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Some things change, some things stay the same...
You can really see from Wayne's photos how much different the water level is now - tough to get the 1 2/3 course in except for Spring. The shoreline is still familiar, but there are so many more houses now.
But now, as then, there is still Mt. Rainier in the background, a crowd at the end of the dock (new dock), and Bob Wartinger on the course chasing a record. :cool:
I always get better shots from a kicker boat - I miss some towing somebody in, but if I have to hold near the pits, I get a chance at the second photo (2003). The third photo is something old/new taken by my wife. Young Aaron Peterson has just set a record. My nephew Ryan is holding him and the red signal flag, and that's Tom O'Neill (still bleeds alky) holding the end of the flag. That's one of the better shots I have of Wart (2002), but I need a better scan of it. He set a record on that run.
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Can't believe it Mike....
....Where did all those fines trees go. This is from the pier looking back to the left where all that asphalt is. The pits were more like a rough it campsite back then. I remember it was a very wooded trip to get to Lake Lawrence in 1976. It was in the tules. How long have records been set there?
It can make your heart pump a little faster Mark
You're right. Looking at it brings back a lot of memories and the feeling of going as fast as you can without loosing it. If I remember right, the best I could get out of it that day was 108. We got one two way run, but it was too close to the edge to pull the pipes any more. Tim made his run, but lost fuel pressure on the return leg. He was able to go back out after he increased tension on the checkvalve bypass spring. I think he had a pass around 114 or 116 but blew over on the return. He is going to send me a sequence of that. This was on the Brazos River in Texas.