For a long time, Trails Club of Oregon had a rule that they did not allow dogs at Nesika lodge or the surrounding area. Recently, after arduous discussions, some members convinced the board to change that rule and at least allow people to bring dogs to the lodge but keep the out of the buildings. With this new rule, the problem is where do you sleep if you bring a dog. The available options are to bring a tent and camp somewhere nearby or sleep in the porch (as I did for this weekend). With this in mind, Linda and Lisa found an area close to the lodge where they could have a campsite for people with dogs so they invited us for a work weekend to build it. As always we met early in the morning and headed out to the Multnomah Falls trail head and hiked from there to the Lodge. Once there, we had a light lunch and went straight to work. During the afternoon, we cleared, leveled and marked four campsites and a central location with a nice fire pit. Not to tut our own horns but we did an amazing job and practically finished the campsite which we decided to name Camp Wuhpi. That night, after having a nice dinner and resting a bit, we went back with some dry firewood and made the first fire. Originally we had planned to work a bit more on Camp Wuhpi on Sunday morning before heading home but Linda wanted us to clean up a bit the trail to Franklin Ridge. So we took some tools and headed up cutting tress, trimming brushes and clearing the path on that trail all the way to the intersection where the trail ends. From there, we did a short hike back to the lodge where we had a nice lunch with all the left over, cleaned the lodge and hiked out. It was a great weekend with lots of work but not too many pictures.
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