MVBCH/WTA Pot Luck & BBQ

Each year a group of Washington Trails Association (WTA) volunteers comes to our area to work on clearing trails... the hard way... all hand tools. So we wanted to show our appreciation by hosting a dinner for them at Poplar Flat on June 24^th. We served a great BBQ of Flat Iron steaks from Thomson's Custom Meats in Twisp, plus lots of our homemade pot luck dishes. Thanks again to all you WTA folks!

2015 Frazer Creek Ride

On May 28^th Betty Wagoner was the Trail Boss leader for Cathy Upper, Kathy Bader, Terry Dixon, and Susan Lagsdin. MVBCH members Sally Nelson and Dick Freitas came up from Chelan to join the group for the ride. The Frazer Creek Fish & Wildlife area has a magnificent view of the Methow Valley and Cascade Range, and everyone was looking forward to seeing it. Unfortunately, the excursion was cut short due to the gathering ominous dark clouds accompanied by thunder and lightening. Everyone made it back to their rigs without incident before the rain began, but that afternoon it was those same dark clouds that unloaded their rain on lower Texas Creek, causing it to flood with water and mud. 

2015 Boulder Creek Ride

On Sunday June 7^th President Cathy Upper led a group on the (rescheduled) Boulder Creek Ride, going up a steep old “wagon” road to arrive at spectacular vista across the Chewuch River valley. Jill Calvert, Betty Wagoner, Terry Dixon, Kathy Bader, Betty Ruff, Sue Robbins, and Julie Hensley were along on the ride, and Cathy and Terry cut out the old road on the way up. All enjoyed their lunches after arriving high up on the mountainside, and had a beautiful day. 

  

2015 Patterson Mountain/Moccasin Lake Ride

On May 4th Terry Dixon, Jackie Iddings, Julie Johnson, Wayne Cornwall, and new member Anita Ellis (and friend Karen) from Riverside, joined Betty Wagoner for a scenic ride on Patterson Mountain. The day was sunny and clear, and the Balsam Root and Lupine were spectacular in their full-bloom colors. 

Through the Balsam-root and Lupine

2015 Golden Doe Ride

The evening before our May 12th Golden Doe Wildlife Area ride was rainy and chilly, but weather on the 12th, though cloudy and somewhat “drippy”, was comfortable and with no wind. Four riders with rain coats tied on braved the day and rode to a beautiful Balsam Root-covered hillside with wonderful scenery. Mary Pat Bauman, Kay MacCready, Bart Bradshaw—with Betty Wagoner in the lead—rode on through the gorgeous fields of bright yellow flowers and hardly noticed the sun wasn’t shining.