Pacific Northwest GTG..............July 17, 2010 - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Joseph_Conrad · #16 02-27-2010, 11:50 PM

Well, if I'm not dead in 5 months, I'm in.

This goes for my Mercedes, too.

Ian White · #17 02-27-2010, 11:53 PM

July/August is the best time around here...

2.5Turbo · #18 02-28-2010, 01:45 AM

I'll be in if work doesn't interfere (if I can find some

). Probably with the CDI this year

. Whipping it around the curves on 504 should be great fun

katja · #19 02-28-2010, 02:10 AM

July/August would be best for me too and it would be great to see you guys again. I need to get my injectors rebuilt though or I'll never make it there (Brian?

)

I'd also personally opt for something not too mountainous as I don't have a turbo like most of the rest of y'all. Puget Sound or Northern Washington would of course be easier for me and the British Columbia folks but the Pacific beaches/SW Washington or NW Oregon would also be really nice in the summer.

Biodiesel300TD · #20 02-28-2010, 02:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katja

I'd also personally opt for something not too mountainous as I don't have a turbo like most of the rest of y'all.

US NA's can stick together, we'll get there and we'll look good doing it.

The Gears · #21 02-28-2010, 02:52 AM

See you there guys. Boy, what a stink all those diesels can make!

Joseph_Conrad · #22 02-28-2010, 03:27 AM

It is a nice drive up to the Johnston Ridge Observatory. I've been up there two or three times, but not for awhile. I remember the road was nice and smooth, and not excessively steep. The experience itself is visually pretty neat, with the juxtaposition of still devastated landscape and new vegetation. Overall, I think it's a great choice. It'd be fun to pay tribute to Mt. St. Helens by letting off our own, diesely, puff puff puffs of smoke.

Ian White · #23 02-28-2010, 02:37 PM

Sounds like a plan. I've been hiking around J.R.O. a few times. I ride snomobiles there in the winter-at windy ridge, which is on the other side of the mountain, a 8 hour drive from Johnston Ridge to Windy Ridge.

babyjames · #24 02-28-2010, 11:40 PM

Welcome too? If so, I could make it on a Saturday, but have to work Sundays.

Jay.

babyjames · #25 02-28-2010, 11:41 PM

Puhleez?

Jay

Ian White · #26 03-01-2010, 02:50 PM

This thread would be better served in a stick. Just for what it's worth, Brian.

babyjames · #27 03-04-2010, 12:08 AM

don't rate? We're not all a bunch of hippies, either. Well, I guess I probably am, but I'm sure some of these other guys qualify as "normal". Can we get stickity-stuck, please?

Thanks,

Jay.

StaggerLee · #28 03-04-2010, 10:20 AM

Other options might be:
1) North Cascades Highway
2) Chuckanut Dr. - Bellingham (That's where Loraina Bobbett moved)

2) A coastal run somewhere - I have a place in Westport.
3) A Columbia River Gorge run (Mary Hill Museum, multnomah Falls, Hood River)
4) Portland to Timberline Lodge and around the other side to Hood River and back is a goody.

I love Mt St Helens though! I watched it blow up from my Mom's house. 2 years later we climbed up and skied down (on May 18th of course).

Biodiesel300TD · #29 03-04-2010, 12:09 PM

I tried to have my Veggie oil poll stickied but the Mods said they would stick anything for more than 30 days. So they aren't likely to do it for 4 months. I think we need a date and then maybe a month out they'll sticky it for us.

Multnomah Falls would be cool too. We could take the Old Highway, and not 84 for a more senic route.

babyjames · #30 03-04-2010, 10:48 PM

Guess we'll have to do it manually, then. I can handle that. I'm open to about anything. St. Helens is about halfway. I kinda' like that idea.

Jay.