Picto Diary - 20, 21, 22 September 2021 - LSDM Train Group (2) Poulsbo, WA

Above: Trump 2024 Campaign Kiosk. Puyallup, WA. 20 September 2021.

Deplorables and MAGAs getting an early start for 2024 presidential elections.

Above: Mr. Rainier. From WA SR 410. Washington. 20 September 2021.

Twenty miles before arriving at this spot (headed west) we drove through a posted "fire area." Thick smoke wafting at ground level raised concern that we shouldn't proceed. But, manned fire roads to the left, along the way, oncoming traffic, and no road blocks suggested that we could pass through... which we did. We drove through the pungent, heavy smoke but saw no flames. The last time I was on this road was circa 2014 travelling in the opposite direction on the BMW K1200 LT motorcycle... the one I just abandoned due to irreparable transmission problems. I rode through one of the most heavy rainstorms I had ever experienced while riding a motorcycle. I rode twenty miles in heavy rain, finding no shelter, before sighting a Shell station, whereupon I immediately stopped to wait out the storm. After twenty minutes or so, the rainfall attenuated and I headed out. Thirty miles down the road, I reached the flats heading towards Yakima, when the sun came out and the cloud cover disappeared... an amazing transition in the weather in such a short distance, or so it seemed to me. Daughter FeeBee climbed to the summit of Rainer with her friend Kelly circa 2002.

Above: Freddie 'neath the Sweetgum tree. Guest House Inn and Suites Hotel, Poulsbo, WA 20 October 2021.

When traveling by Sprinter we don't always stay in the van. Many hotels, including this one, are now dog friendly if you pay a $30 or $40 supplement.

Above: Train Group 2. Chez Billy Barker and Bakersfield. Poulsbo, WA . 20 October 2021.

From left front: Bishop, Billy Barker, Maharaja, RN. Rear: 777, Bakersfield, TIMDT, Comic Mom.

Participants in the actual train ride of the 2nd annual LSDM Train Group event, included Maharaja, Comic Mom, 777 and RN. Bishop, TIMDT and Freddie joined the group at the Poulsbo final destination point. Train ride was from Eugene, OR to Seattle, On their way up from Park City in the van, Bishop, TIMDT, and Freddie spent two nights in Walla Wall, WA, visiting with friends, touring vineyards, buying hardwood, buying a motorcycle, buying some Walla Walla wine and eating well.

Train Group 2 thanks LSDMer, Billy Barker and Bakersfield for hosting a wonderful dinner at their fantastic property in Poulsbo, WA, on the Kitsap Peninsula on the Puget Sound.

Above: Olympic Mountains as seen from home of Billy Barker and Bakersfield. Polsbo, WA. 20 September 2021.

Last year's LSDM Train Group traveled early October, by train, from Helper, UT to Glenwood Springs, CO. Hat tip to Train Group 2 trip organizers 777 and RN.

Above: Hood Canal Floating Bridge. Kitsap Peninsula, Washington. 21 September 2021.

The Hood Canal Bridge (officially William A. Bugge Bridge) is a floating bridge in the northwest United States, located in western Washington. It carries State Route 104 across Hood Canal of Puget Sound and connects the Olympic and Kitsap Peninsulas.

Crossed this bridge coming from Poulsbo, on the Kitsap Peninsula on route to Port Townsend, on the Olympic Peninsula.

New route for us. We're getting more familiar with the Puget Sound area. We had in past years visited Gig Harbor, south of Poulsbo on the Kitsay Peninsula, and Anacortes, an island north of Poulsbo.

Above: Freddie and Monte. Port Townsend, WA. 21 September 2021.

Two Newfoundlands met on a street corner in Port Townsend. Monte is a rare brown newfie. Browns are only one of a hundred of the Newfoundland breed. Surprisingly, Monte's owners from Gig Harbor, forty miles south of here, announced they were moving to Park City in three months. What a coincidence! I mean, what are the odds? Two newfies meeting randomly on a Port Townsend street... one from Park City and the other about to relocate there!

Above: Mt Baker. Image from Port Townsend, WA. 21 August 2021.

Above: Five lunch goers from LSDM Train Group (2). Port Townsend, WA. 21 August 2021.

Above: Poulsbo Harbor. Poulsbo, WA. 21 August 2021.

View from deck of The Loft restaurant. The profile of one Olympic peak discernable in the distance.

Above: Good Morning Poulsbo, WA! 22 September 2021.

Elmers Restaurant was a short walk from the hotel. I was able to keep to my regular 7:00 AM breakfast time. As can be seen from the image, the dawn hours atmospherics are good compensation for the struggle of having to get up and out early.

Above: Bishop, Seattle, Jakarta, Comic Mom, Maharajah, and TIMDT. Seattle Washington. 22 September 2021

Dinner at home of Seattle and Jakarta, former Citi OZ boss in late 1970's. Maharajah and Comic Mom, good friends of Jakarta/Seattle, were our Citi boss in Beirut, 1972. Old Citi stories were shared. Fine home prepared dinner was enjoyed.

Above: Puget Sound from Seattle looking ESE toward Belleview, WA. 22 September 2021.

From twentieth flood balcony of Seattle and Jakarta apartment.