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On Saturday, September 25, NWCBC members will get to try out a new waterfront venue at Mason Lake during our popular annual gathering there. Thanks in part to Thom (Dr. Frankenmerc) Adams, a one-time employee of Simpson Timber Co., we'll have exclusive use of the Simpson Timber Recreation Park, a private facility at the west end of the lake, where there's a good launching ramp, lots of trailer parking, a picnic shelter, restrooms, soft beach for those who want to tie their boats along the shoreline, and a launch-ramp float and dock for others to use.
While we were tentatively scheduled to once again meet at the other private park on the lake--the one we've used for several years--we were told a few weeks ago that NWCBC would not be allowed to use the facility this year. Happily, the Simpson Timber Recreation Park became available when Thom made inquiries, so it's "all ours" for September 25, with a launch ramp that's reportedly better than the one we've used in the past.
As Brian mentioned, ACBS boats will gather at Mason Lake this coming weekend--one week before our event--so there will be no cross-pollination of the two clubs at Mason Lake this year. The lake, and the venue, will be populated only by NWCBC boats on the 25th.
For directions to Simpson Timber Recreation Park, use Google Maps or Mapquest and enter the address: 500 East Mason Lake Drive West, Grapeview, WA 98546. Basically, for those of you who've been to Mason Lake before, just drive around the lake perimeter until you get to the west end. There's a sign alongside the road directing you onto the Simpson Timber property.
The park doors open at 9 a.m. Let's launch boats between about 9:30 and 10:30 a.m., enjoy rides around the lake, and share a potluck lunch in the picnic shelter at about 1 p.m.
I'd like to suggest a special theme for this year's Mason Lake Rendezvous: "TAKE SOMEONE FOR A RIDE." Because this is the last regular on-the-water event of our season, and because Mason Lake is the perfect place to go for rides in each others' boats, let's try to share more boat rides with others--and with folks who come without their own boat--at this year's gathering.
An added bonus this year will be some special raffle prizes for those who attend, so be sure to bring yourself, if not your boat, to Mason Lake on Saturday, September 25.
Below are some photos of the Simpson Timber Recreation Park, taken last week by Dr. Frankenmerc, who says we'll love the new park.
Let's end our regular boating season with a bang, by having the biggest turnout of the year at Mason Lake. Please bring your boat or boat project--finished or not--and have a great time together at this "perfect boating lake." (Maybe, if enough folks bring project boats, we can offer a spontaneous restoration workshop in the parking lot, right after our potluck lunch.)
We'll post more details in coming days...and we'll hope to see you there!
- Marty
While we were tentatively scheduled to once again meet at the other private park on the lake--the one we've used for several years--we were told a few weeks ago that NWCBC would not be allowed to use the facility this year. Happily, the Simpson Timber Recreation Park became available when Thom made inquiries, so it's "all ours" for September 25, with a launch ramp that's reportedly better than the one we've used in the past.
As Brian mentioned, ACBS boats will gather at Mason Lake this coming weekend--one week before our event--so there will be no cross-pollination of the two clubs at Mason Lake this year. The lake, and the venue, will be populated only by NWCBC boats on the 25th.
For directions to Simpson Timber Recreation Park, use Google Maps or Mapquest and enter the address: 500 East Mason Lake Drive West, Grapeview, WA 98546. Basically, for those of you who've been to Mason Lake before, just drive around the lake perimeter until you get to the west end. There's a sign alongside the road directing you onto the Simpson Timber property.
The park doors open at 9 a.m. Let's launch boats between about 9:30 and 10:30 a.m., enjoy rides around the lake, and share a potluck lunch in the picnic shelter at about 1 p.m.
I'd like to suggest a special theme for this year's Mason Lake Rendezvous: "TAKE SOMEONE FOR A RIDE." Because this is the last regular on-the-water event of our season, and because Mason Lake is the perfect place to go for rides in each others' boats, let's try to share more boat rides with others--and with folks who come without their own boat--at this year's gathering.
An added bonus this year will be some special raffle prizes for those who attend, so be sure to bring yourself, if not your boat, to Mason Lake on Saturday, September 25.
Below are some photos of the Simpson Timber Recreation Park, taken last week by Dr. Frankenmerc, who says we'll love the new park.
Let's end our regular boating season with a bang, by having the biggest turnout of the year at Mason Lake. Please bring your boat or boat project--finished or not--and have a great time together at this "perfect boating lake." (Maybe, if enough folks bring project boats, we can offer a spontaneous restoration workshop in the parking lot, right after our potluck lunch.)
We'll post more details in coming days...and we'll hope to see you there!
- Marty
and we can raffle it off.
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