The 4:00 Newty Report- 93 and a light breeze.
Also his cabin is ADA accessible so he can crawl home up the ramp and we won't have to carry him - bonus!
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The 4:00 Newty Report- 93 and a light breeze.
Also his cabin is ADA accessible so he can crawl home up the ramp and we won't have to carry him - bonus!
Convoy ready!
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You guys are killing me! You are making it really hard to get anything done at work knowing some are you are going to be floating tomorrow and posting updates that I am sure will have some killer water, beer, etc.
MT Hood Pee Break! Traveling with women....
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Report from Berg:
Wind was minimal on Thursday afternoon.
Water temp is 71 degrees.
And to my knowledge, neither Berg or Newty have gotten arrested!!!
...yet
Truck is packed and loaded, boat is packed and loaded.
Liquor, is loaded..
160lbs of Ice loaded.
I am a little short on beer I think..I was running out of room after I packed 4 cases, and 2 30packs..
I think my buddies are bringing their own beer..HAHAH
Seriously if you want to come chill at our camp, I have cold beer.
Also anyone coming up if you want to Surf the Mojo known as Bestiea <Beast> just Holler. We always have room, cold beer, and a Wet dog!!
^^^^^ THIS is the truth!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by mmandley
My trailer is hitched up and all the food/beverage is loaded in the trailer. the boat is parked on the street in front of my house, ready to throw the boards in and hitch up to my buddy's Dodge Diesel.
We get off work at 4pm, so we'll aim for as fast of a turnaround as possible to get on the road. The wifey has a 2 for 1 coupon for Burgerville milkshakes, so I'll be having some BV goodness as I hit the road! woot!
4pm can't get here soon enough.
It's FRIDAY!
It's PAYDAY!
And it's a 3-DAY WEEKEND!
But Mike, I am a little foggy... Are you going to have cold beer?
Yes I might have a couple cold ones..Course I don't have anything I think you will like or I would offer you one when you pulled in.Quote:
Originally Posted by trayson
We are hitched, loaded and rolling out.
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^^^^ I'm not that hard to please. Just bring Vodka. I've got plenty of mixers!
And your dog is gonna be REALLY tired if you're making him run behind the truck the whole way. That's just mean.Quote:
Originally Posted by mmandley
is that a shop vac under the helmQuote:
Originally Posted by mmandley
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Here we come!
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Finally on the road!
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Crap not even out of pdx
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10char....
Lost 30 mins.........Quote:
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And having trouble with my image on the phone...
Good times! It was a pleasure meeting all of you! I didn't take a single pic lol!
I learned a lot about surfing lol!
Definitely a good time.
Thanks guys. We had a blast and was fun to talk boats with the forum guys. I think we will be adding labor day to our annual camping calendar. - CJ
Okay I took one pic
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Fantastic weekend all things considered.
Our convoy:
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On the way there, most of you saw my shredded tire. But we didn't let that stop us.
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Morning #1, testing out the slalom wake on some glass. Got to play around a little on my new ski. that was great!
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Newty was nice enough to let me ride a couple of his React surfboards.
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Pretty much rode each day until I could barely hold onto the rope. Ate like a king and had great times hanging out with friends and meeting new friends.
This morning was glass for hours.
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When we were just about done, Mike found us and offered me up Steven's Doomswell. How could I NOT surf the red rocket??? That board is fantastic.
on the very last run of the weekend, my throttle cable snapped. My boat had enough and decided we needed to go home, and not even one more short run was gonna happen. We disconnected a bracket and were able to control the throttle by pulling the lever on the carb. It got us back to the slip, and we were a little late getting out of camp, but made it happen okay.
Grabbed a late lunch in Prineville and avoided the Govt Camp traffic (thanks Berg) and then had to take Bridge of the Gods to avoid an 18 mile parking lot on I-84! (thanks Google maps). So we took the long way home, but were moving at freeway speeds the whole time, so that worked well for us.
The spare tire made it pretty much the entire round trip. *whew*
Thanks to Exile Audio for the pair of Buoy Balls that I won! Love those things.
The camper's unpacked, the boat's unloaded and parked, and it's time for bed.
Thanks for the great weekend all!
Great to meet you all and put screen names with real names and faces! Good thing (for Jake!) the park rangers don't have the authority to arrest... ;) They do like their quiet hours.
I'm a bit bummed that we were not better organized for some more group hangouts on the water along with a group photo but glad to hear that a few were able to jump aboard with one another to spend some time and try different gear.
Pretty sure little Olive was the hit of the weekend for us (except for my old lab)! Now I need to hide these pictures so I don't have to say "NO" 500 more times to my kids.
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man i wish i lived in the north west... instead of boring Ontario.
Berg! There's no reason to apologize! I didn't come out there expecting free stuff. The give always were very nice. Newty giving $300 in free service, a ZLD, winterization from Active just to name a few! I thought you guys did a great job. Everyone's boats were gorgeous, I think that was my favorite part. I got to see everyone's hard work and love they put into them. Honestly that was the most customization I've ever seen done on wakeboats at one dock at one time.
My only regret is I didn't hop on CJ's Mondo. But big thanks to Mandley for schooling me behind his Mojo and Josh for giving me a turn behind the wheel in his Mojo and Greg tossing me his Inland Surfer!
But it was the people who made it a success. When we hit the road yesterday all we could talk about was what a great group! We will be back!
If any of you want to come out on the Willamette at Newberg let me know. Sunday is looking nice!
You should have seen the "custom" perfect pass I was running on Monday to get back to the boat slip! it was my boat with my engine cover up, and my friend pulling on the throttle lever on my carburetor with his fingers to make my boat do more than just idle in gear.
I'll tell ya, if you thought my boat was loud normally, try it with the engine cover open!
Now I have to tear into it tonight to figure out if it is the throttle cable that snapped (like I think it is) or if by chance something in the throttle lever failed (which I hope it's NOT).
Hopefully I can have my boat back on the water by the weekend.
Sorry we didn't get you out on the Mondo. We are targeting Sunday in Newberg as well. I'll send you a pm.Quote:
Originally Posted by beat taco
Berg, I've had a couple people on the Supra forum say that they would have come to the Jam if they'd known it was happening. I coulda swore that it was posted on both forums, but maybe not??? Next time we all do a PNW event, we should make sure it gets up for the local Supra people to see too...
I can't wait for the next one. Maybe we should have two events? A season opener type event and this one for Labor day as well. I know that we can't be TOO premature about starting our boating season in the PNW because of weather, so maybe an early summer thing isn't realistic, but it's something to think about I guess...
As far as venue, I really like Prineville Res. It's a smidge farther than LBC, but it still boasts the good weather and with the smaller campground it's probably easier for us all to find each other and interact. And that also meant shorter distances for you and Newty to limp around.
Yeah, my bad on that one. Don't cruise the Supra site much if ever. Should have had one of you Supra guys here post up details over there. >>> Next time.
Earlier in the year would be nice for potentially hotter weather and higher water. Wind is always a crap shoot but usually as good or better than what we had. Nice thing about the holiday weekend is that most have that free extra day...
However next year Labor Day is Monday Sept 7 - most likely AFTER school starts so that may be tricky for us with youngins.
We could always just plan an August weekend and hope for the best. We may be doing crescent bar in August. July always works too. Water is higher and weather is very predictable.
Either way we should definitely plan another eastern wa/or trip.
Yep, continuous improvement!!Quote:
Originally Posted by bergermaister
And I totally agree about the 3-day weekend biz. It's fiercely competitive for my wife to get summer time off. I would imagine there's others that don't have the summer flexibility to take the extra days off here and there.
I certainly like things that are RV or camping friendly. Keeps the costs down so we can put more into the gas tanks!
It's probably too damn cold and unpredictable to do Memorial Day, huh?
There are a few possible locations besides Prineville but pretty much all of them require early reservations. I've stayed at both the Prineville Res Resort (with the marina) and now the State Park. Both have their pros and cons but in the end I think the State Park wins out. Better and more spots, nicer bathroom/shower facilities, docks are closer, WAY less dusty, a little protected from the wind. Both locations are pretty serious about their quiet hours.
July would be cool. My family would appreciate avoiding the last minute chaos leading right up to school too.
Memorial weekend down there is highs in 70s, lows in 30-40s and not so warm water.
well, even for labor day weekend, the weather was brisk in the morning. (but oh so worth it!)
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But, it was some of the best water I've had since I've owned my boat.
#seriousglass
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Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who pulled this together. It was fun to finally meet some people face to face, and despite the weather on Saturday it was a fun weekend.
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Originally Posted by millerda68
Next PNW Jam - July 2015....
Weekend of the 18th?
Weekend of the 25th?
Reservations can be made as early as next month. Jussayin
Weekend of the 18th. Then my son could come and be corrupted by your kids.Quote:
Originally Posted by bergermaister
Although I have to say the 3 day holiday weekend was awesome. I'd be down to still do something over that weekend.
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Originally Posted by bergermaister
Its way to early for me to commit to that, and it not being a 3 day weekend most of my crew won't be down for that location.
if this is a serious time frame, I will prolly be a No Go then.
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Originally Posted by trayson
I am a fan of the 3 day weekend when it's a 3.5 hour drive (sans traffic) one way. We were just getting into our mojo (no pun intended) after the 2nd or 3rd day).Quote:
Originally Posted by mmandley
I think that most of the people around the campfire were fans of leveraging the holiday weekend. That's the sentiment I heard.
My first and foremost vote is Labor Day weekend.