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From Point83
It happens in the first week in May, usually on Mothers day. We bike, we camp, we drink, we make a pile of garbage, and every year Ben threatens that last year was the last year.
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Ben Country (1)
Date: May 6-7, 2006
Destination: Middle Fork Snoqualmie River
Route: Gmap
Riders: Adam, Andre, Ben, Brandon, Derrick, Jason, Justin, Langston, Paul, Seth, Sean
Other Attendees (support cars): Ms. Zeeb, Amber, Sketchy in a kilt post tumor, Siebold
YesbutNo’s: A lot
Weather: Decent on Saturday, Rained Sunday
Dinner: Kebabs (Ben Catered)
Drinks: Probably
Firewood: Hauled by car
Gear: Whatever we had, hauled via car from Uwajimaya, possibly a gun, 1 or 2 water filters, no saws, one hibatchi, a stove, lots of sand.
Thread: 5/6 - 5/7: welcome to ben country
Photos: none?
Notes: nodoz, derrick hitchhiked home, ben rode in the car, riders rode I-90 home
Unpublish Ride Report from 2006: “Adam, Ben, Brandon, Derrick, Jason, Justin, Langston, Paul, Seth, Sean, and myself [Andre] Met at Uwajimaya on Saturday and loaded all of our crap into 2 cars. Laura, Ryan, Ritchie and Amber drove our crap up to the site. We rolled out a little after 11:00. We headed out the I-90 trail, across the lake and Mercer Island. I had never taken it east of Lake Washington Blvd on the Bellevue side. We continued on the trail until it put us below Lake Sammamish and into Issaquah. We then proceeded to climb the steepest hill of the trip. We took a break after cresting it and continued on the Issaquah-Fall City Road. Justin and Seth helped point out a nice turn off that kept us off the busy hwys and took us through some fun descents and right into Fall City. We hit up the Mini mart for some snacks and drinks. Derrick tried his sweet charm on an old lady with a pick up truck but she wasn't having any of it.
Onward to Snoqualmie Falls we went. We paused at the park and took in the view, we also suffered to entertain a fellow was convinced the satellites were falling and wanted to race some of us with a 500$ wager. Eventually he left and we carried on through Snoqualmie and into North Bend. We stopped for lunch at Taco Crime and the made way for the hills. To get to the spot was about 2 miles of paved road and then 2 more of dirt. Then we hiked the 100m down to the sandbar where the folks in cars had so graciously set up most of the camp and had hauled our stuff down. …. I saw a few flashes during the trip so I know some one took some pictures but I don't know when they will make it up here. Ben got a few flashes of another kind.”
Ben Country 2.0
Date: May 5-6, 2007
Destination: Aldrich Lake
Route:
Weather: Overcast Saturday, Overcast Sunday (Dry over all)
Dinner: Kebabs
Drinks: Hauled by car
Firewood: Hauled by car and scavenged
Gear: 2 water filters, no saws, a couple stoves, camp chairs, hamocks, tarp tents
Thread: 5/5/07 - 5/6/07: Welcome to Ben Country Version 2.0
Photos: Alex, Andre, Denny, Remmy, Peter
Notes: boy scout camp, ropes coarse, derrick puking girlfriend, “paul..., PAUL... PAUL, put that down!’ *smash*”
Ben Country 3, No Country for old Ben
Date: May 10-11, 2008
Destination: Ft Flagler
Route:MapmyRide
Weather: Overcast Saturday, Rained Saturday Night, Overcast and drizzle Sunday
Dinner: Pulled pork, Salsa Verde
Drinks: Hauled by car
Firewood: Hauled by car and scavenged
Gear: 1 FY saw, one coleman stove, 1 french press (that you people broke, camp chairs, hammocks, tarp tents
Thread: 5/10/08 - 5/11/08: Ben Country III: No Country for Old Ben
Notes: 1st state park, first shelter, showers, bunkers, hammock village, FYS was christened, breakfast sandwiches,, campsite mixup, "quiet time" countdown, roetry
Ben Countrywide, Fourclosure
Date: May 2-3, 2009
Destination: South Whidbey State Park
Weather: Drizzle then cleared in Whidbey Saturday, Rained Saturday Hard Sat Night, Overcast Sunday
Dinner: Carne Asada Fest
Drinks: Hauled by car
Firewood: Provided with camp site !
Gear: one coleman stove, 1 big ass charcoal BBQ, tables, picnic shelter
Thread: 5/2-3 - Ben Countrywide: Fourclosure (manhood not affected)
Photos: Alex, Eric, Laura, Margaret, Bryan, Henry, Andre
Notes: dog+trailer=disaster, dikes, state park, two tandemechanicals, free wood, 4 toed pinata, man-panties, biscuits and gravy sandwiches
Ben Country 5
Date: May 8-9, 2010
Destination: South Fork Skokomish River
Route:Alex Map
Weather: Sunny Friday, Frost Sat morning, Sunny Saturday, Cloudburst Saturday Evening, Overcast Sunday
Dinner: BYO, maybe some hotdogs, Jon's Dump Cake
Drinks: Hauled by bikes, supplemented by cars
Firewood: Scavenge
Fishing: no luck
Gear: one aeropress, lots more saws, 2 pit toilets
Thread: 05.08.10 - Are you ready for the country?
Photos: Andre BCV, Andre BCV Spoiler, Eric, Denny, Kristen, Sean, Scott
Notes: awesome location, awesome ride, awesome weather, Bryan hauled all of your garbage home.
Ben Country 6
Date: May 14 & 15th (narrow loss to 21&22 in poll)
Destination: Some bridge in the middle of no where
Route: out and back
Weather: Nice Friday, mostly cloudy Saturday with solid rain Sat evening and into Sunday.
Early Campers: 9 (peter, paul, alec, kevin, talia, christian, eric, joe, russel) made camp and missed joeball's amazing photo shoot
Amenities: Primitive, not even a picnic bench. Group pit toilet was constructed out a 5 gallon bucket with a tarp roof, and a giant tarp shelter was erected over a bridge which allowed us to sit on the railing.
Dinner:BYO
Drinks: Many
Firewood: scavenge
Photos: Andre (Pre-Ride) Kristen Eric
Fishing: 4 reeled in, none kept
Ben Country: Lucky Number 7
Date: May 5-6(&7), 2012
Destination: Rainbow Camp (Closed/Abandoned)
Weather: Saturday: Overcast but mild in the morning, Partly sunny on the ride. Sunday, Monday: Sunny.
Route: Saturday Sunday/Monday
Amenities: Primitive, one group picnic table, ample tent space and hammock trees. River was a short walk away. No rest rooms.
Dinner:Pulled Pork, Coleslaw, Beans, Tortillas prepared by Ben.
Drinks:Of Course
Firewood: Purchased and scavenge
Thread: 2012.05.05 - Ben Country: lucky number 7
Photos: Andre Andrew Jessica Scott Sean (link broken) Fred (link broken)
Notes: Ben lead a fun logging road shortcut. Stephen and Foo hauled their gear via backpack. Foo's crank/BB died,not sure how he got home. Cupcakes for Ben and Lisa Marie. Fred left a biohazard that had to be Napalmed in the morning. Fred also rode up Mt Walker. Andre, Jessica, and Sean camped at Tawanoh State Park Sunday night and fought the hordes of Racoons.
