It was great to see familiar faces again. Thanks to all that attended. “Throw out the radio and take the fiddle down from the wall.” — Andrew Nelson Lytle, Tennessee, 1930

I hope this isn't one of us. There was a time when I'd have been all over this: https://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/boa/d/canby-1-sale-boat-sf-pelican/7075488237.html

And, as I feared, I'm still suffering from this danged head cold. Dang. Dang. Dang!! Hope everyone has a great time.

It's tomorrow! http://www.coots.org/mb/Library/ Thanks for getting things squared away with the Library, Teri. -- John <jkohnen@...> One must have a heart of stone to read the death of

I have confirmation on the room and booklist for this Saturday. So that's all squared away. It's not completely locked down but I will be having a memorial service at Furstenburg Center on March 1st

Thanks, Frank, We were looking forward to heading your way and visiting. Now...it's too late. -- Teri Pittman teri.pittman@...

So many memories come flooding back after just learning of Lon's passing.  He was a one-of-a-kind character for sure.  One would think that, with aging, losses would get easier.  Sadly, the reverse

I planned to call them and make sure they'll take my library card for this. If you can let me know what to ask for, I can do it then. I have access to Lon's email so I have their contact info. I

The Coots have the US Bank room in the Multnomah County Central Library in downtown Portland to ourselves, and the Library brings us a cart full of bound volumes of old boating magazines, old books

How many boxes of books and magazines are there, Teri? I won't have much room in the Prius with me, Charley and John McC in it, and then I'll have Mary and luggage when we go to Astoria. If there are

Paul B in Corvallis has room in his giant Suburban for a few Coots from the Albany-Corvallis area. The talk will be after the business portion (should be short) of the Triton Yacht Club meeting, which

Lon had always wanted his boat books to go to the maritime museum in Astoria. Some of them are out of print. And there's a collection of Wooden Boat magazines. My plan was to pull them all together

[Bcc to Chapter Reps and TSCA Council] FYI. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Crossing the Bar Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 11:45:25 -0500 From: andy@... I received word that

Wow! That’s a modern one…automagic.

Hey Dan, Put this on the front seat of your truck and you won't have any trouble finding your way.... ;-) John

Almost forgot, IIRC there’s a road out of the Rainier area that goes to Vernonia through the hills and dales, you’d have to look it up as I’ve forgotten the details. From Vernonia you can get

Having lived at one time in Astoria and having made the run on all the known ways…… Hwy 30 is risky business until you get to St Helens at which time traffic slacks off a bit. But it’s

Looks like I'll finally be able to make this messabout! Annalee and I need to be in PDX Thursday-Sunday for the weekend and I have no plans for Friday. Are there any other coots heading that

I'll bet we've all had some embarrassing moments when trying to dock. I know I have! <g> Docking parallel to a pier dead downwind in storm winds has gotta be the toughest challenge. At least the

After the business part of the February Triton Yacht Club meeting I'll be giving a photo presentation and talk about the first Salish 100, a small boat cruise in company from Olympia to Port Townsend,