OlympicBCHW

to the

OLYMPIC CHAPTER

30 Aug 2010

Fundraiser added

to Sept campout!

We ride and pack in, around, and out of Kitsap County, Washington! See the goals, mission statement, and what our organization is all about at www.bchw.org !

General Membership meetings are held the 4th Tuesday of each month at the All Star Bowling Lanes in Silverdale, WA, in the overflow dining area: EXCEPT: JUNE, JULY, and AUGUST meetings are held at members' homes. Dinner/Social Hour (potlucks during the summer meetings) begins at 6 p.m. - Meeting at 7 p.m.

Business meetings: Held the 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Sian Palace Restaurant in POULSBO, EXCEPT for June, July & August, when there are brief business meetings held before the regular meetings/potlucks at various members' homes.

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER NOTE: If you are not getting our Club's Monthly Newsletter by email, please contact Terrie Watson at TLLessor@aol.com . (Juli Rice is the editor, but Terrie sends it out.)

29 Jan 10: Robert Eversole [mailto:robert@trailmeister.com] writes the following: I’m a member of the Tahoma BCHW chapter and owner of www.TrailMeister.com, a website that provides FREE trail information to trail riders, including professionally created trail maps, trail descriptions, trailhead directions, etc for many riding areas in Washington, predominately trails near Seattle at this point. We’re adding maps and riding areas to the site on a weekly basis so check back often for updates. Maps are at http://www.trailmeister.com/map_washington.htm

Sep 18-19 (Sat/Sun) Chapter CAMPOUT, RIDE & FUNDRAISER! Tahuya River Horse Camp - Saddle Up for St. Jude Fundraiser coordinated by Jim and Elaine Davis; call 360-275-2989 if you need a sponsor sheet.

Sep 28 (Tues) - General Membership Mtg at All Star Lanes, Silverdale, 7 p.m.

July 3-4 - Green Mountain Horse Camp - Jim Davis sent the following pics that Elaine took at the Green Mountain horse camp on the Independence day weekend. (The one of "Sue & friends" is adorable! - K)

Jun 19-21 Ocean Acres Campout (Grayland, Wa) - Jim Davis writes "Attached are a few pictures that Elaine took during our ride at the Ocean. There were 10 to 15 people who came and went riding on the beach. We had a very good pot luck dinner Saturday evening. The weather was better for those that went earlier ( Thursday & Friday ), but we had a number of good rides between the showers Saturday & Sunday. Due to the wet spring, there was a good sized pond to go thru on the direct route to the ocean, but there was an alternate route that only had some puddles. Everyone seemed to have a good time."

May 22-23 - Elaine's Rhody Ride - Jim Davis sent the following pics and says, " Elaine and I were the only campers, but we had a number of people who rode on Saturday. We had some good rides in between the rain showers, and the Rhododendrons were in full bloom."

May 15 - Joe Watt Canyon - Jim Davis writes: "Attached are some pictures Elaine took at the Joe Watt Canyon ride on May 15 in the L. T. Murray Wildlife recreation area. The ride was great and the scenery and views were spectacular. We had a number of Olympic Chapter members that rode."

L: A Coyote!

R: Helen & AJ

L: By the old log house

R: Hot dogs with no

campfire!

L: In the flowers

R: Mountain view

May 1-2 - WENAS Ride and Campout - Jim Davis writes: "Attached are some pictures Elaine took at the camp out and ride May 1 & 2 at Wenas. The weather was cool and breezy, but it did not rain. It did snow on us on Monday, however, but the riding was great. We saw several large herds of elk and some deer."

L: At camp

R: The view

L: Elk herd

R: Entertainment!

L: Gayle & Homer

R: Examining bones

L: John

R: Randy & Chris

L: Rick riding

around camp

R. Rick's breakfast

April 24 - Wholesale Sports Outfitters Day, Silverdale - Jim Davis writes: "Attached are some pictures Elaine took at the Outfitters Day event at the Wholesale Sports store in Silverdale where the chapter set up a promotional booth with LNT display. The display was well received by both patrons and store personnel."

APRIL 9-11 - BURKE LAKE - Jim Davis writes: "Attached are some pictures Elaine took at the Burke Lake ride. The weather was good although cold at night. Those who went over on Thursday encountered snow and slow going over the pass, but Friday was clear and smooth sailing. The riding was wonderful as usual."

Mar 20-21 (Sat/Sun) - Chile Campout & Ride, Tahuya River Horse Camp - Jim and Elaine sent the following pics and said the weather was good, and folks enjoyed the food and ride!

March 15 - Tahuya River Trail Work Party: Jim Davis says: "Attached are some pictures from a work party that Nora and Roger Sutman, Jim Murphy, Elaine and I did. The work involved removing rotten planks and replacing them with new ones that were transported to the bridge on Sutmans quad and trailer."

(The above pictures show them 'heading out', starting the replacement, and finally bolting it all down! Lots of HARD WORK! Thanks for sharing, Jim. -K) They got a nice kudo from the DNR also: "To Jim,Great job!!! I can't believe you all finished it so soon! Thanks again for all the support you and your group due to support the Tahuya and Green Mt. Sincerely, Jesse Sims"

1 Jan - New Year's Day Breakfast! Jim and Elaine write: "Attached are a few pictures from the New Year's breakfast on Green Mountain. The event was well attended in spite of the rain and wind. There were more hikers and bicycle riders than horseback riders this year due to the bad weather. (1.43 inches of RAIN that day!- k) The Whitworth family did a super job as usual."

(Top pick features Nora's kids - the bottom is Nora coming up from the horses..a VERY WET DAY!)

November - (Gail Rase submitted a disk of various pictures for this website, but unfortunately, with her camera set on wide, panoramic - reducing them for this site made the pics quite blurry - but you will get the idea - Kay)

October 24 - Halloween Prize! - Stephanie Hanlon sent the following pics of Casper, and says "the little guy did wonderful - he took first place in the costume class (at the Riding Place, Pt Orchard), and was a perfect gentleman. He also let all the kids love on him and stood very nice when they were close and hugging him and petting him."

October 8, 2009 - Stephanie Hanlon sent the following pictures! (Also see her new pics on the Donkey/Misc page - her donkey & sheep)

August 7-9 - Western Dream Ride at the Flying Horseshoe Ranch - (Following are some pictures from our event that I took - and hope there will be more coming in - Kay) AND MANY MORE DID - just scroll down!

When the sun came up, Al and Joan Whitworth were relaxing - but after that they were entertaining folks all day!

(That's their grand daughter, Katie - on her Arabian "Lucky", following the wagon)

Whether you rode in the arena, or up in the hills - there was lots of riding taking place!

The nicely shaded and wind-protected eating area also provided room for the three auctions..

Juli and 'friends' rented the huge cabin on top of the hill, where they had a 'spa'!

(l) The Cook

(r) Cowboy Poet

(l) Oakland Bay Riders

(r) Al's cart on trail

(l) At a TiPi

(r) Cowboy Church

(l) Lynda & Lynne

(r) Smith & Lynne

And EVEN MORE Western Dream Ride pics from Stephanie Hanlon: Steph took pictures of ALL the auction items; a few pictures of the items representing each (Bucket Auction, Silent Auction, and LIVE Auction) are below! There were a LOT of VERY NICE things!

July 2009 - Jim Davis sent the following and says: "Attached are some pictures Elaine took at a ride Sharon and Lee McClelland, Eileene Schubert, Elaine and I went on at the Ocean near Grayland. The weather was nice and cool there."

June 5, 2009 - Determined to get pictures of Rhody's that were not in bloom during Elaine's Annual 'Rhody Ride'; Jim just sent the following and says: "Attached are a couple of pictures Elaine took Wednesday on a ride Eileen Schubert, Elaine and I went on in Tahuya forest. The Rhododendrons were finally in bloom as you can see."

Memorial Day Weekend: Jim and Elaine sent the following, and says, "attached are pictures Elaine took, and one I took of Elaine, during our ride over the weekend. We rode in the L. T. Murray Wildlife recreation area near Cle Elum and above Roslyn also. The area was still green and the flowers were in full bloom due to the late spring. We even got into some snow, which the dog loved, up near the top."

May 16-17 - Elaine's Rhody Ride! (Tahuya River Horse Camp) Jim Davis says: "Attached are some pictures Elaine took at the Rhody ride this last weekend. The weather was great, there were a number of campers as well as day riders Saturday and Sunday. The Rhododendrons that were in bloom were hard to find but there were some. The dogwoods were in bloom however."

Rhody's

and

Dogwoods

Gerry Magnuson & Jim Davis looking over the Plan of the Day

Jerry Seitz & Jim D. with the Washington State Patrol

February 7 - 1st Saturday of the Month ride - Here are some pictures Nora sent in...