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