• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

Northwest Fall Gathering Round 2 - China Hat / Bend Oregon Oct 2011

Dates make little difference to me. I kinda like the 10-24 date better, but only because its closer!

If it is on Haloween weekend then we should bring candy and let the kids trick or treat around camp.
 
Either way y'all have to bring me birthday cake (10/26) !!

Coffee...any idea if the Husky guys have conflicts on the earlier date? Maybe we need to poll everyone who has shown an interest here to see how many have a problem with the earlier date.
 
Could someone compile a list of all events happening on the weekend of 10/22 10/23 and also for 10/29 10/30... and any other considerations that may be of interest. Once we figure out what the issues are I could contact hvna and seem what they think.
 
What I have been able to figure out...

14-16 Weekend WORCS in Adelanto and maybe still hunting season at China Hat (we crossed this date off)

21-23 National Endurocross in Boise and Local ISDE near Tillamook Oregon (3 hours away)

29-30 there is a Local XC 24 hour race at Goldendale (2 hours north of Bend)

Nov 4-6 WORCS Race in Arixone and maybe a XC Race at China Hat (so we crossed this date off)

I dont see any big event going on in Bend either weekend so lodging shouldnt be a problem.

So,
21-23 has an event that may draw Husky team away in Boise and an event that may draw locals away to Tillamook.We might want to ask HVNA if the Endurocross this weekend would influence who attends from Husky.

29-30 has an event that might draw locals and Halloween.

From what I know of local racers, Jake is one of the few regular participants and I sounds like he isnt in race form. Personally I will go to China Hat before either of the local races.

Sounds to me like if Husky can show up on the 21-23 then we can avoid the Halloween issue by doing it that weekend.
 
There are only two real events at Bend, One is done and the other is being held elsewhere this year. I think we are fine with most any date.
 
Motosportz said:
There are only two real events at Bend, One is done and the other is being held elsewhere this year. I think we are fine with most any date.
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I was referring to the stuff that goes on in the town of Bend (for those unfortunate people who dont play in the dirt) ... bicycle races, concerts, festivals, golf tournaments and the like .... but the calendar appears to be clear...

You are right, the big China Hat stuff is done for the year ... sad to see the Fall Classic move to Tillamook, but the Lobos club members seem to be happy with the change. Maybe someone else will fill the void.
 
IMO, the earlier the date, the better (at least from those choices). Less likely to have bad weather.
 
Once you get into October the weather is going to be a bit of a crap shoot. It is just as likely to snow on the 23rd and be 65 on the 30th as the other way around. I know that personally I have plans in place to attend the endurocross in Boise the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd but that shouldn't be any reason not to hold it at that time. Just an FYI as I would only be able to make the last weekend in October. Bend weather often mirrors Hamilton, MT weather and it doesn't really get nasty until the end of November. Its a rare year when the golf course is closed at any time in November.
 
mnb said:
IMO, the earlier the date, the better (at least from those choices). Less likely to have bad weather.
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You aint from around these parts are ya pardner :)

Like Wally said pretty much anything is possible on any given day, but generally October to Mid November is pretty pleasant.
Hurricanes, tornadoes and flash floods are extremely rare though, and the volcanoes only go off at random intervals.
 
wallybean said:
Once you get into October the weather is going to be a bit of a crap shoot. It is just as likely to snow on the 23rd and be 65 on the 30th as the other way around. I know that personally I have plans in place to attend the endurocross in Boise the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd but that shouldn't be any reason not to hold it at that time. Just an FYI as I would only be able to make the last weekend in October. Bend weather often mirrors Hamilton, MT weather and it doesn't really get nasty until the end of November. Its a rare year when the golf course is closed at any time in November.
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You can do both. It is only 5 hours from Boise to China Hat, less if you draft a convoy of Costco trucks across the desert. We can only afford one patrol car a week in Eastern Oregon ... you get to guess which day he is working Hwy 20.
 
wallybean said:
Once you get into October the weather is going to be a bit of a crap shoot. It is just as likely to snow on the 23rd and be 65 on the 30th as the other way around. I know that personally I have plans in place to attend the endurocross in Boise the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd but that shouldn't be any reason not to hold it at that time. Just an FYI as I would only be able to make the last weekend in October. Bend weather often mirrors Hamilton, MT weather and it doesn't really get nasty until the end of November. Its a rare year when the golf course is closed at any time in November.
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Will be doing the enduocross thing in Boise that weekend myself :)
 
oregonsage said:
You aint from around these parts are ya pardner :)
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And you aren't from around here, either. The later in the year it is, the more likely it is to be nearly impossible to reach that area due to closures.

China Hat may only be a couple hours drive for you. For SF Bay Area folks, it's 560 miles. We're talking 10-11 hours of driving. That goes through a shitload of microclimates.

For point of reference... that's the same distance from Ashland, OR to the Canadian border less 10 miles.
 
No offense intended, just adding a bit of humor to the discussion. I have made the Bend to Bay area (and further south, too) trip many times and I agree one has to be prepared for bad weather pretty much everywhere. No snowstorm I have ever driven in is as nerve wracking as barreling down I-5 bumper to bumper in pea soup fog. And a freak snowstorm closure near Shasta screws up travel all up and down the west coast for hours if not a day or two. That said the roads are passable almost every day of the year. Both I-5 and 97 are major travel routes and are well maintained and kept open in the winter. People in Bend would starve to death if they werent; the groceries come over the mountains from Portland every night. Much like going to Reno, usually no problem but when the weather turns not a good idea get in the middle of it.

Whichever weekend we end up with folks need to be aware that the riding area is at 4-5000 feet as are portions of most of the roads leading there. Vehicles and people should be prepared to handle everything from the norm of 50 during the day and 30ish at night to the improbable, but possible snowstorm.

Last year we enjoyed the normal temperatures mentioned above and were wishing for just a bit of moisture to dampen the dust. Winter didnt really show up until late December, but then it stuck around until May out there with some trails still having a bit of snow into June.
 
Coffee said:
Things are being worked on, more information (or not) soon.
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Here is the answer.

The last weekend, just before Halloween, is for the most part a 'dead' weekend for Husqvarna North America. The weekend before would not be nearly as good for them because of the Boise Endurocross.

In addition, as evidenced with some of the recent responses in this thread there are some serious conflicts with Cafe Husky members with the weekend before...

So, I do believe that the original dates I tentatively choose would be best.

Coffee said:
What happens in these events people start drifting in on Thursday, then there are a few remaining until Monday... for the most part.

I see no reason not to (at least tentatively) pick Thursday October 27th through Monday October 31st.. At China Hat.
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Sound ok?

If so, and if people are trying to choose exactly what dates to be there, I would suggest earlier rather than later in the weekend i.e. arriving on Thursday evening and leaving Sunday in time to get home Sunday night would probably work better than showing up on Saturday morning and leaving on Monday in time to get home on Monday night.

Regardless, Saturday, sounds like the most important day to be there based on the feedback I've received.
 
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