Trip Out West, Oregon & Washington

[Ratickle]

Well, out here in my old stomping grounds. MAny relatives from all over the world.


Took a trip up to Mount St Helens in a small plane. Pretty clear.

Last night went to dinner at the Chart House, those who live here will know it as the old Hill Villa. Great Northwest wild caught King Salmon dinner.

 

[Ratickle]

Great name for an AIrline, huh?????:26:

 

[Ratickle]

Columbia River by Sauvies Island. I used to work on the farms there as a high school and college kid during the summers....

 

[Bobcat]

Um.....we're going to need a few more pics than that

 

[old377guy]

Paul, Dang! I'm out of town and will be back Sunday or Monday. Hope your trip is great out here. Jeff

 

[Ratickle]

Up the Columbia River towards Vancouver

 

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Mount Adams

 

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Mount Rainier

 

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Mount St Helens

 

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The Crater of St Helens

 

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Inside the Crater

 

[Bobcat]

Those are cool pics !

 

[Mark]

Awesome!

 

[Ratickle]

Paul, Dang! I'm out of town and will be back Sunday or Monday. Hope your trip is great out here. Jeff

We're down in Cannon Beach and Seaside now. We're going to Seattle on Saturday. I'm gonna see if I can get ahold of Steve David and do some reporting from Seafair Hydro races while we're up there.....

It is great to see mountains, the ocean, and BIG trees again. I don't get back here enough.

While we were at the Chart House I was thinking how close we were to you....

 

[Ratickle]

Those are cool pics !

Awesome!

We got closer than we were supposed to and the plane was geting tossed around a bit. There was no other traffic while we were there though so the pilot thought we were okay.

 

[600sci]

DAMN, i didnt know St Helens is still smokin....

THANKS for the nice pictures...never been there !

 

[Ratickle]

We're in Seattle now. DOesn't look like I'll be able to get to the Seafair pits. Steve David won his heat yesterday and Dave Villock won his heat yesterday.

Blue Angels are here too. Ate on the waterfront last night. Only one nice Offshore boat went out, all the rest are cruisers and fishing boats. I got a couple of good sunsets I'll put in when I get a chance.

David, Villwock Get Heats Wins at Seattle’s Air National Guard Series
Seattle, Wash., August 5, 2011—The Air National Guard Hydroplane Series’ veteran drivers continue to show the younger drivers how it’s done on the racecourse by putting up convincing victories in preliminary heats Saturday in Seattle, Wash.


Steve David and Dave Villwock won their respective heats on a rough Lake Washington, picking up crucial points heading into Sunday’s heats. Both drivers led from start to finish and will face off in Sunday’s second heat. It’s the first time David and Villwock have met in a preliminary heat all season.


“Once I had the lead, I was just cooling it,” David said. “When they backed down late in the race, I could back down. Tomorrow won’t be as easy.”


Villwock was pushed early by Kip Brown, who was a perfect 5-for-5 in heat victories this season, before drawing Villwock in the same heat. The veteran driver and his Spirit of Qatar boat were too much for the field.


“I was elated how easy it was,” Villwock said with a laugh. “We needed a little breather. We were here late last night getting the boat repaired. Maybe it’ll be an early night.”


Brown said he knew his streak of consecutive of race wins would eventually come to an end. The team had been fighting some mechanical problems with the boat this weekend but fixed it in time for the heat.


“I tried not to think too much about a streak or anything like that,” Brown said. “If we had been winning heats and winning finals like Dave (Villwock) does—that’s a streak. We’ve been very fortunate with good draws and people making mistakes, and we’re there to capitalize on them.”


Driver Jeff Bernard took second place in the heat with Oh Boy! Oberto’s David, running an average lap speed of 130.059 mph on the 2-mile course. Teammate and rookie driver Scott Liddycoat in Valken.com took third in Heat 1A, while Mike Webster earned third in Heat 2B.


Just seven boats from the 13-boat field will make the afternoon final. The final will have six boats and a trailing boat.


Racing action continues today at the Air National Guard Hydroplane Series in Seattle with two more rounds of preliminary heats and the final is slated for 4:45 p.m. PDT. The heats and final will be streamed lived on www.h1unlimited.com.


For more on the Air National Guard Hydroplane Series, visit www.h1unlimited.com.


Preliminary Heat Winners Saturday for Air National Guard Series in Seattle

Heat 1A: 1. Dave Villwock, 134.868 mph, 2. Kip Brown, 3. Scott Liddycoat.
Heat 1B: 1. Steve David, 136.519 mph, 2. Jeff Bernard, 3. Mike Webster.

 

[Ratickle]

Here is a link to Steve's heat run yesterday. He is running with the fractured ribs he got in Madison a few weeks ago.

It works best for me with the HD off.


http://vimeo.com/27400376

 

[Bobcat]

Good stuff Paul!

 

[imco offshore]

that was a cool video ,the water was rough for a hydro ,,good job ,,David ,,,thanks Paul for the link