cattleman SamKayser and Cle Elum cattleman Gary Fu-dacz fulltime in season, and then assistpart-time on Kayser’s ranges outside of El-lensburg. At home Johnson said he lovesto garden, landscape, and build things. Heplays the guitar, acoustic and electric, andhe’s a Timothy hay hobby farmer.

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Roslyn Riders Membership Meeting, 7:00 p.m.at Clubhouse off Hwy 903 and Martin Road, Roslyn. For more info, call Paula Griffin, 509-674-2404.

❖ SATURDAY, JULY 3Kittitas Audubon Society First Saturday Bird Walk, 8:00 a.m., meet at Irene Rinehart parking lot near Ellensburg. Most walks run 2 hrs. Everyone welcome. For info, visit www.kittitasaudubon.org.

Mac-A-Bee Fiesta Day, Airport Road - Cle Elum.For more information call 509-674-7055.

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Coal Mines Trail Commission meeting,7:00 p.m. at the Carpenter Memorial Library, 302 Pennsylvania Ave., Cle Elum.

❖ THURSDAY, JULY 8Alpine Lakes Trail Riders (ALTR) chapter ofBack Country Horsemen of WA, 7:00 p.m. at the Roslyn Riders Clubhouse off State Route 903. For info, call Dana Bailey, 509-304-8701.

❖ SATURDAY, JULY 10Run to Roslyn Car Show, Roslyn City Park.Information: Ivan Osmonovich, 509-674-2233.

Third Annual Rails to Ales Brewfest, 4:00 - 10 p.m., historic Milwaukee Railyard inSouth Cle Elum. Info: www.railstoalesbrewfest.org.

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❖ JULY 23-24-25Moosefest 2010 Northern Exposure Fan Festival, Roslyn. Info: www.moosefest.org.

Pork in the Pines BBQ Rib Cook-Off & Music Festival, Cle Elum; www.pork-in-the-pines.com.

❖ WEDNESDAY, JULY 28Kittitas County Parks & Recreation Dist. 17:30 p.m. at the Cle Elum City Hall Council, Chambers, 119 W. First St., Cle Elum.

❖ FRIDAY, JULY 30‘Final Friday’ Live Music & Art Walk5:00 - 9:00 p.m., downtown Roslyn.For more information, call 509-649-3650.

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❖ SATURDAY, JULY 31Kiwanis “Dollars for Scholars” Golf Tourn. Sun Country Golf Course, Cle Elum.Info: Linda Metzer, 509-674-5991.

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• Telephone Museum, Northern Kittitas CountyHistorical Society • 221 E. First Street, Cle Elum.

• Roslyn Museum203 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Roslyn; 509-649-2355.

• Clymer Museum of Art416 N. Pearl St., Ellensburg; 509-962-6416.

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