No mention of LaConner.

[Matthew Sarad]

A well known SoCal luthier is stopping at my place on her way North.
I'm curious at what she will be bringing.

[sinistral]

On a completely separate note, looking at the list of the luthiers who will be exhibiting at La Conner, I was struck by how little overlap there is with the shows I’ve attended on the east coast (Artisan and Woodstock (while it lasted)) and, to a slightly lesser extent, the Fretboard Summit. Several luthiers whose names I’m very familiar with but haven’t seen their guitars in person (e.g., Michael Bashkin, etc.) and many more luthiers who I haven’t heard of. Perhaps I’ll make it out there one of these years.

[colins]

Going to La Conner? I'd love too, but about twenty hours of flying each way is more that I can justify. So all of you people that are closer to it than me...please go, then post reports and pictures I can look at!

And would someone please buy Joe's purpleheart guitar while they are there. That guitar looks amazing!

[j. Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by colins

Going to La Conner? I'd love too, but about twenty hours of flying each way is more that I can justify. So all of you people that are closer to it than me...please go, then post reports and pictures I can look at!

And would someone please buy Joe's purpleheart guitar while they are there. That guitar looks amazing!

That’s a big investment in travel time to be sure. There are two luthiers coming from Europe but that is only a quarter way around the globe, if that. A mere 8 or 9 hours by plane but there are two of them so,( working on the math ) I guess it still doesn’t balance.

[Joe Whitman]

Originally Posted by colins

Going to La Conner? I'd love too, but about twenty hours of flying each way is more that I can justify. So all of you people that are closer to it than me...please go, then post reports and pictures I can look at!

And would someone please buy Joe's purpleheart guitar while they are there. That guitar looks amazing!

I guess that would be quite the trip. Maybe next year. Thanks for the mention!

[Marcus Bailie]

I finally got my pictures done.

This one will be there, if you don't see it, that probably means Bear is playing it (again)!

[garyrogue1]

I did a similar ride 40+ years ago. From Capital Hill over 90, north to hwy 9, then over to Bayview state park to camp out. Next morning south down Deception pass and Whidbey to ferry like you. I was crazy

Originally Posted by Aspiring

Back when I was a bit younger I rode my bicycle back from Friday Harbor taking the ferry to Anacortes and then riding from there over that bridge and across Whidbey island to take another ferry and then ride back to Kirkland.

Beautiful area but that ride was pretty hardcore.

I've also taken my sailboat through the pass a number of times under the bridge and the whirlpools make for for an interesting ride as the boat suddenly swerves 90 degrees from your intended course.

Nature can be pretty spectacular sometimes!

[koine2002]

Originally Posted by Aspiring

Back when I was a bit younger I rode my bicycle back from Friday Harbor taking the ferry to Anacortes and then riding from there over that bridge and across Whidbey island to take another ferry and then ride back to Kirkland.

Beautiful area but that ride was pretty hardcore.

I've also taken my sailboat through the pass a number of times under the bridge and the whirlpools make for for an interesting ride as the boat suddenly swerves 90 degrees from your intended course.

Nature can be pretty spectacular sometimes!

And you survived our Whidbey maniacal driving on 20 and 525!

[Aspiring]

Originally Posted by koine2002

And you survived our Whidbey maniacal driving on 20 and 525!

Yes although I found some smaller roads wherever I could to stay off of them!

[canuck7]

Originally Posted by Aspiring

Yes although I found some smaller roads wherever I could to stay off of them!

A comic strip couldn't be funnier!! It sounds like none of the folks commenting about driving on Whidbey have never been out east driving around Boston or New York!!!

[koine2002]

Originally Posted by canuck7

A comic strip couldn't be funnier!! It sounds like none of the folks commenting about driving on Whidbey have never been out east driving around Boston or New York!!!

The demographics are either over 55 retirees (usually much older) who aren’t as sharp of drivers as they used to be or 20 something Navy hotheads. There’s isn’t much in between, lol.

[Aspiring]

Originally Posted by canuck7

A comic strip couldn't be funnier!! It sounds like none of the folks commenting about driving on Whidbey have never been out east driving around Boston or New York!!!

Keep in mind I was talking about riding a bicycle. Wherever you ride a bicycle quiet side roads beat biking on the side of a rural highway.

[canuck7]

Originally Posted by Aspiring

Keep in mind I was talking about riding a bicycle. Wherever you ride a bicycle quiet side roads beat biking on the side of a rural highway.

Ahhh, yes!! I just read your original post!! Yes, crazy going over that bridge on a bike!!

[Aspiring]

Originally Posted by canuck7

Ahhh, yes!! I just read your original post!! Yes, crazy going over that bridge on a bike!!

And I would agree with you that downtown in any of the major cities on a bike is probably even less sane even though I have done that many times as well.

[Guitars44me]

Pictures for us who could not attend? Hope everyone had a fine event and tons of fun

Paul