Beach Drive Blog

As I was walking our dog this morning, four UW vans pulled up along Emma Schmitz view-point. At least twenty students poured out with cameras and notebooks trying to capture some evidence of our local section of the Seattle Fault.

With the tide half way up, there wasn't much to look at except for the tops of a few boulders exposed to the rising tide… or were these actually "Spirit Boulders" left by the devastating landslides and earthquakes reported to hit this area in A.D. 900? A little research discovered that our native predecessors believed in a vicious guardian spirit named a'yahos (also referred to as Psai-Yah-hus) that appeared in this area and was associated with the existence of the infamous Spirit Boulder in Fauntleroy cove.

Could this be the same sea-creature my neighbor Eddy claimed to have hooked with a Buzz Bomb lure???

Scupper, reporting for Beach Drive Blog 

I received this email today from a Beach Drive neighbor, Tonya, who also sent this to others in media and local news organizations.  She asked that I post this to share with fellow neighbors who are also upset about the potential loss of our only bus service on Beach Drive.

Hello –
I am extremely disturbed by the idea of cutting Route 37. Do you understand the amount of taxes we pay just for living on that street? It’s bad enough it’s the most anemic route in Seattle and there is NO weekend service but now you want to cut it altogether?

There is also a sizable elderly community that rely on that bus for their sole transportation. Is it fair they would have to walk ½ mile perhaps in the snow to get to the nearest bus?

I take that bus every day to work and back. 

And so do the majority of my neighbors – who also vote and pay taxes. Please take the time and explain to me why you find this decision beneficial to the taxpayers of Beach Drive.

We are encouraged to live “green” and this proposal flies in the face of what Seattle is supposed to stand for.

I look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you, 

– – –
Tonya C. Osborne

Tonight from 7:00 – 9:00 pm there is a meeting at the South Seattle Community College, 6000 – 16th Ave SW, President's Board Room to address Metro's changes to our transit system.

After tonight, the next public meeting for West Seattle with King County Metro is on November 17, 2011 from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm at Madison Middle School.

I counted at least six boats making sets for the chum salmon run yesterday. It's pretty interesting seeing how these boats operate the nets. The following shots were taken as the sun was just coming over the hill…

The days and times for this type of fishing is a moving target set by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife . Purse seiners had the green light for areas 10 and 11 (Seattle/Tacoma) between 7:00AM to 6:00PM.