Seattle in April????????

I will be in Seattle from 7th April to about the 20th April.
I intend to go to the Portland swap as I hear good reports about it, also the air museum, anything else I should check out in the area or on the way back from VLV show????????

I would also like to hear from any hunters in the area.

 

Dick's drive in!!!

 

It's not what you think; it's a restaurant.

 

Bring an umbrella and a few extra pairs of dry socks! Some parts of the PIR track gets flooded if...er... when it starts raining hard.

 

YES some of my favorite burgers.

 

Hahahaha thanks.

 

Portland? Voodoo doughnuts.

 

Yeah, someone was telling me about it the other day. Thanks.

 

Don't bother with an umbrella. Just buy a cheap set of rain gear, including a hat. The rain is almost always accompanied by some wind and an umbrella is worthless. Accept the idea that you will get a little wet, no matter what. Be cheered by the guarantee that this event will totally be worth getting a little wet for.

 

Where are you staying while you're here?

 

Oh yea I will give ya a Northwest swapmeet secret. Layer your clothes. It may be hot or cold and rain all in the same day. Ya may need to shed or add clothes. I dont even own an Umbrella.

 

Seatac.

 

Sounds very much like here.

 

Another vote for Dicks Drive In. Love that place. And as touristy as it is...I always love to check out the view from the Space Needle on a nice night. And if you are at the Seattle Science Center around 11pm on a Friday or Saturday night...you HAVE TO check out the Pink Floyd laser light show. Absolutely the best!!! I grea up around the Seattle area, and still have a bunch of friends and family that I visit.

 

You should contact us when you are here. We will take to the best Pizza in town and show you the biggest car collection in the states. PM me for a phone number. Paul & Lorrie. 56 Ford F100 & 56 Ford Ranchwagon

 

Dick's is awesome!

 

dont forget beth's cafe for breakfest or after having a few......got check out the waterfront and the market for the tourist destinations....

 

Which flight museum, McMinnville or Boeing?
another portland swap meet secret. Take along one of those nifty little folding totes with wheels (findem at the local Wally world). nothing like parking a 1/4 mile away ... finding some nifty widget and having to carry it for a couple hours. Your arm will thank you

 

How could I forget Beth's? I wonder if I still have a coloring book picture hanging up on the wall there...MMM???

 

xxx,nuf said.

 

Mt Vernon Wa swap meet April 17. Probably just over an hour from SeaTac.
Golden Ears swap meet April 18 Maple Ridge B.C approx 1.5 hrs from Mt Vernon.

Both are small but fun. Hit Mt Vernon Saturday morning, then drive up to B.C in the afternoon and spend the night before going to the swap meet on Sunday, have some lunch and be back in Seattle that afternoon.

http://www.autoeventlist.com/

 

I like your thinking, I am a swap meet fiend, I just hope I dont find anything that I really need/want that I cant fit in my suit case or send home

 

Do both if you can.

McMinnville has the Spruce Goose, Howard Hughes hugh wooden airplane and Boeing has an SR-71 Blackbird.

I'm not really an airplane guy but seeing those both are cool.

Regarding the Portland swap meets: Last year I did not see all of either of them and devoted three days. Give yourself plenty of time even if all you're doing is racing past stuff.

 

Thanks Oldsub.
There are two swaps a mile apart is that right? Do they both start on the Thursday?? Whats the deal there?

 

The pay parking lot is the same for both swaps with a shuttle running to the one further away. In years past one started Thursday and the other Friday. Both run through Sunday.

I don't know the deal on the differing schedules on the same weekend. I'm sure there is a story...

I won't be there this year and I'm not very happy about that fact but can't change it.

 

One word- Acropolis
located in Portland.


Steak, booze and strippers, all under one roof!!!!

 

^
haha, oh man-the A-crop...


hey man, if you want a cool bar with pretty girls (not strung out chicks with bruises on there thighs) come on over to beauty bar-i'll buy you a drink.

 

Portland Roadster Show, usually the first week in March, is this year the weekend after the Swap.

 

hey man, if you want a cool bar with pretty girls (not strung out chicks with bruises on there thighs) come on over to beauty bar-i'll buy you a drink.[/QUOTE]

hahahahahahaha your on. maybe I like those kinda girls.

No sh#t, I may be in the dunes railing, but if i am not I will be all over that. Thanks for the heads up.

Oh man.........will I see you there Chris? Or do you have the kings chair in the corner hahaha, thanks for the tip. They are not Greek chicks are they, coz i aint paying to see no chicks who look like they just sat in a bucket of spiders.

 

well, you can watch it rain.

Theres alot of that goin on.