JULY 2012 Location: Raab Park, Peninsula Wilderness Club PWC Annual Picnic Monday, July 9, 6:30 pm 18349 Caldart Avenue NE, Poulsbo The Annual PWC Picnic takes the place of the July General Meeting and will be held at Raab Park in Poulsbo. Burgers, salmon burgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, buns, condiments, tossed green salad, potato salad, pasta salad, cake and place settings will be provided. If you would like to bring other food items to share (i.e., chips, ally ally invited. veggies & dip, fruit, desserts, etc.), that would be great. Bring your own beverages (alcohol is permitted). Water and cups will be available, but members are encouraged to bring their own reusable cups or bottles to minimize the amount of trash generated. Activities will include the popular Tall Tales Contest and some games. There will be a door prize as well as contest prizes! Also feel free to bring your own yard games (Frisbee, croquet, volleyball, etc.) to share. n Perry n Avenue in East Bremerton.The publiccordiallyis invited. n Perry n Avenue in East Bremerton.The publiccordiis PWC Picnic volunteers are still needed! We are still looking for volunteers to help make the PWC Annual Picnic successful and enjoyable for all. Some of the items that need to be done are: purchasing the food, planning and setup of an obstacle course event, grill and table setup, grill chefs, and cleanup afterwards. Please contact Tom Broszeit or Brian Steely if you can help: Tom: [email protected] Brian: [email protected] Photos of 2011 picnic from Pam Sargent Map reprinted by permission from Poulsbo Parks and Recreation http://www.cityofpoulsbo.com/parks/documents/poulsbo_parks.FINAL.pdf 1 PeninsulaPeninsulaWildernessWilderness ClubClub meetsmeets onsecondonsecondthethe MondayMonday of of everyeverymonthmonth at at 7 7 atatpmpm KitsapKitsapthethe UnitarianUnitarian UniversalistUniversalist FellowshipFellowshipo o Monthly MAP: Monthly Activity Planning Meeting Monthly Potluck Thursday, July 5, at 7 pm Friday, July 27, 7 pm (NOTE: Half hour later than normal) Contact: Steve & Nancy Osburn, 360-697-5982 Contact: Venita Goodrich, 360-471-0522 Discuss club business and help schedule outings at Steve Visit with fellow PWCers at a member’s home. Bring an & Nancy’s house in Poulsbo. All members are invited to entrée or side dish to share. The host will provide the attend. dessert. Check the calendar for host’s info. Recurring Trips (weekly events): See the “Other Outings” section of this newsletter for these trips. Road Bike Rides with Tom Leurquin Tom Leurquin, 206-842-5906, [email protected] 7/1, 7/5, 7/8, 7/12, 7/15, 7/19, 7/22, 7/26, 7/29, 8/2 Green Mountain Weekly After Work Hike and Social Jay Thompson, 360-509-9918, [email protected] 7/4, 7/11, 7/18, 7/25, 8/1 Regular Trips: Date Outing / Meeting Contact 7/2-4 Climb Mount Baker Tom Rogers, 360-692-2547, [email protected] 7/3-4 Mount Townsend Overnight Paul Cooney, 712-229-9097, [email protected] 7/5 MAP Meeting at Steve & Nancy’s house Steve Osburn, 360-697-5982, [email protected] 7/6 Dee Molenaar's Alpine Art on display Collective Visions Gallery, http://www.collectivevisions.com/ 7/7-8 Kid & dog-friendly Hike Mount Townsend Jay Thompson, 360-509-9918, [email protected] 7/9 PWC Annual Picnic! Tom Broszeit, 360-621-3683, [email protected] 7/14-8/17 Hike the Pacific Crest Trail through Oregon Derek Zimmer, 360-871-6367, [email protected] 7/16-22 Sunshine Trip: Car Camping Sun Lakes/Dry Falls Bob Waldorf, 360-830-6868, [email protected] 7/27-29 Olympic Coast Beach Hike Shelley Fleming, 360-361-6167, [email protected] 7/27 POTLUCK (Starts a 7 pm) Venita Goodrich, 360-471-0522, [email protected] 8/3-4 EXTREME DAY HIKE David Boyde, 360-692-9325, [email protected] Notes & Announcements to Members: • TRIP SPONSORS NEEDED! The club event calendar is running a little low on weekend trips. Please consider sponsoring weekend day trips and backpacking trips throughout the summer. Email the calendarmeister your trip plans at [email protected], or come to the MAP meeting and help fill up the calendar! We depend on volunteers to lead trips! Thanks! On the Trail with “Boots” McFarland Reprinted with permission of the artist, Geolyn Carvin. Check out her website at http://bootsmcfarland.com/home.html 2 Outings A Word About Outings All PWC outings and other activities are open to anyone, but Mount Townsend Overnight if you enjoy our company and what we do, we would like you Tuesday, Jul 3-4 to become a member. The persons sponsoring trips should Contact: Paul Cooney at 712-229-9097 not be considered instructors or leaders. If you are unsure of your abilities, discuss the trip thoroughly with the organizer. Stay overnighter on Mount Townsend! We'll leave July 3rd in Each participant is responsible for his or her own comfort the evening, watch fireworks at the top, camp, and hike out and safety on any outing. Always carry the 10 essentials. the next day. This is weather permitting. Contact Paul for more details. Please Call Early As a courtesy to the sponsor of an outing in which you are MAP Meeting at Steve and Nancy's interested, please try to call at least two days before the trip house for single-day outings, and as soon as possible for overnight Thursday, Jul 5 at 7 pm outings. This allows the sponsor time to make necessary Contact: Steve Osburn at 360-697-5982, or arrangements, or alternate plans, should a trip be canceled email: [email protected] for some reason. All members are encouraged to attend this PWC event- Pet Policy planning meeting (''Membership Activity Planning''). Those Please leave pets at home when attending PWC outings present try to coordinate proposed outings to offer trips on unless the trip is specifically listed as welcoming them. most weekends. Trips that are agreed upon are subsequently published in the Penwicle and listed in the Carpool and Ride Sharing Calendar. We strongly encourage carpooling and ride sharing as a way to reduce impact to trailheads, minimize our environmental Volunteers offer to host the meeting at their house. Feel free footprint, and reduce costs. Please be considerate to your to bring snacks or drinks to the meeting to share. This drivers, including situations when you ride with different month's MAP meeting location is at Steve and Nancy drivers in each direction. The amount you contribute to your Osburn's house at: driver(s) should reflect the distance driven, the cost of gas, and tolls/parking fees – short trips might be $5 per person, 22848 Adams Road NW long trips could be considerably more. Poulsbo, WA 98370 The WEBSITE: A Source for Outings Dee Molenaar's Alpine Art on display Our PWC Website calendar is at: Friday, Jul 6 at 5 pm http://www.pwckitsap.org/content/117-pwc-calendar.html Contact: Collective Visions Gallery in Bremerton If you don’t see something that interests you in this Website: http://www.collectivevisions.com/ newsletter, check the website for additional trips and last- minute trips. Or, if you are leading an outing that was During July, Dee Molenaar will enjoy the featured spot at the planned after the deadline, use the website to post the Collective Visions Gallery in Bremerton. Dee's art will information. This can now be done in THREE ways: You include originals and laser prints covering his areas of travel can fill out the form online; you can email or call the info among the mountains of the world. In 1971, The directly to the Webmaster, Jay Thompson, at Mountaineers Books published his book, THE CHALLENGE [email protected] or 360-307-0037; or you can OF RAINIER, and in 2011 released a special 40th email or call Paul Dutky at [email protected] or 360-479- Anniversary edition, which will be available for signing and 2683 to get the outing listed on the PWC Calendar online. sales during the reception. Molenaar was born in 1918 to Dutch immigrant parents in Upcoming Trips & Events: Los Angeles. He and his younger brother Cornelius (''K'') initially explored the mountains, deserts and seashores of Climb Mount Baker Southern California. They then extended their travels to the Monday, Jul 2-4 ice-clad volcanoes of the Pacific Northwest, where they Contact: Tom Rogers at 360-692-2547, or served as guides and park rangers at Mount Rainier National email: [email protected] Park. In 1946, the brothers were members of the successful Alaskan Mt. St. Elias Expedition, and in 1953, Dee was a Climb Mount Baker with Tom Rogers. Tom has not decided member of the famed, tragedy-marred American Expedition on the route (as of May 11) - it will be either the Easton to K2 in the Karakoram Himalaya. Glacier Route or the Coleman-Deming Route. Both approaches involve glacier travel and prior training in A graduate of the UW in 1950 with a major in Geology and a crevasse rescue and climbing in a rope line. Contact Tom for minor in Art, Dee served with Phillips Petroleum Company's more details. Exploration Division in Alaska, Colorado and Utah, then with 3 Outings the Washington Dept. of Conservation in Olympia and U.S. Geological Survey in Tacoma. In 1967, Dee and his wife The park is over 4,000 acres in size with 73,640 feet of Colleen moved to southern Kitsap County with their daughter freshwater shoreline at the foot of Dry Falls. Dry Falls is one and two sons. of the great geological wonders of North America.