12/16 - Lake Washington/Locks Cruise - CANCELLED

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6. Fremont, located on the north shore of Lake Union, and west of Gasworks park, is the Center of the Universe. It contains, among other wonderful things, the tallest statue of Nicolai lenin, well, around, and a troll eating a life size VW bug. If you wish to find Fremont, it is, according to the Fremont Chamber of Commerce, 'far from normal'.

Come on guys, I'm out here all alone! Tell me somethin (or are you telling me something?)
 
Sea Wolf":8gmenhry said:
Hay youse guys! As long as wee're on the topic..........

I seem to remember eyeing a Hooters on the West side of !-5 somewhere along the road to Seattle in upper Washington State the last time I drove up there for the Boat Show/C-Brat Convention. Was it somewhere around Fort Lewis?
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Yep, also a Hooters in Lynnwood..........It's always good to know where the great hot wings are! :smilep

P.S. The Hooters on Lake Union is the only one of the three that you can cruise your boat to, tie up next to, step off your boat and walk 20 feet to the entry door. I've even called ahead, ordered a container of Hot Wings, run inside and brought them back into the boat and continued on my cruise.

Tim,
Sorry, I can't help you with a ride on this gathering as it is a day of work for me... :sad Hopefully, someone else can accomodate you.
 
Dave-A man with your seniority and obvious knowledge of the famous local institutions is too important to sit inside a fire station on 12/16. Get your boss on the phone and tell her we need you on this cruise. let the new guy work that Saturday. We need you. I need you, Tim needs you. Those wings may get too hot and Hooters may need you. Put that request form in now. If necessary, Tell em you'll work Christmas day instead. Ill assign you the title of Senior Cruise paramedic and fireperson, emeritus. Now who could pass that up?. (please don't answer 'I could')
 
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7.Ballard-The area on the north side of the locks, from Shilshole to Fremont. Ballard was an independent incorporated city, the third largest in Washington, from 1890 to it's anexation to Seattle in 1907.(thanks Wilepedia) You can still see many bumper stickers stating "Free Ballard" on the backs of old Volvo rear wheeled drive cars. And there are many, reflecting Ballards seafaring Scandanavian heritage. Here is a great place to get your Volvo repaired.Put the Nordic Museum, 3014 NW 67th St., on you list of places to visit someday. If I didn't live where I live, I would live in Ballard, unless of course I lived in Fremont.
 
I live in Greenwood, and when I tell my wife "I'm going in to town for lunch", I mean Ballard, not Seattle. :-) It's a great bike ride for me, although a good climb coming back north. I sometimes wish I lived IN Ballard rather than merely north of of it, but I'm glad it's so close. 'Course, I'm more Anglo-Celtic than Scandihoovian, but they don't seem to mind too much...
 
Hey Tim-thanks for the info. Maybe we can get Capt. Charlie of Captain's Choice on the cruise. I know he has a 22 footer and I'm pretty sure his dad came from Sweden! Of course he lives in Virginia. But my son works for Boeing and they have a big ugly experimental transport (ooh, oh I wasn't supposed to tell anyone about that.) Never mind.

As for you Dave- How about telling them you will work on Hannukah?
 
Tim - hope somebody responds, but it should not be a problem, if you show up at Lake Union Sea Ray, no doubt you can hitch a ride, with us on a 25 if nothing else...or perhaps you could hook up with somebody wherever they are launching...


timflan":1wwqozo6 said:
By the way, I've got this event on my schedule, but I don't have a boat! I'm hoping that I, and one of my two daughters, could hitch a ride on somebody's boat.

Even better would be to get my wife out on one...so maybe I should have her ride along with one of you, and I'll tag along shoreside with the kids.

Since we're currently considering a 22 cruiser, it would be maximally splendiforous if we could get a ride aboard one of those, in particular. But we'll take what we can get! :-)

Thanks,
Tim
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Catman":2d9qy3rb said:
Hey, this gig's just out my window, so count me in. I'll be there with Bambina if the weather's decent, without her if it ain't.
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It's going to be 72 and sunny (somewhere). Just bring the bambina and show us the way it done.
 
For those of you that haven't cruised on Lake Union and through the locks, I would point out that there is a verrry slow speed limit from Lake Washington to the Sound. So, your cruising time will be slow and with trying to fit everything in during the short daylight time of winter it will be a bit of a challenge. If you aren't able to take in every sight and sound you'd like to, you will at least have had a "sampler" and can always return another day to do more.

I'm envious of those of you that are able to attend this event!
 
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8. Ivars Salmon house- When we cruise under the I-5 bridge you will see the long floating pier of Ivars Salmon House at one o'clock. It a great place to stop for a quick boat of clams and chowder on their veranda or on Sunday, the best value buffet a view second only to Salty's on Alki-and it cost half as much. It's also a great place to see the fireworks on the fourth of July but you better tie up on Memorial Day if you want a spot. Which brings up..

9.The Fourth of July on Lake Union. If you come by boat my advice is to come late and leave early. You will be choc-a-block with just about everyboat registered in 2 counties, but it's worth it. I have seen grumpy old men ooh and ahh with child like delight. Getting through the Montlake cut after the fireworks is like giving birth, according to my physician daughter-in-law.
 
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10. Pat and Patti Anderson, the Senior Founders Emeritae of the Lake Washington Cruise, were married in 1967. In 1968 they spent two years in the Peace Corps stationed in New Jersey, teaching English to the natives. (They taught me the word "Factoid" at that time. .) Having returned to the US, they now brew beer and collect C-Dorys. Their current fleet inludes the Nina and the Pinta. (I hope I"ve gotten the details right, you might want check here http://home.centurytel.net/anderson5420)
 
I was in Lake Union a week ago (returning home last Sat). I looked all around to see where you can dock overnight in Lake Union, with no success. No kind of municipal dock or overnight marina docks. They may exist somewhere up at the top, but I didn't see anything. And then I discoverd the Chandler's Cove (Hooters) landing. They generously offer you the chance to stay up to three hours, with or without business at their tenants. I stuck my head in the office of a boat broker there to ask where I could rent overnight dock space. The receptionist said she didn't know, but seeing as the landing was not busy this time of year, if I went away and came back after 5:00PM, the property manager would have gone home. She said as long as I left before he arrived, I was fine. So I did! It was a fine place to spend the night.

It rained much of the time during my visit, making me glad to be in a C-Dory cabin with a Wallas heater!

Sorry not to be able to join you in December. Other obligations.

Dave
 
Dave-thanks for the nice note. The lack of transient moorage is a surprise and a dissapointment to me. The friendlyness of the Seattle citizenry is not. It's time for a...
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12.The richest man in the world lives just south of the 520 bridge on the eastern shore of Lake Washington.
The luckiest man in the world motors past his house in a 16 foot C-Dory and waves.
 
DaveS":24r9just said:
I'm envious of those of you that are able to attend this event!
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11. For those of you who don't know, DaveS leads the annual Snohomish River Cruise. He is a an expert in the Snohomish language and informed us that the Native-American word "Snohomish" actually means "town with overpriced antiques". In his full time job he mans the Hooters Surveillance Desk, Hot Wing Division, at the State Department.
 
Factoid 12 is so true. On a related subject, we were in seattle this weekend helping the daughter with some stuff and went down to Lake Union Sea Ray to relieve our separation anxiety of leaving the C Dory home. They have no C Dory inventory. It is all out at the Fife store. So we stopped by there on the way home to oregon. Met a salesman there, whos' name escapes me, but he had apparently been studying up on C Dorys. It was a great experience. He let us in the C Dorys on the lot, left us to talk and poke around. It was great, way better than I was expecting. A very knowledgable guy. He said that Scott currently reports to work in the Fife store. Also commented that they could supply a C Dory with our choice of engines. Merc would be the preferred direction but Honda was available as an option from the factory, and could even get Yamaha. He was a little doubtful he could get a Suzuki however. While we were there we also viewed the Harbercraft cruisers. Apparently some of the scent of aluminum rubbed off and the cat avoided us when we got home.
 
Sea Wolf":oz5q0wa0 said:
Hay youse guys! As long as we're on the topic..........
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Hey Joe, Wazupwiddat? What exit are you from? You're makin me homesick! Which brings me to

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13. Although there are several hundred coffee shops within a mile of the ship canal, I am, I confess, 'ordering illiterate.' In NJ I would go in to a Dunkin' Donuts and ask the guy for "coffee, regular' and it was always perfect.
 
Anna Leigh":2r800np0 said:
New Jersey could possibly be confused with Turkey, but I don't think so. I've never been to either.
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Once, about 50 years ago, I was stationed with the Seabees on a little island in the West Indies call Turks Island. It was a lovely place to be. Anyway, I wrote home to my mom and said sarcastically that I really enjoyed defending America against the Turks. She told a neighbor, an immigrant from Turkey, and his initial response was "America is at war with Turkey"? True story (well, mostly).
 
Husky Stadium. We will meet at the eastern end of Montlake Cut in the shadow of Husky Stadium

Factoid (May God Bless and Keep Wilkepedia)

13. Husky Stadium is the University of Washington's football and track and field venue in Seattle, USA, located between Montlake Boulevard N.E. and Union Bay just north of the Montlake Cut. Its U-shaped design was specifically oriented to minimize glare from the sun in the athletes' eyes. The open end overlooks scenic Lake Washington and the Cascade Mountains.

Husky Stadium was originally built in 1920, with a seating capacity of 30,000, but has gone through four remodels (two major, two minor) to expand the seating capacity. . the total capacity today is 72,500, making it the largest stadium, amateur or professional, in the Pacific Northwest. The Univ. of Washington has planned an extensive renovation for the stadium by 2015. (so what? I got my masters at Michigan, It's stadium seats 100,001, and they weren't all in the band either)

Because of its size and design and the vociferous nature of Huskies fans, the stadium is considered one of the loudest in North America, often making it difficult for opposing teams to hear their quarterback's signals. "It’s a sea of purple on Saturdays, and the volume gets cranked up loudly for a place that is an open-air venue. During a 1992 night vs. Nebraska, ESPN measured the crowd noise at 135 decibels."

To put this in context, 135 decibels is just a little less than that registered by DaveS diesel pickup! which you may listen for on cruise day as he will be on the west side of Marysville.
 
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