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We at Hog Haven are expanding both our product offerings and our distribution. Hog Haven is also finalizing negotiations with several motorcycle campgrounds around the country, to stock our camping products. A commission program will compensate these campground owners for placing our products on their shelves. This will be a great benefit to traveling bikers, as they can pick up the gear and accessories they need, right at their campground.

Hog Haven will also introduce a new catalog by mid Fall 2010. This catalog will feature our lightweight camping gear as well as our extensive line of larger gear that isn't currently on our website. Hog Haven will be your "Full Service" outdoor gear source. From the light stuff you pack on your bike, to family sized tents and awnings, as well as cast iron cookware and stoves. Our goal is to provide you with everything you need when you hit the road. We are also working with a major motorcycle cargo trailer manufacturer, with plans to introduce a small trailer to pull behind your bike, outfitted with ALL you need for a cross country or weekend trip.

Check back periodically to see what's new.

The Importance of Leaving a Clean Campsite

Many of us attend rallies and events around the country. The people who put on these events spend a lot of time, money, and put a whole lot of work into making your stay enjoyable. It is important that we respect the property of these people. If it weren't for these people putting up their time & money, we wouldn't have events to attend or campgrounds to stay in.

I would like for you to think about having people at your place for a weekend. I don't think anyone would appreciate trash being left all over the place. Broken bottles left everywhere for people to step on, Ruts left all in their yard, and worst of all people peeing all over the floor and toliet. So here are a few basic respect rules that ALL decent humans should practice.

1. Pick up ALL of your trash and place it in or near a trash can.

2. Treat other people's property as if it were your own.

3. If you can't pee in a toilet without hitting the lid, or you are too damn stupid to flush when you are done. Go into the woods like the animal you obviously are.

4. Be respectful of other people. If you have something smart-ass to say, take it somewhere else at a later time.

Event promotors and campground owners DON'T need your problems interfering with their business.

I know from personal experience how difficult it is to host 500 plus people for a weekend. The crowds we have at Hog Haven events have always been great. Everyone helps pick up trash on Sunday morning, no fights, no problems.

Partying is all fine, but remember you are at someone elses place. Act the way you would want people to act at your place!

Ride Safe / Ride Free / Ride Often

Oregon Camping

Being from Louisiana and dealing with misquitos, bugs & humidity is just part of camping in the South. While in Oregon, I took a trip from the Willamette Valley to the Clackamas River on Mount Hood.
We pulled out at 8AM and the temperature was a cool 55F. I'm not used to this kind of weather in the middle of August. The two hour ride through the Willamette Valley was nice and cool. Lots of vinyards, and a multitude of fruit farms. They even grow a lot of hops here for beer making.
By 11AM, we were setting up camp on the Clackamas River. We found a nice secluded spot right next to some small rapids. Once camp was set up, we were off for a ride through the Mount Hood National Forest. The old growth fir trees make our Southern Pines look like twigs.
We went to Bagby Hot Springs in the heart of the Cascade Mountains. The only access is to hike a mile and a half up the mountain to get there. Believe me, after that walk, nothing is better than soaking in a hot tub, "nature style". The hot springs bubble out of the ground at 135F and the water runs into a set of log flumes. These flumes direct the water to private hot tubs.
You jump in a hollow log, pull out the wooden peg stopper, and here comes the hot water. A cold water cistern is there so you can add a little cold water if 135F is too hot for yor liking.
There are large public hot tubs, but when Vanessa and I went to check em out, they were full of naked guys. She got an eyeful and I wondered where the women were. The more I though about it, the more I didn't want to think about it if you know what I mean. So off we went on another ride.
The Clackamas river is one of the nicest river's I've ever ridden. Short calm sections followed by rapids and waterfalls for about 35 miles. The road runs right next to the river and is full of some really great "Twisty's". I love it, but Vanessa gets a little nervous when the pegs drag the pavement.
This camping trip was by far the most comfortable I have ever experienced. Perfect temperature, no humidity, no bugs. I actually had the best night's sleep I have had in months.
While Oregon is way too liberal for me as far as politics and laws go, it is still one of the most breathtaking place I've ever been. You can travel from the rich Valley foothills, to the snow covered Cascade Mountains, to the rugged cliffs overlooking the Pacific ocean, or into the high desert country in less than 2 hours.
If you ever get the chance, jump on it.

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