[Go Hard or Go Home]

Meeting at Sharis at 0845 will make it tough to be at the weigh station by 0800 to cruise in with the other group

From the WASAAC:

The start time of this year's event is 10:00am as seen in some false propaganda it is NOT 9:00am, trust me, when you see what time we have to leave in order to get to Sequim by 10:00, you will be glad it is not 9:00. The meeting point for people from the east side, Seattle and north, will be at the Northwest parking lot near the Costco at 205th and Aurora. To get to this location off I-5, take the exit #177 this is the 104th West/Edmonds exit, stay in the left lane although you will never turn a sharp left, go through two street lights, again stay in the left lane, traveling West, follow the road sign, marked 205th, which goes off to the left slightly. Go through one light and look to your left and you will see the Home Depot/Kinkos/Pet Smart complex, turn left into this location and go to the Northwest corner of the parking lot near The Bank of America. This is the same spot as we met last year. In order to make the 7:55am Ferry we should leave no later than 7:30am, we should arrive at the ferry by 7:40, pending a huge glut of people leaving Edmonds, we should all get on, it is a fairly large Ferry. Directions to the ferry up to the Chevron station outside of Kingston where we met the forces of General Roush last year will be distributed at the Bank of America parking lot.

From last years notes, the group from the Tacoma area would have to leave the weigh station near the Tacoma Narrows bridge around 8:00am if they want to join us at the highway 307/Bond Road junction at the Chevron station at 9:00. It takes roughly one hour to travel from the Chevron station to Sequim, thus arriving at the 10:00 start time. If a meeting of the South and East groups is favorable, then a few cell phone numbers should be exchanged. A little hinges on the idea that we can all make it on the same Ferry, I just find it hard to ask people to leave from the Bank of America parking lot earlier than 7:30am. The Ferry costs $14.45 from Edmonds to Kingston for car and driver, $21.15 for car and two passengers, on the trip back from Kingston to Edmonds the cost is $14.40 for one passenger or if you have a 1968 Shelby and you can fit a dozen people, it is all the same price. The Oregon Shelby club is coming North in force and is taking the 101 route out of Olympia, we should have Allen surrounded, if he thinks of trying to leave from the water side of Sequim we have at least four hungry Canadians coming over from Victoria B.C. If all goes as planned, the WASAAC group should arrive first, leaving a few potato chips and mustard for the Oregon club members.