AJ and Chris continues with their Urban Hiker Grand Tour, while going back to 1986 going Mach 2 with their hair on fire. From Spokane, to Lummi Island, and a hidden trail here in Bellingham- it is time to kick the tires and light the fires for this episode of the Bellingham Podcast.

Chris

Coming soon to Bellingham...a new hiking trail with a spectacular view of Bellingham Bay. Your trail scavenger hunt starts at Lakeway Drive. Go up Puget Street, left on Consolidation, right on Racine. Your journey starts at the dead end of Racine. It's not stroller-friendly, and it goes uphill for a while, so be aware. This not-quite-manicured urban trail crests at this view with a lot of harvested tree limbs littering the ground:



Follow the dots from this weekend

This weekend Chris had a couple of hours free to himself, so he curated his ultimate 80s pop/rock playlist. Over 200 songs. From the days of his youth. Lots of those songs happened in 1986. This is Episode 86. So what happened to Chris and AJ in 1986?

Chris 8th grader. Top Gun and Ferris Bueller were the top movies. Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet and Madonna's True Blue were top albums that year. Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy. Chicago Bears won the Super Bowl, the Mets beat the Red Sox in the World Series, and The Oprah WInfrey show launched on TV.

Chris' favorite songs from 1986:
Larry Greene - Through the Fire (Danger Zone and Take my Breath away were overplayed on MTV)
Eddie Money - Take me Home Tonight
Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight (Because the video was so cool)



AJ
Back from Spokane, WA- scaled the Bowl and Pitcher (cover shot)
https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/riverside-state-park


Lummi Island
http://www.lummi-island.com/

Ferry ( *USCG T Class (99 x 44.1ft with 7ft draft)*
* * Built in 1962 for the Hales Pass crossing - replacing the 6 car Chief Kiwina.
8 min crossing- $20 (two people) - 39 runs, 20 cars a ferry

* Smaller than the (now retired) WSDOT MV Hiyu (H-Class) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hiyu
* SR 409 lower Columbia River Ferry : Wahkiakum Count “Oscar B” 23 cars: http://www.evergreenfleet.com/countyboats.html (http://www.evergreenfleet.com/countyboats.html)
* WA Ferry Vessels by Class: http://www.wsdot.com/ferries/vesselwatch/Vessels.aspx
* Long running politics over this little boat and short run https://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/


Beach Access:
http://www.lummi-island.com/here/beach-access


Hiking:
Baker Preserve/ Lummi Mountian (3mi- RT) https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/baker-preserve
https://www.summitpost.org/lummi-point-lummi-peak/695388

Lummi Peak Trail
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/washington/lummi-peak-trailLummi
Peak Trail is a 6 mile moderately trafficked out and back trail - A trail rises to a high cliff on the western face of Lummi Mountain. At the end of the Baker trail, there is an overlook on WDFW land that provides spectacular views of Rosario Strait and the San Juan Islands.



Connect

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*Chris*: mnmltek.micro.blog (https://mnmltek.micro.blog/) or chrispowell.co (http://www.chrispowell.co/)
*Twitter Hashtags*: #bhampodcast and #quietconversation

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