On the road with The Nasty Habits

[TBird1958]

The Nasty Habits played 3 shows in our adopted hometown of Pt. Angeles, Wa. this past weekend, we usually enjoy the trip out because it's short ride on a Ferryboat and a trip across the Hood Canal bridge. After that an hour or so driving gets you to P.A., this time however we had to take the long way around because the bridge was being rebuilt thus increasing our time on the road greatly. I choose to make the trip a bit longer yet by visiting the Pacific coast and then traveling north thru the state's heavily forested west coast.
Here's a couple pics from the trip..........
There really is a Sleater-Kinney  Rd, it's near Olympia, Wa.


From there I went west thru the Chehalis gap, which has a major effect on western washington's weather


Downtown Aberdeen, home of Nirvana and of course the Thunderbird motel!


Heading North up Hwy 101 you pass thru areas of forest that are heavily logged off and some that are so dense you  get barely any light at all.............




Hwy 101parallels the Pacific for some distance, this is at Kalaloch beach.

I passed thru Forks, Wa. where a good portion of the movie "Twilight" was filmed, here is the house that the film's female star lives in...


From there Hwy 101 turns towards the east-and rounds to the northern part of the peninsula taking you past more logging country, the Discovery channel's series "Axmen" is filmed in part near here


As you continue east Lake Cresent comes into view, it's about 7 miles long, very deep and the surrounding mountains come right to the water's edge.........

And my first stop in Pt Angeles 

Thursday found us at The Lyre's Club.....playing for about 250, the surf green 'Bird works nicely with my new plaid dress 

Friday was a repeat, but with way more people, I used the purple '76. The brunette in the foreground is a  gun-toting Forest Ranger, and a real sweetie.

Saturday  had us at Steele's, a much larger place playing 350 or so.........The stage here is a big hollow box that sucks up bass and turns it to undefined mud! We spent a fair bit of time eq'ing at soundcheck, the N.S. Mk.II worked pretty nice!

And the crowd was fantastic!....

You know it was a good show when there's girl undies on the stage and every body in the band still has their's on 

[Basvarken]

You know it was a good show when there's girl undies on the stage and every body in the band still has their's on

especially when they're as wet as that purple one


Looks like you girls had a great time!

[Freuds_Cat]

Knickers aside, thats a rather conservative little red and blck number your wearing in that last band shot Mark?

[Pilgrim]

Nice photos, mark...that shows why so many of us love the state of Washington.

And looks like the crowd stawmped the place down at your shows!

[uwe]

Matching dress and bass - immaculate!

[TBird1958]

I aims to please, Herr Moderator!
It's actually a dress and while being *alittle* longer than some of my other skirts it's anything but modest 

[uwe]

I aim to please, Herr Moderator!

Yes, I'm always wondering about that with the wealth of talents you have.

[Highlander]

Looks like it was a great road trip... Wonderful scenery...

Oh yeah, and the watering hole at the end of the trip, of course... 

One of my great ambitions is to travel north from California up the Pacific Highway to my mother's birthplace in Vancouver, and maybe keep going... that would be some trip - the entire Pacific rim... err... one of my more spaced moments... movin' on...

[godofthunder]

 Beautiful scenery ! Looks like a good time !

[TBird1958]

Truthfully I wish all you guys could visit here, it's wonderful place especially when the sun's out - if you're ever in the neighborhood the welcome mat is always out! 

[SKATE RAT]

i was in that neck of the woods when my old band toured in 2002.both seattle and porland Or. were great.and two of my all time favorite bands are from Portland. Poison Idea and the Wipers.we played at a pizza place in seattle.

[Lightyear]

Your state is on my list of "been there three or four times and never saw a damn thing" states.  My last job I was a national specialist for my company and often I would fly in early, pick up the rental car and drive to the account and stay there until I fixed the problem or was thrown out when the customer closed.  I did this constantly - sometimes getting in before dawn and leaving the same day at night.  I've been to many great places but didn't ever really get to see much

One of the days I've got to get back your way.

[Pilgrim]

There's a lot worth seeing...there are five climate zones in Washington, from the country's only cold-weather rain forest to a bit of sand dune desert.  And lots of good microbrew!!!  Yay!!

[TBird1958]

Microbrews and bacon encrusted maple bars!

Our keyboard player and I were on our way to lunch in downtown Pt. Angeles when we passed a little doughnut shop that had our band's show poster in the window, we went in to thank them and found these beauties on the shelf!
We both feared for our girlish figures and the potential heart attack from consuming even one of these..........so they're kinda like seeing Tigers at the zoo - nice to look at but you don't want to take one home with you.

[Denis]

I was prepared to comment on the magnificent scenery and what looks like a really good time you had at the shows, but then I saw the bacon encrusted maple bars and now all I can think is "I gotta have one of those"!