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12th July 2022, 23:06
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18th July 2022, 22:52
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19th July 2022, 22:53
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Looking for recommendations of 50-100 miles drive and clubbed with a short hike (3 to 5 miles). | |
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22nd July 2022, 22:04
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27th July 2022, 03:06
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Infractions: 0/1 (5) | Re: Team-BHP Meets @ Seattle, Washington 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  Last edited by Aditya : 27th July 2022 at 06:33. Reason: As requested |
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28th July 2022, 01:51
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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. | |
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29th July 2022, 21:48
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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 Lake Ollalie, WA- Heaven on Earth  Till the next one...... | |
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30th July 2022, 02:27
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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                             Last edited by amol4184 : 30th July 2022 at 02:30. | |
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3rd October 2022, 01:12
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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. Last edited by mobike008 : 3rd October 2022 at 01:13. | |
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3rd October 2022, 02:47
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| Re: Team-BHP Meets @ Seattle, Washington Adding myself to the confirmed list. Look forward to the meet up. Quote:
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3rd October 2022, 21:09
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 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) | |
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