Annual Orcas Island Camping Weekend

Sep 4
Fri 7:00 AM
Location
Gateway Transit Center

1321 NE 99th Ave.
SE corner of indoor parking structure
Portland, OR 97220

How to find us
"To be discussed at the planning meetings"

Estimated attendance
 19  people attended.
4.50 4.505

Who organized?
David Csmith and Marci Dru

Price

$24.00 per person
refund policy

Please join us for a fun-filled weekend of camping, hiking, and socializing on beautiful Orcas Island over Labor Day weekend. Meetup Portland Hiking has gone to this spot for the past two summers and they have been some of the most memorable Meetup hiking events. This is a very popular trip and RSVPing early is recommended.

What: Annual Orcas Island Camping trip over Labor Day weekend.
When: Friday September 4th through Monday September 7th.
Where: Upper campground, Moran State Park, Orcas Island, WA.
Why: Fun, campfire, hiking, bicycling, kayaking, swimming, eating, drinking and relaxing.
How: Carpooling from Portland to Anacortes Ferry to Orcas Island.
Who: 25 campers.

Carpoolers will need to leave the Portland area by 7:00 AM in order to catch the 2:40 PM ferry in Anacortes. Anacortes is an hour north of Seattle and the ferry ride is 90 minutes.

Ferry Departure: The optimal departure time is 2:40 pm from Anacortes. Plan to arrive by 12:30 or 1 pm to be sure you have space on the ferry. The next ferry to Orcas isn't until 5:35.

Current Ferry cost: $43.10 for car and driver plus 13.50 for each additional passenger, round trip. There is an potential for a price increase that has not been announced. Carpooling will reduce the cost per person of the ferry trip.

For more information, here is a link to the ferry website.
http://www.wsdot.wa.g....

Carpooling information: We have reserved 5 campsites with a 2 car maximum per site included so carpooling will be necessary to prevent extra car costs of $10/car/night.

Campground information: We have five beautiful, adjacent campsites in the upper campground with a two tent maximum per site. We will discuss tent sharing at the planning meetings.

Costs: The cost per person is $24.00 and includes campsite fees for 3 nights, general camp supplies (e.g. garbage bags, paper towels), AND! Marci and David's Saturday night Spaghetti dinner with salad, garlic bread, dessert and wine around the campfire! tongue

What you will need:

Tent (or find somebody to share)
Sleeping bag
Crocs or shoes for water activities
Hiking boots
Headlamp or flashlight
Food and supplies except for Saturday night dinner
Raingear (this is the NW)
Sunscreen
Bug juice


What we will provide:

The campsites
Saturday night dinner
Dining fly
Central camp kitchen
Hiking and activity information
A sense of humor cool

Miscellaneous:

Kids over 16 are welcome.
Well socialized dogs are welcome.
We will schedule two planning meetings after the event fills up.
Refund Policy: Refunds are available, (less Amazon fees) only in the event that your spot is filled from the waiting list.

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Talk about this Meetup

  • Randy
    Posted Sep 9, 2009 7:07 PM
    Randy
    Hey Bobbi, My pics to follow shortly. Very busy. probably this weekend. It was a blast. Even with the short showers we had
  • Bobbi
    Posted Sep 8, 2009 9:01 PM
    Bobbi
    Hoping someone, please anyone, will post some pics so we can see what we missed out on!
  • Pre-Meetup comments below
  • Cathy
    Posted Aug 31, 2009 11:41 AM
    Cathy
    I can take two more people if we can get someone to carry our gear. I can also share my tent, I think it can sleep five, been a long time since I set it up. I'm bringing an air mattress to sleep on. I contacted one of the people with a truck asking if he would carry gear. I've also contacted some of the people asking for rides and am waiting to hear back from them. I will be leaving from Vancouver, near I5 and Hazel Dell/63rd st exit, between 500 and 78th st exits.
  • Jeff S
    Posted Aug 30, 2009 9:53 PM
    Jeff S
    Glad to be joining you on the trip. I would like I ride or can drive. I can leave and return whenever it works, I have no time commitments. You can contact me at [masked] or I can give you my phone number if that works best. I live a little north of Vancouver.
  • Bobbi
    Posted Aug 30, 2009 9:18 PM
    Bobbi
    Hi all. Just found out Friday that we have been bumped from the waiting list and will be joining the group. We are both excited however feel completely out of the loop with planning! I emailed David with a bunch of questions. Hopefully he'll be able to bring us up to speed :) See you all on Friday!
  • Randy
    Posted Aug 27, 2009 9:27 PM
    Randy
    Hey Steve. Have kayaks will travel :) Where are you in Pdx. I am picking up my kayak at REI in downtown pdx thurs Night. Where you be? Randy
  • Posted Aug 27, 2009 9:57 AM
    Former Member
    Hi everyone - I just found out I have Friday and Monday off from work. THis means I can carpool with someone to Orcas. I live a few blocks away from the Gateway/99 transit center in PDX. Anyone picking up people there who has room in their car? My preference is to return earlier on Monday rather than later, if that helps anyone decide. Thank you for giving me a call at [masked] as I can't access email all the time. Sincerely, JeanMarie
  • Posted Aug 26, 2009 9:01 PM
    Former Member
    Hi everyone! I am so happy to get in on this camping trip at the last second. I have only been to the San Juan's once before, and love the fact I'm going back and with new friends. HOwever due to the last minute joining, I did not take the day off from work. I would like to join everyone on Friday evening or Sat. AM, depending on Ferry Schedule. Is anyone going Fri afternoon? I am leaving straight from work in Vancouver WA (hopfully by 3 pm). Thank you for writing me at [masked]
  • lily
    Posted Aug 26, 2009 3:18 PM
    lily
    I'm from Vancouver, would like to get a ride for this long trip and pay for the gas money.
  • steve
    Posted Aug 26, 2009 9:30 AM
    steve
    I am driving a small station wagon and have room for one more. leaving portland around 5 or 530.am. randy I would like to connect with you to carry my kayak, if possible [masked].
  • Randy
    Posted Aug 25, 2009 8:47 PM
    Randy
    I hope I am posting in the right place here... I'M driving a older toyota long bed pickup truck. I can take one rider. NO AC and no music at this pont. I live in salem and will be leaving salem approx 5 am on friday morn. I can haul gear. If you are close to I5 that would make it easy. Have canopy and roof rack. Room for one additional kayak to the one I am taking.
  • Claudio
    Posted Aug 14, 2009 10:07 AM
    Claudio
    Organizer
    Hello all, I made a big mistake and refunded everybody. I'm still hiting myslef for it. Please submit payments again comfirming you are going. I will keep in the list those who had signed up for the event in the beggining and keep new members from signing (unless someone desides to change the RSVP to NO)
  • Marci Dru
    Posted Jun 1, 2009 9:10 PM
    Marci Dru
    Assistant Organizer
    Hi Michele, at this time David and I feel like 25 is what we can reasonably handle. If this changes, it will be announced to the wait list group. Staying on the wait list is recommended since people sometimes change their plans and when space opens up some people on the wait list may no longer be able to attend. I hope this is helpful.
  • Marci Dru
    Posted Jun 1, 2009 9:03 PM
    Marci Dru
    Assistant Organizer
    Hi Scott, backpacking hammock is fine but it has been known to rain on occasion :)
  • Michele
    Posted Jun 1, 2009 11:25 AM
    Michele
    Any chance of increasing the camping space so that more of us can attend?

Who attended?

  • 19 attendees
    • “ Great trip with a very fun group of people. Thanks for Organizing David ”
    • Cathy (+1 guest)
      “ I had a great time, good company, beautiful scenery, left with my legs needing a rest. Thanks to the organizers and other members for creating several great memories and stories to take back "home". ”
    • “ THE PEOPLE WERE FUN AND THE PLACE WAS NICE AND OKAY WEATHER. ”
    • “ Thanks everyone for the great weekend! The weather was a lot better than we expected and the food, conversation, many hikes, campfires and driving around the island made for a memorable weekend. I hope to see all of you on some more events. ”
    • Ola
    • Erik (+1 guest)

Your organizer's refund policy for Annual Orcas Island Camping Weekend

Refunds offered if:

  • the Meetup is cancelled
  • the Meetup is rescheduled

Additional notes: Refunds will be offered less Amazon fees if member's spot is filled from the waiting list. Due to the campsite costs, there will be no refunds after August 21st, 2009.

Payments you make go to the organizer, not to Meetup. You must make refund requests to the organizer.

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