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After nearly a year of lurking on the Backroad Drivers Northwest group mail list, last Saturday (June 9, 2007), I was finally able to attend one of the organized gatherings of the group.
The planned destination was the Clover Springs and Little Bald Mountain areas off SR 410, near Cliffdell, Washington. I had been to this area before, during the 2005 Pacific Northwest Four Wheel Drive Association (PNW4WDA) annual trail jamboree, but never from the direction we were coming in from. Also, this time of year, there was bound to be snow, which places a whole new twist on the adventure.
The meeting place was the Gold Creek Station Restaurant, just East of Cliffdell. By time I arrived from my trip over Chinook Pass, the group was just finishing up breakfast (by the way, the food looked mighty good).
The group consisted of five vehicles, starting with tour leader Jerry and Evelyn in their nicely built Ford Bronco II, Bill and Jolleen in their custom built, full size 4x4 Ford Econoline Van, Kelly in his 3 week old Jeep JK Wrangler (on its maiden voyage from the paved road), Shirley and her grandson Michael in her 2003 Land River Discovery, and my daughter Korinne and myself in my Toyota FJ80 Land Cruiser. Of course, I can't forget five of our four-legged friends that tagged along.
Read the entire trip report at http://www.pnwadventures.com/adventures/clover-springs-little-bald-mountain-tour/
For additional photos of this trip, please visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/locked4low/.
