Bridge and Cabin both down

We had another busy weekend. One of the last remaining cabins from another era was leveled on Friday and this morning we took an intel ride out to scout logistics on the closed (for repairs) Hood Canal Bridge. The cabin dated, to the best recollection of local historian and unofficial Mayor of Venice, the honorable Frank A. Peabody, to 1949. The last time it was inhabited was most likely 1979. It has been taking on water and listing badly for at least twenty years so I contacted the owners and offered my services to coordinate the demo. Yeah, yeah yeah, I filmed it, so you will all get to see the carnage in time lapse sequence as soon as I finish three other pieces that have merited higher priority (profit). You can hold your breath if you want to, because it's good practice, but it will be at least a week, and THAT I don't recommend.

Tony and I found out first hand that crossing the canal during the bridge closure is easy. From Lofall, just south of Big Valley Road, two 140 person passenger only boats sail every 30 minutes. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr104hoodcanalbridgeeast/ The rule is that walk ons take precedence and after that up to five bikes per sailing. No charge. A shuttle bus also runs every half-hour from the Winslow terminal. Pretty sweet actually. We'll do it next week when we ride up to Ft. Worden. The crossing makes for a nice water break and as you can see from the photos, it is a special little slice of the GPNW, in our backyard.

All for now. If you wanna ride with us next week to Pt. Townsend, camp, and ride back Sunday (oh yeah, and run the 7.5K Rhody Run) just hit the comments button and let us know. And if you need somebody to knock down a house, we now do that too.