On Jun 10, 2010, at 8:37 PM, MATT MARINER BROZE wrote: > When I was a kid (probably around 55 years ago or more) they used > to have a > powerboat race down the Sammamish Slough each Spring about daffodil > time. Our > dad would take us to watch the mayhem at some of the harder > corners. We > enjoyed watching some of the boats losing it in the corner and > skidding up on > the bank. We never went to auto races though. This was probably > because the > Slough race was free. I remember those Slough "hydro" races. Now we don't have the races, and the slough is being re-branded as the Sammamish River. Must be by some real estate types. I guess living next to an irrigation ditch doesn't sound as good as living next to a river. Paul Montgomery paul_at_paddleandoar.com http://paddleandoar.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jun 10 2010 - 21:14:10 PDT
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