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‘Lake Vivian, lower Enchantments, Aug. 16th by Bob Jennings’

I am hearing nothing but frustration from hikers looking for Huckleberries.  If you are willing to share what you have learned leave a comment.  We hiked last weekend up to Meander Meadow (#1525) for an overnight and then back down Cady Ridge (#1532).  Wildflowers were beautiful, bugs were plentiful, we did find a few Huckleberries surprisingly up high,near the top of Kodak Peak 6121′ (view to the right of Glacier Peak, taken from Kodak Peak) the berries were moderately plentiful near the summit, assuming the bear we saw hasn’t eaten them all.

Cindy and a friend climbed Rock Mountain (#1587) earlier in August and had a great time.

Neighbors hiked with their kids into Lake Janus via the Smithbrook trail head, report from another recent visitor.

Schaefer Lake (#1519) is on my to do list,  sounds like there has been lots of work done on the trail. 

If you are just looking for ideas, all these linked trail conditions (valid in August 2008) come from the Washington Trails Association Website www.wta.org.  If you are looking for ideas in our area, just look for trails with 15xx as a starting point.  If you take a hike, spend 5 minutes and enter a trail report,  if you find the site useful become a member.  I am biased (on the WTA board), they are a great organization coordinating thousand of volunteer hours maintaining trails throughout the state, and providing one of the most useful trail databases too.

Bears and garbage

I was contacted Monday morning by several North Shore residents concerning
the bears obviously present there and the problems they are creating with
trash. I drove the whole North Shore that day and saw 10 or 12 really
disgusting displays of trash strewn all over the road. One North Shore
resident had put out 2 cans and the bear knocked the cans across the road
and spread the garbage so than cars couldn’t pass. A frustrated driver
finally moved the cans and knocked the garbage away with his feet so he
could pass. Other residents have been trying to clean up the messes but
obviously it’s not a pleasant task.

The problem appears to be that folks leaving on Sunday when the weekend is
over put their trash out then. With the pick-up not being until Tuesday the
local bear has two nights to plunder. And he does.

The full-time folks have found that pretty much the only way to keep the
trash from being spread around on the road is keep it in the garage or shed
and not put it out until Tuesday morning. Fastening the lid down with
bungies makes no difference- that keeps some birds and crows out but not
bears. If weekend users cannot find a neighbor to perhaps roll their trash
out on Tuesday mornings then packing it out and taking it home or disposing
of it on the way might be the solution. Obviously it’s in no-ones best
interest to re-enforce the bears dependence on trash in any one area so
whatever can be done to alleviate the bears attraction to the area would be
a good thing.

There are currently three bear traps placed in the area- two in Shugart
Flats and one in Ponderosa and efforts are underway to have another placed
somewhere on the North Shore.

Please do what you can to help alleviate this problem!!

George

Lola is a very sweet friendly, affectionate, stray cat that “adopted” our neighbors the Pettit’s.  The challenge being, the Pettit’s are part timers.  The Pettit’s have friends that have been feeding Lola during the summer, but this is not a strategy that will work over the winter.  Lola lives happily outside, although she will quickly adapt to indoor living with a little training.  She is good with kids, not afraid of friendly dogs (if they get too close she let’s um know who is boss).  If you would like to adopt Lola, please contact Dean or Kimberley.

The County Planning/Community Development Department will host a meeting to answer questions  on land use, building permits, etc. from the official meeting announcement:

A meeting for the Lake Wenatchee / Plain Area

Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.

Lake Wenatchee Recreation Club

14400 Chiwawa Loop Rd., Lake Wenatchee, WA

The presentation will discuss:

* Current development patterns

* Community group formation discussion

* Visions

* Land uses

Presenters include:

Questions

? Questions call John J. Guenther, Chelan County Community Development director 667-6228 or john.guenther@co.chelan.wa.us