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- Aug 8, 2007
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What happen with Princess Louisa? Thought that was 28th? Is that Desolation destination #3?
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Phew! I won't have to worry about keeping my boat all nice and shiney that way!! You can duke that out with Todd! ;-)forgot to mention..... I am going to tag along with the Northern trip folks.
Now that we are on the subject:
I was going to ask if anyone had a nice place for me to wash my boat after a dirty trip north on I-5. I want to scrub her down after the road trip prior to dropping the boat in the water. Anywhere with clean tap water would be fantastic. Yes I am asking no I am not kidding.
I would be happy to pack the polishers and a couple of bottles of good stuff.
Yes, this 3rd day I was thinking we could either find in Desolation or run down to Princess Louisa.What happen with Princess Louisa? Thought that was 28th? Is that Desolation destination #3?
haha..... you should keep your boat sparkling regardless.... helps it glide through the wind when on the trailer
Now that we are on the subject:
I was going to ask if anyone had a nice place for me to wash my boat after a dirty trip north on I-5. I want to scrub her down after the road trip prior to dropping the boat in the water. Anywhere with clean tap water would be fantastic. Yes I am asking no I am not kidding.
I would be happy to pack the polishers and a couple of bottles of good stuff.
I think you'd have to decide where you want to launch her. Do you wish to drive through Seattle to Everette or Annacortes on the East side or up the Olympic Pennisula to Port Townsend and put in there? Driving distance is much shorter on the OP and the boating distance is shorter to Roche as well. I know Everette has a fresh water wash down (I've used it), not certain about Annacortes. If going on the OP side to Port Townsend... at the public launch ramp (which is useable both low and high tide), they have a two hose fresh water wash meant more for rinsing off the trailer and boat after pulling out of the water. If there is no line, I have used it to rinse/run the engine as well... Cost is $35 for the year or $5/day and they watch the trailer rig as well. Never had a problem so far. Also, ~100 ft away is a Safeway gas station and 1/2 block away is a West Marine.
Everette is limited to 3 days I believe but maybe someone can chime in as to where you could store your rig for longer periods. (If military, you could use the Everette Base). Not sure on Annacortes as to the cost or where to park your rig. Hope that helps...
BTW, I know of 3 boats so far going up with me to PT to launch... So you are welcome to coordinate the caravan. My cell is listed in my profile.
Doug,
Coming from California, how'd you get to Townsend? Would you catch the 101, or cut over in Tacoma (on the 3?)
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Is it July yet? The anticipation is killing me. I'm glad we're going, but it's sure been a long Fall/Winter/Spring waiting for this trip. I'll be happy when we can get to the boat and start prepping for Spring launch. That's seems like a long way off, but mid-April is only about 6 or 7 weeks away.
Don't forget you will get hammered by Mt. St. Helens ash, you might catch "crabs", pay ridiculously high fuel prices (OK, this one MIGHT be true!) and every island will look the same making pin pointing your location visually on a map nearly impossible. It's the trip through Oregon that you have to watch out for! Tree huggers, mad loggers, environmentalists and those darn Nike folks running on the roads all the time!also Jeremy please keep this part quiet, but it never rains in Washington. We Just tell people it does so they all don't move here. So when you report back especially to Gary.....We expect that you tell everyone that it rained the whole time, giant Mosquitos took children off boats, and we were chased by pods of Killer Whales with "Mad Cow Disease"....or better yet, just tell everyone here that you were stopped at the border because you had Zebra mussels and never made the trip. Also, we won't allow any photography...we hope you understand.