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Cats Meow Jamboree, April, 2015

I've been wanting to attend one of these gatherings for awhile now but just can't leave my business in mid winter. The Cats Meow would be my best chance. I will be attending the McKenzie River Wooden Boat Festival on the 23rd and would like to join you folks for the afternoon of the 24th and the 25th. If I can't get lodging for the 24th I am more than happy to sleep in my truck if that is an option. Very eager to meet you guys and learn more about these great machines. Would love to bum a ride in any machine. I will be the guy who shows up pulling a drift boat. Maybe next year I will be the guy with a Nodwell at the boat show.
Hope to see you guys in April. I'll call the lodge and see what I can wrangle for lodging.

Cheers,

AJ
 
caldonia said:
I've been wanting to attend one of these gatherings for awhile now but just can't leave my business in mid winter. The Cats Meow would be my best chance. I will be attending the McKenzie River Wooden Boat Festival on the 23rd and would like to join you folks for the afternoon of the 24th and the 25th. If I can't get lodging for the 24th I am more than happy to sleep in my truck if that is an option. Very eager to meet you guys and learn more about these great machines. Would love to bum a ride in any machine. I will be the guy who shows up pulling a drift boat. Maybe next year I will be the guy with a Nodwell at the boat show.
Hope to see you guys in April. I'll call the lodge and see what I can wrangle for lodging.

Cheers,

AJ
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aj, fyi the event is the first weekend in may this year,( mothers day weekend ) that may make it easier for you to come thanks
 
Timberline Lodge has had over 24 inches of snow in the last couple of days, with a base of 139 inches, that means we, sno cats, will have lots and lots and lots of sno and area to run on, this will be fabulous, again do not put that machine away just yet and come on up to Timberline for a day or all 4 days, great people, grand machines, and our very own sno cat artist, come on up!!!
 
Pontoon Princess said:
aj, fyi the event is the first weekend in may this year,( mothers day weekend ) that may make it easier for you to come thanks
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Bummer. I guess I was looking at outdated dates. Won't be able to attend. It's a two day drive from Jackson Hole. My next shot is the Mc Call event next year. It's about half the distance of Mt Hood or Levenworth.

You all have a good time and I will enjoy the stories and pictures.
 
I just talked with Chelsea who is doing the reservations for Silcox rooms and the Saturday lunch there. Seventeen are signed up for lunch so far. There is room for more overnight guests at Silcox and at the Timberline Lodge. If you want to make dinner reservations at the Lodge, call 503-272-3311, and hit 0 for the lodge operator and ask for dining room. Silcox guests get a free breakfast at Silcox, but you are on your own for dinners and lunches. There is plenty of snow this year, see you soon.
 

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I just signed up for the lunch. I'm hoping I can get a lift up the hill with someone. Hopefully?

Is anybody bringing their skis for a run or two by any chance? I'm thinking about it.
 
You are going to be hard pressed to find anyone in this group willing to give up a ride. To say stuck up and pompous is an understatement. I almost ended up hiking the mile up just to get to my lunch. :whistling: :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

You can probably get a ride in what ever you want, whenever you want. It is the perfect place to try a little sampling of everything (just get to the Snow-trac's early :yum: J/K). Definitely take a ride with the Tucker boys in the 2000XL (assuming that's what they are bringing).

Track Addict & I got tickets & skied Saturday morning right after a fresh 8 - 12" of powder dropped. He packed out his gear along with his board, while I shipped out my boots, helmet, etc. and then just rented skis. Absolutely worth it just to say you skied it. And you will be working with three to four times the base we had last year.

Member 'it's all about downhill' (Sno-Drifter's brother) will certainly have his planks. Then you just need a chauffeur to bring the cat back down the mountain after you hop out to ski. :biggrin:
 
DAVENET said:
You are going to be hard pressed to find anyone in this group willing to give up a ride. To say stuck up and pompous is an understatement. I almost ended up hiking the mile up just to get to my lunch. :whistling: :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

You dun figured us out Mr. NET. This time I am bringing skis sos I don't have to drive them stinkin, noisy, orange things.
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I just talked with Tammy at Timberline and they are reserving room for us at the Rams Head Bar from 6-8 PM on Friday for those who want to get together and tell lies about tracked vehicles. No reservations, just bring your best stories and we can drink and eat there.

Dinner reservations on Saturday are advised. 503-272-3311 and hit 0 after the answer to get to the front desk.

Snow vehicle passes will be available at check in at the front desk.

See you soon, only a week away!
 
Anybody else showing up Thursday afternoon? Can we run the cats on the hill on Thursday or do we have to wait until Friday morning? I had to cancel the bunk at Silcox for the co-pilot so there is at least one available if someone was waiting until the last minute.
 
I will be there with the boss and princess will be too. Think my brother will also. We can run machines on the hill.
 
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not sure when i'll pull in . i'm having pistenbully do a physical on my canyon the day prior to our meet. checking all pressures ,codes and fixing anything I screwed up.
jim
 
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Anybody else showing up Thursday afternoon? Can we run the cats on the hill on Thursday or do we have to wait until Friday morning? I had to cancel the bunk at Silcox for the co-pilot so there is at least one available if someone was waiting until the last minute.
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yes, we can run on Thursday, see you on the mountain.
 
Just a primer for the upcoming weekend. We just did a two night campout near Mt Bachelor. Tons of snow left. Here's a couple of shots. The weather for the Cats Meow is looking purrrrfect with sunshine and really warm temps. The Snow Trac is ready!

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Looks a lot like Dutchman Flat. If you drop down the road toward Elk Lake there is a road that goes up to Broken Top. Neat country.
 
That's it. I think we took that road. We camped up near the wilderness boundary. Some of the guys in the camp hiked and skied down Broken Top. Awesome place to explore. First time there for me.
 
Short on time this year and flights that aren't going to work for me. This mothers Day weekend I will be spending with Mother. I would bring her with me but at 94 years young I would worry about her getting hurt and the rest of my family clubbing me for bringing her away from the family. Sadly I wasn't able to get the whole family to come.... Hope to see you all in McCall
 
Looks like a sno cats got your tongue situation.

That or epic times and they don't want us to feel bad which is most likely!
 
Here is the Factory '55 at the back of the lodge, snow is about 6' higher at our parking area than last year.

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Working from the phone so just posting some pics. More cats have arrive this evening. Fantastic time. Snow Trac is not climbing the spring snow worth beans but the Tucker's are having no problem.
 
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