Yakima, WA meat up

[yakima]

Looks like there are about 8 members in upper Yakima Valley.
How about getting together? Here would be fine. I am near Fred Meyer.

Not sure how this works. Will see what happens.

[bbqLuv]

Calling Panhead John for advice,

[CaptainMike]

I might be up for that.

[yakima]

Where are you, generally?

[CaptainMike]

Almost exactly near Mt Shasta, CA.

[yakima]

Yer out of the jurisdiction. And Panhead John aint even on same planet. I is trying to coexist in a state of political discrepancies.
Don't get me in trouble with moderators.
My substantive, nonpolitical question is, best way to alert local members to this post?

[CaptainMike]

I'm out, then. Have fun.

[CaptainMike]

ComfortablyNumb I'd go very much out of my way to come see you. Yakima can have all of the Yakima he wants and yak all of the ma he can yak.

[ecowper]

Haven’t you heard? Yakima is the Palm Springs of the northwest ComfortablyNumb and CaptainMike

[BruceB]

I think this post is a good way to get started! When do you envision this happening? There's a number of us on the other side of the mountains who might like to come to such an event, if the weather allows.

[ecowper]

If you can coordinate a date, I can plan on it. Yakima is not that far for me and reasonably central to the Pacific Northwest. I used to spend a lot of time in the firing center, which is a whole different sort of “meet up”

[ecowper]

CaptainMike I’m ALWAYS in the jurisdiction!

[TripleB]

Did a bit of military training in Yakima back in the '70s. Long ago and far away....

[ecowper]

TripleB I spent time going to YFC in the 80's and 90's

[jfmorris]

yakima I would START by not excluding folks that want to come, even if across some imaginary line on a map. The fact is, while there may be 8 paying members of the Pitmaster club in your general area, odds are that only a couple of them, at MOST, are active in the club and will ever see an invitation from you on here. We have something like 18,000 or more members, and I doubt more than 2000 of them read or post to the forums on a regular basis.

[yakima]

I am not sure what I am looking for. Initially thinking small and close, 2 or 3 guys and families on my deck. Certainly not excluding any interested parties.

Washington mountain passes can be problematic, so a larger gathering may be better in March or later. Perhaps tied in with a park, for RVs.

[yakima]

The "passing thru" variation could be patterned on harvesthosts.com, which charges a modest annual fee and posts places where you can stay overnite. Farms, wineries, etc.

[Meathead]

We will kill the "official" channel. I doubt we will attempt a big meat-up again. WAY outside our area of expertise, very expensive, and external events like COVID are beyond our control and as you know I am a control freak. Not to mention that we took a bath on Memphis.

I have asked Huskee to look into the other proposals.

[Huskee]

The worst timing, literally, in decades. If not for world events it would've been just fine.

[Panhead John]

I can only imagine the amount of preparation that had to go into trying to organize that, with so many people and planned events etc. Must have been a nightmare. It really was a shame it couldn’t happen.

[Mosca]

I’m disappointed, but I also agree that it just isn’t practical. I would have loved to go to the one in The Bahamas, but I was working at the time and it was too close to the end of the month.

[Huskee]

The Official AmazingRibs.com Meat-Ups channel has been deleted. If ever we cross that bridge again we'll reinstate it.

For now- whether you're 'just passing through', or want to get a group to meet at the local BBQ joint, or on your back deck, or plan a more structured Meat-Up, please use this channel and title your post appropriately descriptive and all should be good.

[swartzster]

I’d come to Yakima for a meet up