A Ride to the Hood Canal in Washington State - Union, Washington - Something for everyone!

2 Margaritas Restaurant and Bar with View of Hood Canal

Sunday - always good for a ride to one of Joyce and my favorite destinations.  The Hood Canal is in Washington State and runs straight south off of the Strait of Juan De Fuca (separating the United States from the Vancouver Island, British Columbia)

It has a fish hook like shape with the hook at the south end of the Hood Canal.  By the way; it's not actually a canal, as it does not have an way in and out, but is actually dead-ended, and is more like a huge long narrow bay.

Along the bottom (or hook) portion of the Hood Canal is some extremely beautiful scenery and some great places to stop for some food or drink.

This restaurant (above - called '2 Margaritas') just opened up a few weeks ago.  It's a very good traditional Mexican restaurant with a large bar and 'decks' on each end of the building that allow a beautiful view of the Hood Canal.  We both really enjoyed what we ordered.  I got a 'fajita burrito' and Joyce got a single enchilada.  The sauces were great, the food hot, and service fast and friendly.

Just a bit farther up the road is 'The Alderbrook Inn', one of the nicest lodge type resorts you'll find with its frontage along the canal.  As an example of how pretty the view is there; Bill Gates parents (the second richest man  in the world, with rich parents to boot), live in this area.

The Alderbrook has a great restaurant and bar, including a deck that is open in the summer months.  The food served there is as good as you can get in the restaurant, but the bar food is my place!  They have a huge burger there that is the best ever.....and easily enough for two people to split and still have a hard time finishing.  It would be hard to find a more beautiful setting than the Alderbrook!  Combined with great food and drink, and it is a wonderful upscale place to enjoy the views of the Hood Canal from.

There's a great long 't' shaped dock on the canal behind the Alderbrook, and all of this is open to visitors.  You don't have to be a guest at the lodge to eat or visit.

You'll find many the biker riding the roads up and down and around the Hood Canal any time of year.  The eateries will often be 'with bikes' out front as you pull up.  I've never felt any unease at all going into all of these places to eat in my motorcycle gear, including at the Alderbrook.

I hope you'll all find the time someday to take a ride up the Hood Canal.  Please consider sending some photos and a ride story of your own for inclusion here on our club website.

Ride Safe brothers and sisters!

If cusswords offend you, don't read this post.Sorry.

The following is right out of 'Craigslist' on 1 July 2008, at this url:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/mcy/739886949.html

The way 'CL' works, if someone doesn't like the words used they can kick it off, so I copied it just incase they take it off.

Re: 2008 Honda Metropolitan Scooter *Like-New Condition* - $4500 - $4500 (Steamboat Island)

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Reply to: sale-739886949@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-07-01, 8:41PM PDT

Kandi here is asking $4000 "OBO" for a Honda Metropolitan scooter that has a MSRP of just over $2000.

What I would like to know, Kandi, is are you high or just completely fucking RETARDED?

The same goes for any of you people that would even think about paying more than the MSRP for a USED scooter, regardless of how little its been ridden.

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THE ORIGINAL POST FROM: Kandi

2008 Honda Metropolitan Scooter *Like-New Condition* - $4500 (Steamboat Island)

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Reply to: see below
Date: 2008-07-01, 4:45PM PDT

2008 Honda Metropolitan, **Seriously Like-New**. 50cc, gets 100mpg, goes 45mph. The color is called 'Gothic' and his name is Hans (but you can always change that, he doesn't know it yet, lol) Bought this little guy to reduce gas costs, but I'm scared to drive it. None are available right now! Dealership says there's at least a 6-8 week wait to get any like em. Asking $4,000.00 obo (licensing & registration already paid so its ready to ride). Cash only, no trades, you pick-up.

Kandi 360-480-3521

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May 31, 2008! What a nice day for a ride!

If you click on either picture; they will explode to full screen. I'm no big photographer, but the scene with the bike is just plain spectacular (thanks to nature). I think you'll enjoy it.


Joyce and I headed north out of Shelton, Wa this morning for Port Townsend, WA. Port Townsend is exactly 100 miles from Olympia and a two hour ride for us. We like to ride up on a Saturday for lunch. Its really pretty and right on the water. You can see across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

BUT..............it got kind of chilly as we headed north.

So, we decided to turn back around and head up the Skokomish Valley just outside of Shelton. We had made a quick ride up a few years ago. This time we wanted to 'drink in' the entire valley slowly and savor its beauty.

There were fields full of millions of yellow buttercups that just were amazing! We stopped and watched some beautiful horses in a field and enjoyed the view including the house and barn in the background. What an idyllic little valley.

I hope you all can come some spring or summer and ride up the valley with us.

Send me your photos and/or just a snippet on what your weekend had for you so far.........