Archives for June 2012

Missing something??

June 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment

This is the time of year when we see detached mooring buoys take a cruise along the shores of Beach Drive. The combo of newly grown kelp, sea-critters and extreme Spring tides will test for any weak links in a mooring system. 

Anyone want to claim this one? Found off our place on Thursday's extreme low tide… 

RunAwayBuoy

Before adding the tug of your boat to your float, might be a good idea to examine the shape of your gear. I was a bit nervous putting my 17 foot fishing boat out in early May for the Spot Shrimp season so employed Alpha Marine Installations to dive down and take a look. They've installed several systems along the "Drive" and will periodically offer to do a complete inspection and cleaning for $200. Pretty cheap insurance considering the alternative!

Is that another loose ball I see floating down the drive? This one's just off the south end of Emma Schmitz park.

Floater
Red arrow marks the location

 

Scupper for Beach Drive Blog

Filed Under: Lost and Found, Puget Sound

Shhhh…. Happening Now in the Sound…

June 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Sub 001

Don’t look now… but a sub appears to be a sub passing by Bainbridge Island. Hat tip to “Cat Woman”.

Filed Under: Puget Sound Tagged With:

Police and Neighbors walk Beach Drive Parks in an effort to improve safety

June 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment

If not for our youngest son graduating from Kennedy High School last night, we would have joined our neighbors on the Beach Drive Community Walk.  Thanks to West Seattle Blog and West Seattle Herald for covering this.  And a huge thanks to the neighbors who were able to participate in the safety walk and have shared their views about last night's walk.

 

It's interesting to me that the representative from the Seattle Parks Department expressed concern about maintaining privacy in a public park.   

Did you participate in last night's walk?  We'd love to have your input on how you thought it went.

Hopefully this will be an event that will cause more action to be taken by the City to improve the safety of these parks.

Mark Solomon with the Seattle Police Department indicated to me that it's possible that we may have more community safety walks in the future.

Now that the safety walk has happened, and the various representives from the police and parks department have talked the talk, will they walk the walk?  Only their actions will tell.

Filed Under: Parks, Safety

LOST CAT: Have you seen Jasper?

June 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Jasper

Our male cat Jasper got out of the house, he has never been outside.  He is all black with yellow eyes, he has no collar but is microchiped.  

(206) 932-1560, please call or if you can catch him even better.  We have been looking incessantly but so far to no avail.  REWARD.

 

Filed Under: Lost and Found, Pets
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