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Across the Sound – Destination: The 12th Annual New Years Day Ride

So it comes to my attention that it is now January 11th, of our new year of 2010. It’s going to take me awhile to get used to this whole “10″ thing.  In fact the “O’s” rolled off the tongue so easily, I want to say O’Ten. Which, technically is acceptable since there is an “0″ preceding the 10 part, but I don’t think people will like that.

The new year started out great. It started with leaving the house, at 7:50am to the Seattle Ferry Terminal to catch the 8:45 Ferry to Bremerton for a new years ride around the Hood Canal with some people from PNWRIDERS.COM.  It is a yearly ride that is put on by Jim Whipple, who you may have read about before in my blog post “Across the Sound – Destination: Phinney Bay Machine Works” .  If you haven’t read about my little trip over to see him, take a moment to click on the link there and read through it. I’ll wait… Read the rest of this entry »

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Across the Sound – Destination: Phinney Bay Machine Works

Waiting for the Ferry in Seattle - Taken with my Blackberry

Waiting for the Ferry in Seattle - Taken with my Blackberry

For the last year or so, their has been a gentleman on a local forum I frequent (Pacific Northwest Riders) that I have been meaning to take the time to go and see.

Jim Whipple, and his wife Tamara, own a small machine shop located in Bremerton, Washington by the name of Phinney Bay Machine Works. Across the Puget Sound from Seattle, this small Naval town is an hour ferry ride from the Main terminal in Seattle.

I decided on Saturday, to send Jim a message to see if was at all opposed to my stopping by, to just take some time to watch him work and bs with him.  He was completely open to it, and told me to come anytime so I let him know I would come over on Sunday if that was ok.

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