Lake Billie Chinook '06

I hauled ass and made it from Lake Tahoe to Gresham in one day. I got to my favorite bar around 10:30 pm and got a hug from Max. Turned out that TJ was there too. Lucky. Unfortunately, they didn’t have any taco’s left (Tuesday is Taco night…2 for a $1 with all the fixings) so I had a burger instead.

Max and TJ there in the background happy to see me:

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It’s a couple of days later and I got invited up to Gordon’s property at Lake Billie Chinook. I jumped at the offer. It’s great up there and we all sit around talking and getting drunk when we’re not out on the lake swimming or fishing.

Here’s a shot of the property from the fireplace looking at Gordon’s mobile home and rig…

It’s a tight winding road up to Gordon’s, there’s the lake:

More of the lake from a different road, again with a shear drop off:

Down there is the yacht club, Gordon keeps his boat down there during the season:

Here’s my rig all set up:

Gordon’s solar setup. He can’t get electric up here so he’s off the grid and uses batteries with solar charging and a couple backup generators:

Here’s some of the folks that came up this year, there were actually 27 people there but I didn’t get any group photos. That’s Jack on the left, Gordon in the middle and Bob on the right:

Linda gets ready to win at bingo, our group won six times. It’s private property so you’re allowed to bring your own drinks and the payout is in cash:

Even Jackie and Jeff came up this year:

After bingo we all get together for b-b-q. From the left, that’s Jennie, Julie, Jeff #2, TJ sitting on her new beau Lee, Millie and David (Limey) with his two dogs (who were a constant annoyance the entire weekend):

After the weekend ended, everyone headed on home, I asked Gordon if I could stay in my RV on his property. I stayed a few more days, riding my bike all over the area and messing with things in my RV that needed fixing. Nice and quiet time alone in the wilderness.