Haflingertreffen Nordamerika 2013

walderse
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Re: Haflingertreffen Nordamerika 2013

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Scott and Michelle,
A huge THANK YOU!!! to you both for the time and effort you put in to make last weekend's 4th Haflingertreffen Nordamerika the huge success it was. Excellent location with truck/trailer friendly accomodations at Der Ritterhoff, the Bavarian town of Leavenworth and the surrounding mountains with stunningly scnic driving. WOW!!! I do believe all who attended would be more than happy to see another Haflinger event in Leavenworth in the future.

Thanks again for time and effort you spent in advance. It does show and made the 4th event an absolutely phenomenal gathering.

Take care.
Jim and Emilie Molloy
Waldersee Farm
http://www.northwestmogfest.com
walderse
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Re: Haflingertreffen Nordamerika 2013

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John,
On the first day's moring run, one truck (1971 Canadian North American) developed a nasty oil leak from wnat turned out to be a decayed #1 valve cover gasket. That was fixed along with a couple of other deficiencies prior to the Friday afternoon ride. On the second day, another truck (1962 former Swiss Army) developed an oil leak as well. Turned out to be a corroded area on the underside of the metal oil filler cap/vent adjacent to the breather tube. The corrosion was like some sore of acid etching. Problem solved once the drive was complete with a bit of J-B Weld. Other than that, all went very well.

As for the roads, they would not have been limo friendly by any stretch. (Pun intended) In fact, there is some footage of a certain early Austrian Army Series 1 with all four wheels off the ground at speed...and upright. And as for "mountains", I think it is all a matter of persective.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Nevis

http://www.firelookout.com/wa/sugarloaf.html

Hope this helps.
Take care.

Jim Molloy
Waldersee Farm
http://www.northwestmogfest.com
Haflingerscott
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Re: Haflingertreffen Nordamerika 2013

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Thank you to all that were able to attend the Haflinger Treffen in Leavenworth, WA.
For this Treffen we had 20 people attend, 8 Haflinger’s, and 1 Ural.
Thursday
I had a great time looking at other Haflinger’s, especially the maintenance and restoration that the other owners had completed since our last meeting at NWMF. We followed it up with Bavarian food from a local restaurant.
Friday
Loop trail ride via Eagle Creek Drainage. Shortly after starting one of the vehicles had an issue and returned to Der Ritterhof with Ural as escort for repairs. This trail had some muddy and rutted sections followed by some downed trees that the Haflinger’s were just able to squeeze through. On the loop was the small town of Peshastin where we stopped to make the wife’s happy at their first winery. We then stopped at a second winery to make the wife’s even happier. We returned to Leavenworth and had Bavarian food from a local restaurant.
After lunch, the Haflinger with an issue was resolved and an additional Haflinger arrived so we ventured on our second trail ride to Boundary Butte. As we climbed nearly 2000’ above Leavenworth we enjoyed the views of the Icicle Creek Canyon, a private narrow gauge railroad built for local guy, and many scenic vistas. The trail was rough up to the Butte and some were puckered but we all made it to the radio tower on top. We returned to town and the group went out to dinner at local favorite the Munchen Haus.
Saturday
Loop trail ride featuring Chumstick Mountain and Sugarloaf Peak Lookout. Overnight the group had expanded to 8 Haflinger’s. All 8 and the Ural set out for 7 hours of trail riding. We rose 4639’ up to our lunch location of the summit of Chumstick Mountain which sits at 5810 ft. The weather was spectacular and the views even better. Along the way we passed some awesomely steep designated single track routes to the summit not for the light hearted. We also saw a 5-ton with its Rockwell axle and driver front suspension severely damaged. After lunch we traveled the ridge line 8 miles to the historic Sugarloaf Peak Lookout. The lookout was saved from a fire in 1994 but the surrounding forest still showed scars. From the lookout you could see Lake Wenatchee and Fish Lake. After enjoying the views we returned back to the Der Ritterhof where I utilized the Inn’s barbeque and cooked up dinner for the group. After dinner many of the group traveled to a local Bier Haus and taught some Boeing interns from Georgia the meaning of Prost!
Sunday
The group had breakfast at Kristal’s Restaurant. loaded up, said our goodbye’s until NWMF and headed home.
It was a great time. I hope to see everyone and more at NWMF.
Scott
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