Welcome to the Olympic Chapter

Backcountry Horsemen of Washington

1 SEPTEMBER 2008

SPECIAL WORK PARTY - September 6-7: Dale Bourgeois is having a work party to put a foundation under the support posts of the group shelter at the horse camp. It is also planned to put up hitching rails at this time. Any and all help would be appreciated.   (Jim Davis)

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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 !

OLYMPIC BCH MEETINGS!

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, 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 just north of Cenex in Poulsbo (20530 Viking Way NW).

See our List of Officers

Mark your Calendar

September Work Parties - Every Tuesday - Contact Jim Davis

SPECIAL WORK PARTY - September 6-7: Dale Bourgeois is having a work party to put a foundation under the support posts of the group shelter at the horse camp. It is also planned to put up hitching rails at this time. Any and all help would be appreciated.   (Jim Davis) Gate opens at 9 a.m.

September 6 - 1st Saturday of the Month ride - Gold Creek Trailhead, 10 a.m. (bring lunch)

September 13 (Sat) - SCAVENGER HUNT PRIZE RIDE at Camp 1421, Blacksmith Road, Belfair, WA. Sponsor: Sea Spots Appaloose Club. LARGE prize ladder! $15 includes lunch! All riders out at 10 a.m. Contacts: Mike at 360-372-2748, or Sue at 360-372-2827.

September 18 (Thurs) - Board Meeting at Sian Palace, Poulsbo - 6:30 p.m.

September 23 (Tues) - General Meeting, All Star Lanes, 7 p.m.

October 25 (Sat) - Halloween Ride, Green Mountain

Send your pictures and comments to kayandan@donobi.net

Recent Events - 2008

SPRINGWOOD - August 15-17! The Springwood committee did an outstanding job again as usual. Everyone seemed to have a wonderful time even though the weather was a little on the hot side. The attached pictures were taken by Elaine. As you can see in the pictures there were many different rides and activities.   Jim Davis

Starting out!

Leaving camp!

J.W. Trail

Springwood games

Texas Horseshoes

Young riders

Moran's cart!

Pony Cart!

Springwood Wagon Riders!

Dinner Line!

(Thanks, Jim & Elaine, for sharing these! - K)

July 28 - Julianne just sent the following pretty picture taken on Green Mountain, July 20th.

L-to-R: Pat Wisdom, A.J. Foote, and Julianne!

June/July - Julianne Rice sent the following pictures and writes: "The first one is from the WSU Ride for Research, June 21st. There were several members from the Olympic Chapter there, we camped for the weekend. The weather was wonderful and the trails were great (except for a few muddy spots)"

This second one is of my mare by American Commander (owned by Jim Davis)  out of Diamonds Navajo (owned by Brenda Armstrong) being trained by Harold Jones. This shows what beneficial contacts that come from being a member of this club!

(Thanks for sharing, Julianne - k)

(July) - Gail Rase just sent these pictures in from the Wenas campover and the Green Mountain Work Party. She also sent a really nice picture of Gerry for the "Officer's Page"!

(Thanks, Gail! - k)

May 17-18 - Elaine's Rhody Ride - Jim Davis says " We didn't get many good pictures, and the - Jim Rhododendrons were just barely blooming due to the cold spring. The weather was great for the ride however, and we had a number of campers for the weekend as well as many day riders on Saturday, and a few on Sunday."

Camping at Tahuya

Paints on the trail!

Near Twin Lakes

The Rhodys!

(Thanks for sharing, Jim and Elaine! - k)

May 10 - Green Mountain Horse Camp Work Party - Betsy James sent the following photos and said, "We had a great turn out and loads of work was done. Mike Dean from the West Sound Chapter brought his tractor and made the day!! I would love to put an invitation out to horse people to come and camp at DNRs Green Mountain Horse Camp this summer. Opening weekend is May 24 & 25. Then the camp is open every weekend after that. Gates are open 9 AM Saturday and Sunday then are closed each evening at 6 PM. There are 18 horse corrals and 16 camp sites. Stock water available.

(Thanks for the pictures, Betsy! That shows a lot of hard work! -k)

March 28-30 - Pot Holes State Park Endurance Ride - Stephanie Griffith and friend, Phyllis, attended this event and said, "the riding was great over at the pot holes, and camping is good. It is a dry camp as far as people are concerned, but there are places to camp next to lakes. This is an open range area so there are cattle every where, but it is very nice place and me and Phyllis had a great time. I kept the directions if anyone wants to go over and camp there."

February 22 - New Year's Day Breakfast Ride - Stephanie just sent these pictures of their ride from Lake Tahuya to the NYD Breakfast. They had to clear some trail but got there in time to still get some food!

(Thanks for sharing Steph! - k)

January Rides - Susie Whitworth sent the following pictures and says they have been doing LOTS of riding lately!

Susie was SO HAPPY her Mom finally made it to Pt. Gamble! (left to right) Katie, Joan, and Al

Point No PointBeach: (right to left) Duke, Cathy, and Grandson Dyllan

POINT NO POINT: (left to right) Al, Dyllan, Cathy, Duke, Susie, and Joan

(THANKS SO MUCH for sharing these, Susie!- k)

January 30 - Legislative Day at Olympia - Jerry Seitz, Janet & Hank Ahrens, Gail Rase, and Gerry Magnuson attended this WTA/BCHW Legislative Day, representing Districts 23, 24 and 35. Our Prez Gerry wrote: "Myself along with three others (WTA members) were able to meet with all three of our legislatures from the 24 district.  The results seemed to be positive.  All three legislators agreed to support the "Weed free forage" issue.  They agreed with the DNR funding but it did seem they were reluctant to say it had a chance of passing in this years legislature.  Other things were also discussed and as I left each representative, it was my feeling that they listened, and responded well to the issues.  At no time did I feel insignificant with them. It was a day well spent. Gerry Magnuson President Olympic Chapter (Gail forwarded two pictures but they didn't turn out well-k)

January 1, 2008 - Green Mountain Breakfast and Ride! Jim Davis writes: following are some pictures Elaine took at the New Year Breakfast. The Whitworths once again did a wonderful job with help from many others. Getting the camp and breakfast up there in the snow was quite a task. The event was well attended by riders, hikers, and a few bicyclists. All the help getting the trails cleared and repaired for use was appreciated so the event could be held.         

Riding up to the breakfast...

Passing hikers...

On Gold Creek Trail...

David cooking...

Ollie cooking...

BREAKFAST!

Men of tradition!

D-7 Riders...

Our President (right), daughter, and others..

Vince and grandkids...

And more riders in the snow!

(Thanks Jim and Elaine for sharing these! - K)

Recent Events - 2007

December 7 - Christmas Party! Following are some pictures, compliments of Jim and Elaine Davis, who said the party was well attended and a great success - thanks to the committee members who put it on!

The Hall

The cooks

Appreciation Award for Belinda

Falling Off Award for Terrie

And the TREE!

(Thank you, Jim and Elaine, for sharing these! - K)

November 23 - Thanksgiving Day AFTER Ride! The following pictures of this Annual Ride were sent in by Susie Whitworth, who said they counted over 40 horses this year!

Susie and Katie at Pt Gamble (the lunch stop)

(Thanks so MUCH for sharing these photos, Susie- K)

November 10 - Al Whitworth's GUIDE trips - (late October) Al & Joan's daughter and grandaughter, Suzie & Katie, supplied these beautiful pictures from a couple of Al's 'guide' trips.

Most of Al's guide trips begin at the camp at Wolf Creek Trailhead (Lake Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness)

Sometimes grand daughter Katie leads the WHOLE group!

The animals grazing back in the camp's corrals, and Suzie & Katie get their picture taken at Heart's Pass, the highest PUBLIC road in Washington State!

Back at camp, Katie does some hard chores, then sits down for a sandwich -but Al complains about the lack of mayonnaise!

(THANKS, Suzie and Katie, for your company AND sharing these pictures! - Kay)

October 27 - Halloweenie Ride! The ENTIRE Green Mountain Horse Camp area was overflowing before 9 a.m. All camping spots had been filled Friday night, undoubtedly because of the beautiful weather! Jim and Elaine Davis had spent a lot of time riding the mountain the week before this ride, finding and marking trails that were still 'open' due to the extensive logging at this time of year.

Duke (& friend)! The guy that organized this ride.

Best horse costume..(hope she got a PRIZE!)

Following are some pictures I took early Saturday morning - Kay)

The overflow area overflowed - past the gravel pit!

Earlier 2007 Events

More 2007 Highlights