Foothills Magazine Jul-Aug 2014

WENATCHEE u LEAVENWORTH u CHELAN u AND ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON

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Keep the Faith

Malaga springs Winery trip is worth the drive

Editor’s LETTER

A Place We Call home N

orth Central Washington is known for many things — almost all of them good, thankfully.

Wenatchee’s Apple Capital of the World claim still its. Leavenworth is little Bavaria, drawing hordes of tourists who drop loads of money into that town.

Chelan has its beautiful lake and is the region’s summer hotspot.

Cashmere keeps adding more reasons for travelers to stop as they drive between Wenatchee and Leavenworth. Look beyond Quincy’s massive data centers and you’ll ind a growing food and wine scene. The Winthrop-Twisp area, meanwhile, might be the coolest, most happening spot in all of NCW. And East Wenatchee is well positioned to grow into the region’s next big thing.

For many of us, though, it’s the places beyond the paved streets and sidewalks that make this region a special place to live.

The outdoor recreation opportunities are varied and exceptional. If a trail hike is your thing, you have your choice of dozens of routes to pursue. Looking to take your bike of the beaten path? There are plenty of places for you, too. If it’s water fun you’re looking for, there are places you can throw a rock in just about any direction and hear a splash reply. Want to put up a tent in a campground? You better get there early or have a reservation in place.

It’s all of these things and more that make NCW a popular draw during the spring and summer months.

In this issue — The Great Outdoors Issue — you’ll ind stories and photos inspired by this place we call home.

Marco Martinez, editor

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Contents

6 Fast 5 Mike Irwin likes baseball, hot dogs, apple pie ...

8 Modiied Masterpiece Gundersons turn Model T into a hot rod

12 By Design Jim and Kip Johnson’s home suits them

20 Happy Trails Running of the beaten path

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26 Scavenger hunt Geocaching appeals to the kid in us

32 Water power Paddle group likes to make small waves

40 Next stop: Vantage Rock climbers lock to Frenchman Coulee

48 Worth the drive Malaga Springs Winery is a true ind

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Publisher rufus Woods rwoods@wenatcheeworld.com Managing editor Cal Fitzsimmons (509) 665-1176 itzsimmons@wenatcheeworld.com Editor Marco Martinez (509) 664-7149 martinez@wenatcheeworld.com General Manager, advertising and sales Joe Pitt (509) 664-7143 pitt@wenatcheeworld.com Design Jared Johnson Staf writers Mike irwin dee riggs rick steigmeyer Staf photographers Mike Bonnicksen don seabrook Contributing editor russ Hemphill

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On the cover: Deborah Lyon paddles among the trees along the bank of the Columbia River. She is among a group of women from the Wenatchee Row & Paddle Club who kayaks every Tuesday morning.

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Summer’s hot bats

Bats, balls, buns, beer. That’s all you need to know to enjoy a Wenatchee AppleSox baseball game on a sultry summer night at Paul Thomas Sr. Field. It’s one of the valley’s primo all-American spectacles: the greenest grass, the handsomest ballplayers, the cutest kids, the juiciest hot dogs, the coldest beer. Goofy activities — is that really a guy dressed as mustard racing a guy dressed as ketchup? — add spice between innings. Newcomers are ribbed for asking, “What the heck’s an applesox?” (No clue.) And did we mention beer? It all makes you want to stand up and sing the Star-Spangled Banner. Wait a minute … everybody DOES stand up and sing it.

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Pie-hole praise

Hats of to the legions of Granny Smiths who every harvest sacriice their tarty lesh for those of us who love America, mom and apple pie.

According to pie authority Crisco (who else?), nearly 20 percent of all Americans pick apple as the top pie lavor in the nation. Several of our own regional festivals (the Pateros Apple Pie Jamboree, July 18-20) honor the treat. And, not to brag, but the “world’s largest apple pie” — yep, it was listed by Guinness World Records — was made right here in 1997 by the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center. The pie weighed 34,438 pounds (17 tons) and was baked at Walla Walla Point Park in a dish measuring 24-by-44 feet. Hey, it’s a slice of local history.

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Chelan splish-splash

Our favorite swimming hole — Lake Chelan — stretches for 55 miles and plunges 1,200 feet deep. We haven’t explored the whole thing yet because, well, our sloppy dog-paddling only takes us so far. Besides, what we really love about the lake is lounging around and drying of on its mix of grassy-sandy shorelines. Take popular Lakeside Park (on the south shore), where families gather on thick lawn, which gives way to 17,500-square-feet of beach, which gives way to a crystal-clear dog-paddling paradise. Same for Lake Chelan State Park, about 7 miles uplake. For a change of pace, we wander to the north shore and Manson’s downtown swimming dock — the perfect spot to take a pre-dinner dip.

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Aid to promenade

If our loofy skirt didn’t need starching, we’d give you a do-si-demo of our square dancing style. It’s a thing to behold. Better yet, make a visit to the East Wenatchee Grange Hall where several times a month you can get down with experienced hoedowners for some real spins and reels. The Wenatchee Valley has three primary square dancing groups — Appleland Promenaders, Cascade Twirlers, Buds and Blossoms — who pull out all the stops to make their frequent gatherings real showstoppers.

Think ice ream socials and “allemande right” under black lights. About 35 years ago, local dancers helped pass legislation to make square dancing Washington’s oicial state dance. “It’s a national pastime,” one square dancer said. “It’s about as American as mom’s apple pie.”

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Magical summer music

Ready to be whisked away? Dusk at Ohme Gardens is ethereal enough with its grottos, relecting pools, twisty stone paths and fairy hidey-holes. But add smooth jazz or a tremolos folk singer (what’s more American than those?) and you’ve got an otherworld experience in the making. Every July and August, Ohme Gardens sponsors its Summer Concerts, an eclectic series that blends Don Seabrook music with magical views — all under a starry sky. This year, the ive-concert line-up also includes blues, rock, swing and a Caribbean steel-drum band. “What’s better than sitting at the gardens and seeing that crimson sunset and a backdrop of the Wenatchee Valley with that drop-of into ininity?” asks series co-producer Robert Sandidge. See? Magical. For more info, visit ohmegardens.com.

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Bucket Build

1923 Model T is this couple’s pride and joy

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ope Gunderson thinks of her irst car, a 1978 Triumph Spitire convertible, when she gets behind the wheel of the topless 1923 Ford.

Harold Gunderson recalls a storied racing past driving vehicles that were often the same color and held the same type of engine.

Together, they remember a dear friend who took his life after battling depression; it was from that man’s collection the Leavenworth couple acquired the engine and body for their bright orange T-Bucket hot rod.

A roadster without a top, hood or fenders, the T-Bucket — so named because it’s a modiied version of a Ford Model T — came together piece by piece over a period of three years. It’s been on the road now for about three 8

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Harold and Hope Gunderson with their 1923 T-Bucket Ford. years, say the Gundersons.

During the 1960s, Harold raced a iberglass replica of a 1923 roadster. He still has the body of that car hanging on the wall in his garage, and was always interested in building a street-legal T-Bucket.

Their friend’s death seemed a itting reason for Hope and Harold to take on the project of building the Ford.

Harold bought the steel for the frame in Wenatchee. Building the rest of the car was less straightforward.

“One big challenge was so many

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companies sell parts,” Hope says.

“When we got them here, none of them it. We had to modify every single one of them.”

Harold drew patterns on cardboard, then cut, welded and molded pieces of quarter-inch steel.

Most T-Buckets don’t have doors, but Harold decided to leave the right-side door intact for easier entry.

Another thing that makes this 1923 T-Bucket Ford different than most is the turtle deck.

Harold used a 1958 354-cubic-inch Chrysler Hemi engine for the T-Bucket.

He custom built the headers.

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He fabricated the headers, engine mounts and brackets for the doors, among other things.

East Wenatchee’s Ron Lytle custommade the upholstery, and the car was painted at Interstate Auto Body and Truck in Cashmere.

Hope did the detailing.

The couple afectionately refer to their little automatic roadster as a sling shot. “She’s so cute, too,” says Hope.

Harold began drag racing in the late ’50s and toured tracks throughout the West and Midwest, and Canada, racing in Division 6 of the National Hot Rod Association before retiring from his hobby in the late ’70s.

In December 1967, Hot Rod

Magazine published an article about a two-speed transmission Harold built for his cars and also sold to other racers.

“If you’re running a car that can pull high gear only but three or four speeds are too much, this might be the trick to that will lead you to the winners circle,” the writer stated.

CruZin’ magazine also published a 2003 retrospective on Harold’s career titled: “Harold Gunderson … nice guys sometimes inish irst.”

Harold’s other show vehicle is a shiny black 1933 Plymouth four-door sedan he has owned since 1960 and used to tow his race cars with. That car was retired in 1972 and sat for more than two decades before Harold

Harold and Hope Gunderson’s 1933 Plymouth PC. He restored the car after using it for years as a tow vehicle for his race cars. decided to restore it.

It was infested with mice and rats at the time, but has been completely refurbished and on the road since 2004.

Both the Plymouth and the T-Bucket have 354 Chrysler Hemi engines from 1958. Chrysler Hemis are a favorite for Harold.

“Hope is a big part of putting the car together,” Harold says.

On both cars she does all the detail work, polishing and readying for shows. But she defers to Harold on the technical details.

“I practiced and practiced and practiced when Harold told me what the motor was,” Hope says.

She put that knowledge to use at a recent car show when a man started asking questions about the car after Harold slipped away.

He asked her about the engine, and Hope says the reply rolled of her tongue.

Then the man asked about the transmission.

“It doesn’t have one,” she conidently — and incorrectly — informed him.

The orange Ford and black Plymouth get shown together, but Hope usually drives the Ford.

“I like just being in the open air; I like that feeling,” she says.

“I think what’s so fun, too, is knowing Harold built it,” she continues. “You just feel so proud.” F

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A Magic East Wenatchee couple feel their way through the building process

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ip Johnson is a tactile person.

“I function from feel,” she said. “I’m not a visual person so this whole house is built on what, to me, felt right.”

That is especially true with the stone surrounding 20 concrete columns that are inside and outside the Eastside home she shares with her husband, Jim. Kip ordered samples from numerous quarries before making a selection.

“I couldn’t just look at a picture,” she said. “I had to wait for the stone to feel right.”

She chose a light tan and gray stone from a Wisconsin quarry and Jim couldn’t be more pleased with the results.

“Regardless of the process, she got exactly the right one,” he said.

Kip is a retired nurse practitioner.

Jim is the owner of Anova Works, an occupational medicine company based in Wenatchee. In 2005, they bought 11 acres in rural East Wenatchee with a view of the Columbia River. Jim is a team roper and wanted to live on the same property as his three horses.

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The Cascade Mountains are visible from a window in the master bathroom.

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Kip and Jim Johnson’s contemporary home sits on 11 acres southwest of East Wenatchee.

Jim is a team roper and wanted to live on a property where he could practice his passion for team roping.

Stone accents are featured in 20 concrete columns found inside and outside the Johnson home near East Wenatchee. The rock came from a quarry in Wisconsin. At right, a stone column adds texture and interest to a long, narrow hallway.

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The Johnsons, previously Wenatchee residents, moved into the house in 2011.

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A throw pillow adds a splash of color to a fireplace area. At left, a rocking horse is a favorite toy in the grandchildren’s playroom.

The patio/seating area is the couple’s favorite place to relax and enjoy the view.

dining room. They are also located outside, in the entry and in the outdoor sitting space.

The Johnsons describe the house as more contemporary than they originally planned.

“It morphed into that,” Kip said.

“I’m not sure that was a conscious decision.”

Her decisions were guided, she said, by an efort to “be clean and simple.”

The lat roof blends with the setting, which includes brown hillsides and a view of basalt columns across the Columbia River.

Their favorite “room” isn’t inside the house. It’s their wide, partly covered patio, where, Kip says, they spend two-thirds of the year. On cool days, the area is warmed by heaters.

“We have our breakfast out there and barbecues,” Jim said. “I like to just sit out there and look at the mountains.” The landscaping features grasses, large rocks and a small section of grass.

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A favorite feature of the house is the front door, which has lots of glass and circular wood panels. Leading up to the door is a long, covered entry, which was designed to allow a person time to transition from the outside world to the home.

“I wanted the entry to look like you were The front door. going to a place of safety,” Jim said. “I think that’s the function of a house, to be a place where you can go to be safe.”

The door works well for him, and so does the whole house.

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HEAltHy LIVING

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eemingly endless trails mixed with glorious sunny days, gorgeous views, challenging terrain, and virtually no crowds make Wenatchee an ideal spot for trail running. RunWenatchee co-owner Joel Rhyner says you are hard-pressed to ind another Paciic Northwest area with this much trail access this close to town.

With the growing popularity of local trail runs, though, the secret is getting out.

I asked Rhyner and two other experienced local trail runners, Wenatchee’s Selina Danko and East Wenatchee’s Brad Fitzgerald, to share their top trail tips for beginners.

Frequent winners of regional on and of-road races, these veterans provide a deep breadth of knowledge. Here are their tips:

GRADUAL GAIN

If you’re the type of runner who likes to keep their shoes looking pristine, then trail running probably isn’t for you.

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“Don’t start on a trail too diicult,” asserts Rhyner. He suggests beginning with Horan Marsh and the Lone Fir Trail at Horse Lake. Then once those are mastered, try Sage Hills at Lester’s Trail or Day Drive. He says to start on a latter surface to get the feel of how it feels to run on dirt and gravel.

Dry Gulch is also a good option, and there you have steeper options as you progress in itness.

Danko advises to gradually increase your distance. “Road running does not always easily translate to miles in the hills,” she says. “You will be working completely diferent muscle groups.

And you will be going slower so don’t let your Garmin splits depress you!”

Stick to tried and true trails as opposed to creating a new running path.

WALK “Trail running deinitely involves walking and power hiking sometimes,” says Fitzgerald, an ultramarathoner. “Even the elites in big races power hike when needed.

Don’t feel bad to walk on steep hills.

It’s all part of the sport!”

According to Rhyner, “If you can hike, you can trail run.” He says to irst get comfortable running uphill and downhill. Some people are stronger uphill; some are stronger downhill. “If you’re not strong uphill, walk up. It’s a good rest for your heart rate and resting muscles.”

Rhyner also suggests if you’re nervous about your balance or knees, use telescoping poles. “They are super lightweight, fold up, and you can pull them out when you need them, especially downhill when you’re tired.”

STAY ON THE TRAILS Be mindful of critters like snakes and ticks, but “don’t let them keep you of the trail,” reminds Danko.

Rhyner adds that it’s way worse to yourself and the environment to create your own trails. We are already blessed with wonderful nearby trails like Sage Hills and Saddle Rock. Rhyner is enthusiastic about all of the wonderful trails to come thanks to the hard work of groups such as the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust. “Castle Rock will be a gem right in town; there’s Apricot Crisp at Horse Lake, the Saddle Rock Erosion Project, and a lot will be happening at Squilchuck State Park. The valley will really mature in terms of trails,” he says.

CARRY SUPPLIES AND WEAR GOOD SHOES “It’s very important to take a pack of some kind,” Rhyner instructs. “You may ind you’re exerting yourself more and are out longer than expected,” he says.

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“If you can hike, you can trail run,” said Joel Rhyner, RunWenatchee co-owner.

Pictured here is Allexander Smith during the Red Devil Challenge in early June.

Gabe Velazquez was one of 23 kid runners who competed in the Red Devil Challenge on June 8. At left, if you’re a beginning trail runner, choose a trail that isn’t too difficult and work your way up from there. Running with a friend can also make it a more fun experience. headlamp can also be a lifesaver if you run later in the evening.

“Don’t forget the sunscreen, hat, blister Band-Aids and Bodyglide for chaing,” says Danko, and “always carry a phone that has decent coverage in the

backwoods.”

The runners also suggest familiarizing yourself with the excellent maps on WenatcheeOutdoors and AdventureWenatchee.

“Invest in a good pair of shoes,” says

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Foothills will again recognize area restaurants serving up the region’s best dishes. We’re asking restaurant owners and managers in the Wenatchee, East Wenatchee, Chelan, Manson, Cashmere and leavenworth areas to submit by email their entries in any of four categories — appetizer, salad, entrée and dessert. restaurants can submit one item per category. Entries must be regular menu items.

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top picks will be featured in a Dream Meal spread in the January-February 2015 Foothills issue.

New this year: Judges will also rate the level of service provide by the wait staff of each restaurant they visit and recognize those eateries where service is provided at the highest level.

Cost: No entry fee. Only cost to restaurants is providing submitted items to three judges at no cost.

To enter, send your menu selections to foothills@wenatcheeworld.com. Entry deadline is July 28. Questions? Call Foothills editor Marco Martinez at 664-7149.

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After Run Hillary Conner, itness enhancement director at the Wenatchee Valley YMCA, suggests taking 3-5 minutes to warm up using dynamic movements like walking before trail running. She ofers the following post-exercise cool down for successful injury prevention. She says utilizing telescoping poles to stretch makes the stretches more accessible because you don’t have to get down to the ground or try and balance on uneven terrain.

Post Run Stretch Out (utilizing poles):

Hold all stretches 15-30 seconds.

Stretches should be mild/gentle in nature; a sensation 4 on a scale of 1 (no stretch) to 10(maximum stretch).

1. Single Leg Hamstring Stretch

Plant poles shoulder width apart approximately 12 inches in front of the feet; step right leg forward, anchoring through the heel with toes reaching toward the sky. Hinge forward at your hips with leg extended, drawing your upper body toward the ground gently stretching the hamstrings and calf, hold 15-30 seconds, while stabilizing with the poles and bending the supporting leg. Repeat on left side.

The region has a variety of trails, including forested paths like this one that Hillary Conner ran during the Red Devil Challenge sponsored by RunWenatchee in June.

3. Standing Quadriceps Stretch

2. Single Leg Hip Flexor and Bent Knee Calf Stretch

Plant poles shoulder width apart for balance; step back with right leg extended (knee soft). Bend the left knee to stack over the left foot, then press the hips forward until you feel a gentle stretch in the right hip lexor. Keep the spine tall. For the calf stretch, press down through the right heel until the heel connects with the ground, then softly bend the back knee drawing the lower calf into a stretch. Repeat on left side.

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Hold both poles in left hand for balance.

With weight in the left leg, holding on to the lower right leg, draw the right heel to the right glute stretching the front of the thigh (the quadriceps). Keep knees together, and spine tall. Repeat on left side.

4. Standing Outer Hip Stretch

Using poles for support, shoulder width apart, stand on the left leg as the base of support. Cross the right lower leg over the left thigh (make sure the ankle/foot of the

right leg can move freely to prevent stress in the ankle). Externally rotate the right leg and hinge through the hips, as if sitting in a chair to stretch the outer hip.

5. Standing Chest Opener

Standing tall with chest lifted and shoulders down and away from the ears, grab one pole behind your back with palms down and arms extended drawing chest tall as you stretch chest and front of the shoulders (elbows softly bent). Press pole away from body for more stretch.

Danko. If you are going to run on trails more than twice a week it is a good idea to get speciic shoes to withstand the rocks and terrain, Rhyner thinks. “They are multipurpose so you can hike in them, too,” he adds.

RUN WITH A GROUP Danko suggests signing up for a local trail race either as a volunteer or a runner.

“It’s a great way to get to know other runners and the local trail system,” she adds. You can ind out more about upcoming events at runwenatchee.com or adventurewenatchee.com.

“As with most things in life,” notes Fitzgerald, “trail running is often more fun with others alongside you.

Running with others has helped me ind new trails to explore, push myself to run harder and farther, and made tough runs a little bit easier.

It’s also much safer to run way out in the middle of nowhere if you have someone else with you.”

Even the most experienced trail runners carry a pack with food, water, first-aid supplies and a headlamp or flashlight.

HAVE FUN Danko suggests stopping once in a while to enjoy the vistas.

“Trail running is much less about split times, getting thinner and wearing matching shorts and shirts. ... it’s more about having fun, enjoying beautiful scenery, and loving being

outside on the trail,” says Fitzgerald.

He also suggests taking photos.

“You’re going to see some beautiful sites, and you want to remember them well. Bring the phone or small camera to capture wildlife you see, waterfalls and lakes you run into, and the gorgeous vistas that will open up before you!” F

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A grown-up scavenger hunt

Geocaches typically have a log book and writing instrument so those who locate the cache can record their find.

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f you never outgrew your childhood love for Easter egg hunts, geocaching might be for you.

“At the basic level it’s like a scavenger hunt,” says avid geocacher Amber Barber of Wenatchee. “You take your GPS and ind a container. Everybody caches for diferent reasons. Some people really like the hunting part, inding containers. I myself don’t like searching. I get pretty impatient if I haven’t found it in a minute or two. I mainly like the journey, going someplace new,” she says.

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geocache company based in Seattle’s Fremont District. A geocacher can place a geocache (a hidden container containing at minimum a logbook for cachers to sign) anywhere in the world, pinpoint its location using GPS technology and then share the geocache’s existence and location online. Anyone with a GPS unit can then try to locate the geocache.

Eugene Reed, representative for the local Washington State Geocaching Association (WSGA) chapter, describes caching as something for anyone who wants to “get out there and go ind it.” He says most caches are placed in locations worth seeing, like a hike to a

Above, Eugene Reed stuffs a film canister inside a hollowed out tree stump to hide a “prize� for geocachers. He is president of the local chapter of the Washington State Geocaching Association. Below, when hidden, the geocache prize looks like any other small tree stump. At right, the hollowed-out tree limb is a good hiding spot for a geocache.

mountaintop ire lookout, historical or educational site, or a spectacular view.

Groundspeak claims that geocaching started in 1990 immediately after personal GPS units were introduced to the market. Barber started caching in 2002 when good friends introduced her to it. Now she’s so hooked she’s become a cache reviewer and forum moderator for Groundspeak. She says it’s become a way of life.

It’s become a family afair for the Barbers, too. Her teenagers started caching when they were 5 and 8, and her daughter even taught geocaching at summer camp for a few years. “There’s a great cross-section of people,” she says. “Not many activities are like that.

It’s kind of fun to meet all sorts of people.”

When it irst started, Barber says, geocaching wasn’t as social an experience. It was a little more solitary, she says, and people would spend more time writing in logbooks. It’s grown into such a social event now that there is somewhat of a divide between caching

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Geocachers use a GPS unit to track down a hidden geocache on the Rocky Reach Dam property. It is part of the PUD’s Geocache Challenge, started in 2012 for visitors to Rocky Reach, Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams to try their hand at geocaching and learn about hydropower. “purists” and the newcomers.

“Most people didn’t have GPSes,” she says. “There were more outdoorsy people at irst, more hikes and distance-

based geocaches. Then it got to the point where we started to cache in the winter and so we started to cache in town. That changed things a lot. Then

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more people started buying GPS units.

Now they’re on smartphones and there are geocaching apps. That has really changed the dynamics.”

Part of the popularity of geocaching is that you can do it wherever you go.

Barber loves that when she’s traveling, she can ind a new spot that she’s never seen. “It’s not just about the container. It’s about inding something and sharing an interesting place or experience,” she says.

Area geocaching groups host several kinds of events throughout the year. Wenatchee’s hosted two Cache Machines, where 100 area caches are mapped out and shared with the geocaching community. Barber says hundreds of people come from around the region and state to participate.

“It starts early in the morning and they’ll go to dinner afterwards. You get to know people and it’s just a fun experience,” she says.

The local chapter of WSGA also hosts an annual spring Cache In, Trash Out event. According to Reed, the event — held in conjunction with Earth Day — involves completing a cache and disposing of trash along the way.

How big is geocaching? Reed claims that worldwide there are 2,381,790 active geocachers, and 1,062 within a 30 mile radius of Wenatchee. Barber says they have a solid core of longtimers who have cached for up to 11 years, and there are usually about 30 to 50 people who show up for events and are fairly active in the valley.

The evolution of traditional geocaching has inspired spinof ideas and other local projects, too. Michael Bendtsen, owner of McGlinn’s Public House in Wenatchee, is known to occasionally slip a gift card or other goodie in a hidden location on an area trail and then give photo clues on Facebook as to its whereabouts.

And the staf at Rocky Reach Dam has developed a geocache educational program that has become popular over the past few years.

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Geocachers (from left) Eugene Reed, Amber Barber, Keith Snow and Lizabeth Bye venture out during the Cache In, Trash Out event held this spring. Snow and Bye are checking GPS coordinates on their units.

Geocaching took off after personal GPS unit were introduced.

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Information on both geocaching and hydroelectric energy is available.

D3 passport stamps and prizes are awarded to those who complete a cache. Special patches are awarded to those who manage to ind all caches at every dam. According to information provided by Debbie Gallaher, visitor services manager at Rocky Reach Dam, nearly 300 people participated at each hydro project during its inaugural year. The project was honored last year by the National Hydro Association with an Outstanding Stewards of America’s Waters Award.

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‘Moving Meditation’ Weekly kayaking group paddles its way to calm

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Ethel Bailey helps carry a double-kayak down to the dock in the Linden Tree area prior to a May paddle on the river.

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t may look smooth and slow, but the lumbering Columbia can intimidate kayakers or canoeists new to their sports or to this area.

The river is a relentlessly shifting and sometimes tricky landscape as it rolls on past Wenatchee en route to unleashing more of its power at dams downstream.

Such a big river, such tiny craft.

Virginia Rutherford had years of kayaking experience around Puget Sound before she moved to this valley in 2008. Right away she joined the Wenatchee Row & Paddle Club, whose historic boathouse nestles in a draw where a stream empties into the river near the foot of Ninth Street.

But she didn’t want to go out on the river alone. “I wasn’t doing anything,” she recalls. “I didn’t know how to get involved. So one day I whined to a man I didn’t know who happened to be at the boathouse. He suggested that

I talk with Kim.” That would be Kim George, current president of the paddle club and, since 2009, leader of the Tuesday paddling group, which was inspired by Rutherford’s complaint that day.

On Tuesdays, every month of the year, George guides onto the river a handful or perhaps a dozen paddlers, mostly women. They ply the water in the heat of August mornings and even on 20-degree February days when loating ice chunks thump their prows.

But today it’s a sunny Tuesday in May, just before 9 a.m., and paddlers are converging on the boathouse.

They carefully edge their long boats out of the structure’s barn doors and walk them down to the dock 50 yards away. A couple of husbands help with the schlepping. Women exchange cheerful greetings. “You’re looking super good today!”

This day there are nine paddlers.

“You get all those stresses all week, but as soon as you get here — as soon as your seat hits the boat — life is good again.”

— Yvette Matson, Wenatchee Row & Paddle Club’s Tuesday paddler group

Virginia Rutherford leads the pack upstream.

Those who launch irst face upriver and hold their position against the current until the group is ready to depart.

As they leave, they hug the western shoreline as they head upstream toward the challenging current that swirls next to the peninsula that guards the swimming area at Walla Walla Point Park. Sometimes, when the river is running hard, they have to pull into the swimming area and portage upriver to get beyond this point.

Today they’ll explore the inner passages near the Horan Nature Area before returning, downstream and more quickly, to the dock. As usual, today’s group includes river veterans and absolute newbies. Some are there nearly every Tuesday, and some will come a few times and then go on their way. Some come to learn, and many come back again and again for a weekly dose of camaraderie, exercise and peace on the river.

Karen Dvornich is a relative newcomer. When she was a researcher at the UW, her oice looked out at the Montlake Cut, where university rowing teams famously compete. But she never got out on a human-powered boat until recently.

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The river offers plenty of opportunities for quiet and isolation. Below, The group gathers outside the entry to the boathouse storage area. At right, The views from the river include occasional wildlife sightings.

The Wenatchee Row & Paddle Club historic boathouse along the Columbia River is one of two storage facilities the group has near the foot of Ninth Street.

About the club You don’t need to be a member of the Wenatchee Row & Paddle Club to participate in the Tuesday paddling group, according to club president and Tuesday group leader Kim George. “The more the merrier,” she said.

But for people without boats, or who want a convenient place to store their own, joining the paddle club may be a good option.

Annual memberships are available for $75 per year for individual members or $100 per family. There is an additional $100 one-time joining fee. Members may store their boats at one of two boathouses near the foot of Ninth Street, and have access to a wide variety of club-owned boats.

George said the club currently has about 150 memberships.

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Meriman Berry gets a lesson from Kim George, far right, and Karen Dvornich before her first time out with the Tuesday paddle group from the Wenatchee Row & Paddle Club. At right, Berry at the boathouse before the trip. lipping it (it’s about counterbalancing) and how to get back into the boat after you do lip it (that’s a skill taught in the shallows when the weather and river are warm).

She’s picked up tips on how to hold her hands on the paddle so she doesn’t overwork her arms. “You’re splashing around just feeling stupid, and then suddenly one day you’re paddling so smooth,” she said.

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It’s a feeling that leader Kim George described in an email. “When the moment comes that your body, boat and blade are luidly working together, it becomes a form of moving meditation.

The feel and sound of the water enable a sense of calmness to settle in,” she wrote. “Of course, this is assuming there is no wind, chop, ice, tricky current, debris or other various conditions that the river can ofer which require a

person to stay sharply alert.”

Yvette Matson, one of the originators of the group, also talked about the therapeutic properties of paddling: “You get all those stresses all week, but as soon as you get here — as soon as your seat hits the boat — life is good again.”

It’s a social activity, too. Though most of the participants don’t hang out much together between Tuesdays, many said they enjoyed the company and the

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The Wenatchee Row & Paddle Club’s Tuesday group encountered smooth water and blue sky during this Tuesday outing in May.

interesting conversations that pop up out on the water.

But really, the main point of the group is to not be out there by yourself.

“The rule in the group is you’re never alone on the river,” Dvornich said.

“There’s always somebody who stays with you if you want to go back.” In the summer, when there are more novices, George will spend a lot of time assigning people to diferent kayaks to ensure folks are partnered up, she said.

Some group members have taken paddling together beyond Tuesdays, beyond the Columbia. Rutherford was among four who spent eight days kayaking in Baja in the fall of 2010.

Another group outing, to a member’s cabin on Lopez Island, is planned for this August. That will be somewhat of a homecoming for Rutherford, who kayaked for many years in the San Juan Islands.

Previous to that, she and her husband owned a pleasure boat, an experience she described as ultimately not so pleasurable.

“We had a very good-size boat, 35 or 40 feet. But it got so crowded out on the water, and we found people coming in, especially men, being cranky to their wives, complaining that they weren’t doing it right. One day my husband said, ‘I don’t need this anymore.’ I knew he was doing all the work and I knew I couldn’t handle it myself.

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Seconds from the parking lot, climbers can often be found on the iconic Feathers section of the Frenchman Coulee.

glacial lake run-of thousands of years ago, is better known within the climbing community as Vantage — named for the tiny community that lies on the west side of the Interstate 90 bridge that spans the Columbia River. And this desert environment has a lot to ofer, from the good to the bad, and everything you should know in-between ...

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Looking up as climbers make progress on the basalt columns of Sunshine Wall. At right, the parking lot closest to the Feathers. Climbers looking to make a quick day trip can unpack their vehicles and be on the rock in minutes.

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but the Feathers at Vantage is probably the easiest most climbers will encounter.

Parking at the climb site will cost you the price of a Discovery Pass ($10/ day or $30/year), but it allows you to do just that. At Vantage, you can park your car, put on your harness, and be at selected climbs within a minute.

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Climbers on the Echo Ridge part of the Frenchman Coulee begin their ascent in the shrub-steppe environment of the Frenchman Coulee and climb toward the blue sky.

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alaga Springs Winery may be one of the region’s bestkept wine secrets. One reason why, I found out, is that it takes some efort and spirit of adventure, to ind the Southwestern-styled tasting room and winery Al and Kathy Mathew’s have hidden in the hills above Malaga.

It’s an efort well worth the time, not only for sips of award-winning wine, but for the magniicent views to be had from high above the Wenatchee Valley and the Columbia River.

Serpentine Hamilin and Joe Miller roads wind steeply through some of the nation’s most scenic and proitable cherry and apple orchards on the way to Cathedral Rock Road. The way is well directed with new county signs and only about six miles from downtown Wenatchee. But it already seems like you’ve entered another world by the time you get to the 1.4mile gravel road leading to the tasting room surrounded by rolling vineyards.

Posted a mile in is a sign encouraging visitors to “Keep the faith,” they’re almost there.

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Al and Kathy Mathews grow nine different grape varieties on their property above Malaga, and more grapes on leased land on Red Mountain, near Benton City.

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Above, the Malaga Springs vineyard offers a view overlooking the Wenatchee Valley. At right, Kathy and Al Mathews met at Gold’s Gym in Wenatchee.

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The Malaga Springs Winery wine cave is built into a hill. It is used for storage.

The last leg of the trip to Malaga Springs Winery is a nearly 1.5-mile gravel road that at times seems to lead to nowhere. At right, the tasting room.

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earned a degree in microbiology at Oregon State University when there were a couple wineries in Oregon’s Williamette Valley or Washington. He earned a good living as a construction contractor in Montana and Alaska, but always dreamed of one day starting a winery.

“I never knew I would be so lucky to ind such a place where I could grow grapes and sell our wine,” he said.

Several things fell together when Mathews moved to the valley to handle a construction project in 2000.

Most signiicantly, he met Kathy while working out at Gold’s Gym in Wenatchee. They hit it of quickly when they realized they shared the same dream of owning their own winery. Kathy, an interior designer, had moved to the valley in 1990 from Napa, California’s wine capital.

Al had unsuccessfully attempted to grow grapes in Montana and Alaska.

It didn’t take him long to think he might have better success in North Central Washington, where a few wineries were beginning to crop up following a trend in Walla Walla and the Yakima Valley.

Newfound friends encouraged them to look at property above Malaga and the Stemilt Hill area. That seemed like a good idea. The area was famous for growing late-season cherries. Some of the state’s irst vineyards were planted near Malaga in the late 1800s by Dutch John Galler, who sold his wine to prospectors coming over Colockum Pass.

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The Spanish mission-style Malaga Springs Winery tasting room opened in 2010. after harvest to make a white wine — and Zinfandel — grown in few other vineyards in the state — are especially unique.

In addition to the ive and onehalf acres on the home property, the Mathews grow most of its Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec on leased land on Red Mountain, the famed viticulture area near Benton City.

The wines — ive whites, six reds and three rosés this year — have won great reviews and dozens of awards.

Malaga Spring’s 2012 Chenin Blanc won a Best of Show at the 2013 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, one of the largest and most prestigious wine competitions in the nation. It’s 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon took a Gold Medal there. The winery has won several medals the past three years at Foothill Magazine’s NCW Wine Awards.

The winery’s irst vintage was 2004.

It opened its tasting room in 2010.

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It now produces about 900 cases of wine, but is expanding about 25 percent each year.

One 2012 wine — still in the barrel — has been a big seller with pre-orders even before bottling. The estate-grown Cabernet Franc has a distinct smoky aroma resulting from that year’s monthlong Wenatchee area ires. It’s been a hit at barrel-tasting events.

“People seem to like it. What started out as a liability has become an asset,” Al said with a laugh.

Following their philosophy of sustainable farming and living, Al built the couple’s irst small home and workspace out of strawbales. The thick stucco-covered walls ofer unparalleled insulation from heat and cold.

“That was Kathy’s idea. It was an experiment,” said Al. “I’m a contractor. I wanted to build a house of wood. But after a few months of living in it, I said, ‘I guess we’re going

The colorful Malaga Springs Winery label was created by Al’s mother, Vera Mathews. The label is seen here being applied to a bottle. to build a strawbale house.’”

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Al Mathews swaps out a regular cork for a custom deer-horn cork. construction. All of the buildings are designed and painted in a Southwest or Spanish mission style.

Kathy has landscaped the area between the tasting room and their house with beautiful, lowered terraces.

Picnic tables are positioned beneath shade trees on grassy areas with vast views of the vineyards and valley below.

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people to venture out and ind the winery. Return customers and the region’s growing wine tourism have made the tasting room a busy spot most weekends the past couple of years.

Many people have told her they came from Seattle and much farther just to go to their winery.

“It may seem like a long drive, but it’s worth it,” she said. F

The opening taste of this bottle reminded me of a bucking bronco.

It’s big, bold and hits your mouth in several diferent places at once, an hour of airing tamed it nicely. Zinfandel has never been known as a subtle grape; that’s part of its charm. If cowboys drank wine, they’d drink Zin. And let’s not confuse this with white zinfandel; that’s a totally diferent sip all together. This red Zinfandel displays brambly berry, licorice, loads of spice and dark chocolate. It is a mouth iller, and I could still taste the inish the next morning. California is known for its Zinfandel and I’d put this one up against them anytime. Bring it!

— Barb Robertson

A tAstE oF NCW WiNEs WitH BARB ROBERTSON

Cave B Estate Winery 2013 Viognier, $25

Jones of Washington 2013 Pinot Gris, $13

Gorgeous. One word describes this wine in a nutshell. But since you’re probably expecting more from me, I will elaborate. I tasted this wine, along with a couple dozen others, at a trade tasting a few weeks ago and it was the standout. I think my exact verbiage upon tasting it was “Wow!” Peaches, apricots, Rainier cherries, honeysuckle, lilac and cream were in perfect harmony. The inish was pleasantly crisp enough to clean up the palate for the next nip.

Winemaker Freddy Arredondo has done another great job working with the grapes grown right there on the estate overlooking the Columbia River gorge. If you haven’t been out there to taste wine, eat at the restaurant or stay in a yurt overlooking the rocks yet, you need to treat yourself.

Jones continues to be a consistent local producer for us in this region.

They regularly receive awards and bring attention to this area.

This Pinot Gris will continue the trend. Do you remember Juicy Fruit gum? It was one of the irst gums I remember chewing as I walked by orange groves on my way to school.

As often happens, I tasted the wine and it conjured up a picture for me — the memory of walking to school. The oranges and lemons of long ago echo in the background, while the apples and pears of my present life dominate the palate.

There is also the tropical lavors of the Juicy Fruit. It’s a lovely melding.

This is a crowd-pleaser kind of wine so don’t hesitate to bust it out at your next get together. It’s a good representation of what North Central Washington has to ofer.

Barb Robertson City: Wenatchee Credentials: Earned advanced certiication through London-based Wine and Spirit Education Trust; currently working toward higher-level diploma through WSET.

Okanogan Estate & Vineyards 2009 Pinot Noir, $20 Silk on the tongue. I had this wine at the same trade tasting I referred

to earlier and it was my favorite red due to its value. Pinot Noir is known for its velvety texture and inicky habits. It’s a hard grape to grow and vinify, which is why they typically run for at least twice the amount of this one. It’s not a show of kind of wine; rather, it’s steady, friendly and casual.

Bing cherry, red currant, heirloom tomato (hey, it’s a fruit), cinnamon and gravel are integrated with a delicate tannin. The inish is clean with some lingering spice. My husband recently had a wonderful meal of duck with a rhubarb wine reduction; this Pinot Noir would have been the perfect pairing.

Earned degree in marketing from Central Washington University. Owned The Wine Bin retail shop in Wenatchee for ive years. Has worked in the Northwest wine industry more than 10 years, including distribution, sales, production and marketing. Judged the 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 North Central Washington Wine Awards.

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Wenatchee Valley super oval

The fast-paced — and loud — 2014 season at the quarter-mile Oval has shifted gear into summer.

The racing season started in late April and continues into September. For details about race weekends, visit wvso.com.

We sent photographer Frank Cone to the Fancher Heights track on May 31.

He came back with these driver photos.

Racers jockey for position at the Wenatchee Valley Super Oval on May 31.

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Mills Bros features the finest in gentleman’s dress and casual clothing, shoes and tuxedo rentals. Dress up or dress down, you’re always in style at Mills Bros.

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Gerard LaSalle author of Widow Walk: Leavenworth Library, Fri July 11 at 7 p.m; Booksigning on Sat. July 12, 1-3 p.m. at the bookstore.

COLLINS FASHIONS Collins carries Brighton Tech wallets in 6 fabulous colors. Embellished with Mingle hardware, this wallet converts to a small handbag with a chic crossbody strap. Big enough to carry your smart phone, plus all the essentials!

Karen Spears Zacharias, author of Mother of Rain: Leavenworth Library on Tues. July 15 at 7 p.m; Wenatchee Library on July 16 at 7 p.m.

Melany Vorass Herrera, author of Front Yard Forager: Booksigning Sat. July 19, 1-3 p.m at the bookstore Where’s Waldo? Party: Thursday, July 31 at 1 p.m. at the bookstore

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