Whiskey Dick
We spent three days exploring the Whiskey Dick Mountain area, driving the "Green Dot" roads of the Quilomene Wildlife Area.
Friday
Pumphouse Road. Two miles in, the stock Toyota RAV4 gets a flat tire — a sidewall puncture. We attempted a patch (hey, why not!?), and not surprisingly, it didn't work.
While waiting for the RAV4 to go back to Ellensburg for a replacement tire, we checked out the first couple miles of Whiskey Dick Corral Road, which leads right up to the Wild Horse Wind Farm. The grazing deer gave a good perspective for the windmills' size. We also spotted a horned toad lizard
The RAV4 is back with a replacement spare tire — ready to go!
Camping under the windmills
Saturday
Whiskey Dick Creek Road
Fooling around in a big mud hole, the Sportmobile gets a bent nerf bar.
And now what's that dripping out? Gasoline! Something (perhaps the evaporative fuel canister) is leaking fuel! Disconnecting it, and plugging the hose with a donated lipstick cap solves the problem. Time for lunch!
Working our way north — ridge, valley, ridge, valley...
In a canyon — time for the corgi to play in the cool water!
Up out of our last valley, onto Quilomene Ridge
A windy night camping on the ridge between Hunt Creek and Quilomene Creek
Sunday
Wildflowers on Beacon Ridge Road
Lunch, Coleman Creek Road
Map of the area:
