Can Be A Nut Drive & Campfire Hootenanny

(Cascade Canadian Whidbey Island Chuckanut Drive)

July 12 & 13, 2008

 

Attention all Washington, Canadian, and Oregon Healey lovers. We have a summer outing planned and you are invited. What could be better than a curvy tree-lined Healey tour with views of the Sound and the Cascade Mountains? Friends and guests gather ‘round for evening of fun, with BBQ and s’mores around a campfire which includes a Hootenanny lead by Mitzi with a couple of new songs.

 

On Sunday we are planning a tour down Whidbey Island which is the 3rd longest in island in the US and recently featured in the “New York Times” as one of the most unique and scenic places in the country.

 

Saturday July 12th

 

Lois in Tweety will lead the tour starting at 9 AM from SouthCenter Starbucks (usual starting place details are on the club website)

10 AM Smokey Point

Arrive 12 Bellingham

 

Gathering for Lunch

Noon – Restaurant Bellingham

Anthony's has two restaurants with plenty of parking, and offer views of the San Juan Islands and pleasure yachts and fishing vessels. They are both located next to the Marina on Bellingham Bay just off the I-5 corridor at Squalicum Harbor. We have a reservation at Anthony's Hearth Fire Grill to meet and have lunch before the tour starts. Greg will lead the Tour and promises only a couple of U Turns.

 

Can Be a Nut Drive

·                    Hwy 11/20 Bellingham to Anacortes

·                    Points of Interest

Fairhaven Historic District

Chuckanut Drive

Larrabee State Park

Blanchard Mountain

Edison and Bow

Bay View State Park

Erie Mountain

Anacortes

 

Additional information on this beautiful area can be found via the Washington State Scenic Byways website at www.experiencewa.com/byways/Byway.aspx?bwid=2 and at www.chuckanutdrive.com.

 

 

 

Arrive Anacortes mid-afternoon

Hotel check-in.

Rooms are at the newly renovated Marina Inn. A special group rate of $95.00 is available provided reservations are made prior to June 11, 2008. . The rooms are held under Austin Healey Car Club. Hotel accommodations are difficult during the summer months due to the ferry traffic between Anacortes and the San Juan Islands so please plan ahead. Designated parking at the hotel has been arranged plus a car wash station. We can get additional spaces registration exceeds 14.

           

Marina Inn

3300 Commercial Ave

Anacortes, WA  98221

(360) 293-3545 

 www.marinainnwa.com

BBQ & Hootenanny

·                    Greg Hill hosting at his cabin on Whidbey Island

·                 Arrivals around 5 PM or earlier if you would like to go for a hike in the    woods of old growth trees or just sit and watch the birds- maybe an eagle.

·                    Relax and enjoy BBQ

·                    Campfire, s’mores, and Hootenanny (Mitzi Butler will lead us in song)

 

Driving Instructions

·                    Anacortes to Whidbey Island (via Hwy 20) past Deception Pass Bridge.

·                    Go though the next light (entrance to state park) go 1 mile turn left on Troxell Rd.

·                    Go 3 miles & turn left on Anglers Haven Drive(Troxell starts to curve)

·                    As the pavement ends turn left on the next drive 5223 Anglers Haven Drive

 

Contact Greg at Go2ghill@aol.com  or 425 422-1964 for more details or if you get lost.

 

Sunday July 13th

 

Breakfast on your own, there are many good restaurants by the Marina Inn at the north end of town.

 

CAHC Return Island Tour

·                    Gather at 10 am Deception State Park parking lot

·                    Espresso stand and bathrooms are close by

·                    Whidbey Island Tour, including Coupeville & Ft Eby

·                    Lunch stop along the way

·                    Continue down Island, taking the Mukilteo Ferry to points south

For those interested, Haluk Taysi has suggested continuing to Arlington for the Fly-in, one of the major U.S. vintage aircraft fly-ins

            The fun just never stops.