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Welcome to The McCall Hiking Club
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Monthly newsletters and reports:
Trail Maintenance Day, Wednesday, September 7, 2005 is that special day each year where we have the opportunity to contribute back to the forest we have enjoyed so much during the year. Please join us! Click here for more details and call ReNae (634-2382) or Bob (after Sept 4, 634-2655) for further information.
Monthly newsletters seem to be occurring regularly this summer season and all sorts of interesting information is included in each issue, so this wise webmaster is going to allow you to download each newsletter in a pdf format and read it directly. You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to do this, but you probably have that installed on your computer, so simply click on the Newsletter below and enjoy!
The overnight trip to Grassy Mountain Lakes (July 19, 2005) was absolutely beautiful and a great time was had by everyone. Click here to read more!
Vreny Middleton has recently returned from her home country of Switzerland with photos and an article to share with us! Click here to see her story and photographs. Thanks, Vreny!
From the 2005 President, ReNae Bradfield: "Thanks to all the members for your support. I know that I have some big shoes to fill following Susan Waters as President and Founder. I feel fortunate, however, that all the current board members and hike leaders are still in their positions and that Susan is now the trail coordinator. The club has grown and we are now a year-round organization. Looking forward to a fabulous season..."
The end of the summer 2004 hiking season social was held at the home of Hal Wiking on September 28, 2004. A great time was had by all who attended. Besides the delicious food contributed by the members, laughs were shared as our outgoing President gave special awards to hikers:
We have a New Club President, ReNae Bradfield has graciously accepted the position for 2005 and we thank her very much. She will be installed at the September 24, 2004 social. All of the officers will remain in their present positions to give her their support and Susan will become Trail Coordinator.
Vote
for the Hiker of the Season:
Award to be presented at the September 24, 2004 Social.
See the new Wildflower Photo Gallery. Thanks to Betty Derig for identification of the flowers!
Adopt a Trail and September 8 Trail Maintenance Day Report-- we gave back to our forest! 19 of us worked on clearing the brushy and overgrown Hazard Creek Falls Trail on September 8, 2004. Many thanks go to Bob Bechaud for organizing the effort and making sure that we got the job done (see his clean-up plan here). Thanks to Helmi and Susan for providing the wonderful sandwiches from Heartland Deli!
The
Membership
questionnaire results: 52%
hike once a week 58%
are intermediate, 26% advanced 33%
prefer exploratory hikes, 30% historical, 19% flowers 59%
want social events every 2 months, 25% monthly 29%
like potlucks, 18% picnics, 11% restaurants 43%
want backpacking overnight hikes 70%
do NOT want to lead a hike (please reconsider your vote) 51% are year round residents
Our assignment for August: Explore a trail on your own and lead us to a new area next month!
On August 24 and 25 the club visited a section of the Historic Lolo Trail Corridor & Bicentennial Lewis & Clark Trail It was WET but good fun, according to those who braved our wet weather that week...Overnight options were the Lochsa Lodge, the Powell campground, and camping along the trail. See detailed hike schedule and more info here. Links to websites with further trail information can be found under Lewis and Clark here.
Lessons
from the Loon Lake overnight camping on July 21: Food
is important. (Gourmet, not dried) Since
water filters make good drinking water, carry wine instead of water. Have
a tent large enough to accommodate your body size. Camp
fires are good. Overnight hiking is good. Bonus
points if you can answer this question correctly: Crawling
out of the tent in the morning, with hair askew, who said the following: “Whose idea was this anyway?” President and Founder, Susan Waters
2 Pontoon Boats and a motor boat gave all of us a safe and fun passage to North Beach on the Sunday, July 25 pontoon boat social - wine & appetizers on the lake. Thank you Captains ReNae, Leslie and Hal!
The McCall Hiking Club June Pot Luck Party was great fun! Thanks go to Nancy Harvey for hosting the party and to everyone who contributed such good fare.
Betty Derig has submitted our first web news article about hiking with our club. If you'd like to share a short story about your hiking experiences, please send a few words to Sheree Sonfield by email!
Do you have any digital photographs of the areas that we hike? If you'd like to share them, please click here to email them to Sheree Sonfield for posting in our website's new photo gallery.
Email addresses are being collected for the club to contact members with updates, calendars and news by email in lieu of supporting the USPS. The email will only be used by the club and in support of club objectives and goals. If you would like updates by email, please notify Pam Houseman (634-5053 or by email). Also please notify her if you can receive the newsletter by email only (in lieu of our paying the USPS).
Club tee shirts are being offered again this year. Sleeveless, men's, ladies cotton shirts available. $13/shirt, please order on hike days.
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