{"id":2022,"date":"2022-12-21T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/?p=2022"},"modified":"2022-12-21T08:10:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T16:10:18","slug":"crazy-cat-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/?p=2022","title":{"rendered":"Crazy Cat Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Trip Date: <\/strong>July 2nd &amp; 3rd, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gravel-Road-in-the-Swauk-Forest.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Gravel-Road-in-the-Swauk-Forest.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2025\" width=\"325\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Gravel Road through the Swauk Forest in the Wenatchee National Forest<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.gaiagps.com\/public\/ux5G3pS8Xdm78LkgWfDI2XBg?embed=True\" style=\"border:none; overflow-y: hidden; background-color:white; min-width: 320px; max-width:600px; width:100%; height: 420px;\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"seamless\"><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/whnf6A4duao\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">It was a great weekend to go out and spend a night in the woods, so Danny, Emma and I headed out to the Wenatchee National Forest to find a place to spend the night. The roadtrip started off quite hot, with blue skies and full sun making for a spectacular summer day. While temperatures were not yet soaring, it was still starting to get hot, particularily on the east side of the Cascade Mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Plum-Trees-in-the-Naches-River-Valley.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Plum-Trees-in-the-Naches-River-Valley.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2026\" width=\"650\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Plum Tree Grove in the Naches Valley in the Sun<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Our explorations today took us east over the White Pass on Hwy 12, North up the Yakima Canyon on Hwy 821, and then North past Ellensburn on Hwy 97. We ended up in the Swauk Forest area, North of Ellensburn around the Blewett Pass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Due to the rain shadow cast by the mountains, the landscape on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains is typically brown and dusy. However, much to our delight, the vegation was lush and green this trip in early summer 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fog-giving-rise-to-moss-covered-trees.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fog-giving-rise-to-moss-covered-trees.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2027\" width=\"650\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Moss covered Trees in a Foggy Forest<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">We eventually found ourselves a dispersed campsite to spend the night miles up a lightly traveled gravel road, in the Wenatchee National Forest. It was a well used site, easily accessed off the gravel road and adjacent to a strongly flowing creek. A sign on tree declared the area was designated as a federal mining claim, with the claim name: Crazy Cat.  We thought this was a great moniker and decided to name this trip &#8220;Crazy Cat Camp&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Danny-giving-Emma-a-Scratch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Danny-giving-Emma-a-Scratch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2032\" width=\"325\" height=\"243\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Emma and Danny enjoying arriving at the campsite<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Federal-Mining-Claim-Crazy-Cat.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Federal-Mining-Claim-Crazy-Cat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2031\" width=\"325\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Crazy Cat mining claim<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ponderosa-pine-towering-over-the-GMC.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ponderosa-pine-towering-over-the-GMC.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2028\" height=\"400\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Ponderosa Pine towering over the GMC<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Enormous-Larch-Trees-behind-Emma-and-Danny.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Enormous-Larch-Trees-behind-Emma-and-Danny.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2034\" height=\"400\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Danny and Emma posing infront of some enormous Larch Trees=<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">The late winter snows and ample spring rains meant the vegitation was lush and the wildflowers were out blooming in force. 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The roadtrip started off quite hot, with blue skies and full sun making for a spectacular summer day. While temperatures were not yet soaring, it was still starting to get hot, particularily on the east side of the Cascade Mountains. 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