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Half Ass Road is a closely-guarded secret

Sunday August 27, 2006 @ 04:34 PM (PDT)

A locked gate I made yet another attempt to find Half Ass Road today. That's four attempts so far. I didn't find Half Ass Road, but here's what I did find:

  • Several locked gates, one of which had a sign claiming it was being monitored by video
  • More than a few "No Trespassing" signs
  • Many, many dirt roads
  • A lost motorcyclist who flagged me down, said he had been driving around aimlessly on dirt roads for three hours, and begged me to help him find a highway

As I came to each dead end, the GPS worked tirelessly trying to find new routes, but I exhausted all of them. Every single one. At the end of each was either a natural barrier of some kind, a locked gate, or a very large, very serious-looking "No Trespassing" sign. I'm now convinced that Half Ass Road is located on private property, which means I'll probably never get to see it unless...no, no, that'd be silly. Dressing up like a ninja and hiking out there on foot in the middle of the night would probably get me shot or arrested or both.

I guess I'll let the mystery live on for now.

Comments

Half Ass Road: 4 (?)
Wonko: 0

Sunday August 27, 2006 @ 08:47 PM (PDT) Posted by DigDug

Nope.

wonko: 4
Half Ass Road: 0

Because I got to enjoy driving my new car, and Half Ass Road didn't get to enjoy being driven on by my new car.

Sunday August 27, 2006 @ 09:42 PM (PDT) Posted by Ryan Grove

Maybe you stumbled on some sort of secret military base! If you don't post over the next while I'll assume the black helicopters have come and got you.

Monday August 28, 2006 @ 02:36 AM (PDT) Posted by Conor

I think it's probably a logging area owned by Weyerhaeuser, actually. That's what all the signs seem to indicate.

Monday August 28, 2006 @ 09:24 AM (PDT) Posted by Ryan Grove

Hmm

Maybe so, or a shell company for a secret company!

*dons tinfoil hat*



...I'll stop now.
Monday August 28, 2006 @ 11:02 AM (PDT) Posted by Conor
While googling Half Ass Road I found this:

http://www.spottedass.com/

Matt
Monday August 28, 2006 @ 03:59 PM (PDT) Posted by Matt

Half Ass Road lies within taxlot 1S6000000100, which are zoned EFC, which leads me to agree with the poster above that it's Weyerhaeuser. Looks like it's about $21 million in trees. Might be why they don't want people driving about in it.

Monday August 28, 2006 @ 08:48 PM (PDT) Posted by CSM

is it worth emailing/writing to Weyerhaeuser to ask for permission to cross the boundary in order to document for posterity?

Wednesday August 30, 2006 @ 06:32 AM (PDT) Posted by test
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