07/02 - 07/03, Naked Island, Alaska

[Billy]

I'm in for Saturday for sure and I'll see about Sunday.

[Mighty Bite]

Whew, Dan, When I read your post and told Betty that you said, "how about we rendezvous Naked on Saturday afternoon", I got kind of a shocked, puzzled reaction. My wife insisted on reading the post for herself, and found my minor error, "at Naked", I guess I was a little keyed up thinking about the trip and missed the "at".

Sound great to us and it's marked on our calender. Very likely the silvers will be there by then.

I'll reserve calm water and blue sky's for that weekend.

[dogon dory]

Sorry, Folks - Post Deleted By Author

[Mighty Bite]

I hadn't even thought about the last possibility. Maybe we should go back to the "Prince Willam Sound" gathering and low profile the infacto destination.

Sounds like we have at least 5 boats going so far. It would be nice to triple that and with Dan roasting a pig and bringing refreshments it shouldn't be a problem.

[Patrout]

Dan,

Please pencil us in for the trip, too. We have a tentative trip scheduled to sail out of Haines, but it's still pretty much up in the air. This sounds like a great way to meet some more of the PWS regulars.

Pat

[Mighty Bite]

Pat, great, you are officially on the list! Should be a fun time. Its a nice run and will give you a chance to strech the legs of your new boat. We should wind up with a pretty good sized flotilla out there.

This little warming trend and the longer daylight hours have to start making us think that spring and soft water is indeed going to actually happen in the not tooooo distant future.

[Billy]

If someone knows of a good place to meet up at the island, we probably ought to specify, otherwise a bunch of people could be running around Naked trying to hook up with the others and that might not sound quite right to our southern bretheren, (them being concerned about us prepositioning at each other and such.) I hear Cabin Bay is a good anchorage, but I've never been there, any other ideas?

[Pat Anderson]

Yeah - it's bound to - now if you only mention Paris Hilton too, you are guaran-damn-teed to get a whole new cadre of members. How many people out there do you suppose are Googling "Paris Hilton Running Around Naked"?

[Mighty Bite]

Billy, we'll be scoping out Naked, errr, Naked Island, well in advance of the July cruise for the purposes of finding the most ideal spot to tag up, with a view toward anchorage, beach, spot to build a fire, etc.

Will be a fun trip and looking forward to it.

[TyBoo]

You guys about ready to start a signup and get this gig listed as official? We'll give you all the CB perks. Well, no promises about a photo album until we see just what kind of nature shots you take at these Naked Islands.

Since July is so far off, you all ought to consider an early spring cruise on the Columbia River. Start at Cathlamet the first of April, and it's only a hundred mile cruise upstream to our own little naked island, Rooster Rock State Park.

It's neat to see you northerners getting so fired up about this. It seems everyone up there is always too busy going too many different directions. If you can get the Crimson Coyote to join in an official CB cruise, we will all be famous.

So - July 1,2,3,4, 2005? PWS Cruise or Naked Island Gathering? Just say the word, and one of us will get it set up, on the calendar, and entered into the Upcoming Events bulletin.

Imagine the photo collage this could make for the CD display at next year's SBS!

[Sundog]

Well, I guess I am not the only one that get's affected by a warm day and a little sunshine..... I think the Sundog crew would be interested if the weather window is good - I have really wanted to check out Naked Island and Cordova is for sure for this summer. So put me down as a maybe if you don't mind a couple of wild fishing and hunting children along.

Joe [/img]

[tpbrady]

Count me in since by then I will have my boat, will probably have a couple of trips in PWS out of the way in something bigger than a kayak, have finished a kayak rack so I can still take it with me, am tired of the Cook Inlet, and the reds aren't in the Kenai yet. I will also have a name for my 22 Cruiser by then.

Tom
Anchorage

[Mighty Bite]

Hey Mike, thanks for the support. Nature shots.........you bet, ask and yee shall receive. Is it ok if we mix in some pics of the boats too!

A warm-up trip up the Columbia would be cool but the logistics, a nightmare. Also, if it came down to a choice between Rooster Rock State Park and Naked Island, well? OK, I'll be nice and leave it at that.

You can consider the Naked Island/C-Dory a definite go, like in "official", and will probably consist of the 2nd and 3rd of July. That could expand slightly depending on what days work out best for the majority of C-Brats attending.

Yep, the wiley old Foxmaster will have to make it. Hard to imagine him missing it.

Yeah Joe, it would be great if you can make it. The more the merrier. We had a break in the weather up here, temps in the 20s. I couldn't resist getting up in the boat, and do a few things, made motor noises, etc.
The weather will cooperate!

[cbadmin]

[Mighty Bite]

Yep, Dogon Dan is definitely is the cruise director of this venture. Also, work called him out of town for most of this week. No wonder it seems a little quite around here. Enjoy it while you can, Dan will be back on site by the weekend.

Naked Island is appropriate. Also, it is only 2,372 miles from Seattle to Valdez, or approximately 2,552 from Warrenton. A piece of cake for a
big, bad diesel.

Another item of note, Naked Island is one of the few places on earth that doesn't have a Starbucks.