[iamapc]

I missed seeing this thread earlier. Look forward to the next meet-up and drive.

[mobike008]

Originally Posted by iamapc

I missed seeing this thread earlier. Look forward to the next meet-up and drive.

There is one planned next weekend (July 23) where the plan is to go for a short drive and then do a hike.

Let me know if you are interested.

Cheers !!

[amol4184]

Originally Posted by mobike008

Let me know if you are interested.

Where are you planning to go?

[mobike008]

Originally Posted by amol4184

Where are you planning to go?

Location is not decided. Are you back in Seattle and would you like to join?

Looking for recommendations of 50-100 miles drive and clubbed with a short hike (3 to 5 miles).

[amol4184]

Originally Posted by mobike008

Location is not decided. Are you back in Seattle and would you like to join?

Looking for recommendations of 50-100 miles drive and clubbed with a short hike (3 to 5 miles).

Yup I'm here. Came early this month! Let me see the 23rd's weekend, we had a kayaking plan but nothing confirmed. There are a few hikes off of i90 east. Snow lake is easy, I forgot if it's by i90.

[mobike008]

Originally Posted by amol4184

Yup I'm here. Came early this month! Let me see the 23rd's weekend, we had a kayaking plan but nothing confirmed. There are a few hikes off of i90 east. Snow lake is easy, I forgot if it's by i90.

Wonderful. Welcome back! Look forward to more suggestions on where we can go?

[iamapc]

Originally Posted by mobike008

Let me know if you are interested.
Cheers !!

I have a conflict tomorrow and won't be able to make it. Enjoy the drive and the hike!

[mobike008]

Team-BHP Hiking Meet- July 23rd, 2022

Last Saturday the following BHPian's met and enjoyed a lovely hike together.

1. mobike008
2. Ashir
3. RVracer88
4. Amol4138

I have done many theme Team-BHP meets in the past (Boat Meet, Ghazal Night Meet, Haleem Walk Meet etc) and this gets added to a unique meet where we met driving our cars but, the whole purpose of the meet was to enjoy the outdoors via. a lovely hike through a moderately tough (for others, it was quite tough for me)

I drove 75 miles from home (150 miles round trip) to the trailhead while others drove 45 miles to 55 miles to reach the destination.

We decided to meet at 8:30am which is actually late as most folks in PNW (Pacific Northwest) where hikes are super popular start the hikes by 7-7:30am.

It wasn't a surprise when I reached the trailhead at 8:30am, the entire parking was full and there was a mile long of cars parked. With some difficulty, found a spot and we spent half hour chit-chatting as Rahulracer drove 50 miles just to meet us and say "Hello"

Around 9:30, after a quick selfie, Rahul left in his BMW X3 M40i (His car and color is identical to mine).

Me, Ashir and Amol started the hike at 9:30am and this hike was supposed to be easy to moderately tough for most folks but, I was not used to hiking and it was tough for me as trail was full of rocks, tree barks and rocks. Also, we had to scale some big rocks to keep moving forward.

After 1.5 miles, we reached Lake Talipus which was completely foggy at around 11:00am and we spent some time enjoying the beautiful views. The trail was so busy that every few mins we had to give way to folks either coming from behind or from opposite side.

While I was struggling to walk (lol!), there were some folks who were running on trail. Whew!

After further hike of 1.5 miles and reaching 1500 ft elevation, we reached heaven- Lake Ollie

It was beautiful and jaw dropping as lake was surrounded by mountains and tall trees with clouds hanging low (almost touching the trees).

We enjoyed the views for an hour and also had some refreshments before hiking back to the trail head.

A total of 6 miles was covered in 2:44 mins. Not bad for a first hike, huh?

Enjoyed this different Team-BHP meet (while hiking the conversations was mostly about cars and outdoors in WA)...Haha!

Rahul, Mobike008, Ashir and Amol (Left to Right)



3 miles of rough patch with heavy fog to reach the trail head



Pose with cars



Scaling barks to move forward



Cars parked safely at trailhead



Lake Ollie



Lake Ollie



A few pics at Lake Ollalie





Mountains enroute the meeting point (Trailhead)



Refreshments on top



Lake Ollalie





Small Wooden Bridge with a stream running through



Following few pictures are of Lake Talipus which comes first and was completely foggy at 11:0am (This weather is in peak of summers in Washington)

















Ashir







Ashir and Amol

[amol4184]

Originally Posted by mobike008

Team-BHP Hiking Meet- July 23rd, 2022

Last Saturday the following BHPian's met and enjoyed a lovely hike together.

1. mobike008
2. Ashir
3. RVracer88
4. Amol4184

Thank you Mr Mobike. Your unending enthusiasm is what led to this meet and I am sure there will be many to follow.

I was so glad to put meet you guys and put faces to names. You are a fantastic bunch and I would be in for next meet.

Lets get some more hikes out of the way and then we can do some winter trips, hopefully I will have a bigger car by then. I am also hoping there will be more members joining us.

Also, great photos - I see one of mine featured. Next time I will bring a proper camera.

[mobike008]

Originally Posted by amol4184

Thank you Mr Mobike. Your unending enthusiasm is what led to this meet and I am sure there will be many to follow.

I was so glad to put meet you guys and put faces to names. You are a fantastic bunch and I would be in for next meet.

Lets get some more hikes out of the way and then we can do some winter trips, hopefully I will have a bigger car by then. I am also hoping there will be more members joining us.

Also, great photos - I see one of mine featured. Next time I will bring a proper camera.

Thanks Amol. It was nice to be connected with you and see that you have a crazy outdoor and fitness background (Cycling for 60 miles is no joke )

I hope to take some inspiration form you to stay healthy.

Let's plan the "aero show" meet for next week. Can you please share the full details here?

Here are a couple of videos of the beautiful hike from last week.

Foggy drive to reach the trailhead

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6wUueb8s6qY?feature=share

Lake Ollalie, WA- Heaven on Earth

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ybVSn416SMw?feature=share

Till the next one......

[amol4184]

Originally Posted by mobike008

Let's plan the "aero show" meet for next week. Can you please share the full details here?

Definitely. This year's Seafair is on Aug 5th Weekend. All information here :

https://www.seafair.org/events/2022/...ekend-festival

Here are a few pics that I took over last few years. Mostly Nikon D500/Z6 and Nikon super tele lenses but also a few with Olympus EM1.2 with super tele. You can also see I am a bigger fan of hydro planes and hydro races that happen as part of Seafair. For most people though, the iconic Blue Angels' show is what matters. Citizen makes a whole Blue Angels collection of watches too, in case you are impressed after the show

[devil_klm]

Awesome pics of the air and water show there. Not so many pics of water show online. Thanks for posting it here.

[mobike008]

Originally Posted by iamapc

I missed seeing this thread earlier. Look forward to the next meet-up and drive.

Quoting for visibility. Join up!!


It’s that time of the year when we have to step out and enjoy the beautiful colors that nature has to offer in “Fall Season”. Fall season here in PNW is pretty as a peach.

We decided to head to some pretty location to enjoy and celebrate the colors of “Fall” and a plan is shaping up as we speak.

The route and full plan is yet to be confirmed but, the Seattle folks seem to be excited this time and this is also going to be a full house.

Below is the confirmed list of people who are joining.

What : 2022 Fall Drive
Where : TBD
When : October 22nd, 2022

Confirmed Names

1. Mobike008 (BMW X3M 40i)
2. Rahul BMW X3M 40i)
3. Shashwath (BMW X3M 40i)
4. Abhinav (BMW M 340i)
5. Abhiram (BMW X5)
6. Ashir (BMW 5-Series)
7. Rahul Newskar (Mercedes GLS 450)
8. Ashu (Mercedes C300)
9. Ram + 1 (Subaru Forestor)
10. Croupier + 1 (Subaru Forestor)
11. Amol4181 (Mini Cooper)
12. Nitin (Hyundai Santa Fe)
13. Himanshu + 1(Tesla Model S)

Nope, this is NOT a BMW group.

Looks like Team BHP Seattle’ites love BMW just too much.

Should be an exciting drive, meet and lunch.

[iamapc]

Adding myself to the confirmed list. Look forward to the meet up.

Originally Posted by mobike008

Quoting for visibility. Join up!!


It’s that time of the year when we have to step out and enjoy the beautiful colors that nature has to offer in “Fall Season”. Fall season here in PNW is pretty as a peach.

We decided to head to some pretty location to enjoy and celebrate the colors of “Fall” and a plan is shaping up as we speak.

The route and full plan is yet to be confirmed but, the Seattle folks seem to be excited this time and this is also going to be a full house.

Below is the confirmed list of people who are joining.

What : 2022 Fall Drive
Where : TBD
When : October 22nd, 2022

Confirmed Names

1. Mobike008 (BMW X3M 40i)
2. Rahul BMW X3M 40i)
3. Shashwath (BMW X3M 40i)
4. Abhinav (BMW M 340i)
5. Abhiram (BMW X5)
6. Ashir (BMW 5-Series)
7. Rahul Newskar (Mercedes GLS 450)
8. Ashu (Mercedes C300)
9. Ram + 1 (Subaru Forestor)
10. Croupier + 1 (Subaru Forestor)
11. Amol4181 (Mini Cooper)
12. Nitin (Hyundai Santa Fe)
13. Himanshu + 1(Tesla Model S)
14. iamapc (Porsche Cayenne)

Nope, this is NOT a BMW group.

Looks like Team BHP Seattle’ites love BMW just too much.

Should be an exciting drive, meet and lunch.

[mobike008]

Originally Posted by iamapc

Adding myself to the confirmed list. Look forward to the meet up.

Wonderful. Look forward to meeting you on the drive.

What : 2022 Fall Drive
Where : TBD
When : October 22nd, 2022

Confirmed Names

1. Mobike008 (BMW X3M 40i)
2. Rahul BMW X3M 40i)
3. Shashwath (BMW X3M 40i)
4. Abhinav (BMW M 340i)
5. Abhiram (BMW X5)
6. Ashir (BMW 5-Series)
7. Rahul Newskar (Mercedes GLS 450)
8. Ashu (Mercedes C300)
9. Ram + 1 (Subaru Forestor)
10. Croupier + 1 (Subaru Forestor)
11. Amol4181 (Mini Cooper)
12. Nitin (Hyundai Santa Fe)
13. Himanshu + 1(Tesla Model S)
14. iamapc (Porsche Cayenne)