OK, called Joes, they are pretty much directly under the I5 bridge on the eastern side. They said the easiest way to get there from Portland, is to take the SR14 exit off I5 and then the Columbia exit off SR14, take a right at the first stoplight and they'll be on the left after about a half mile. To get a better idea on a map, look up directions to 101 Columbia, Vancouver WA, instead of SE Columbia.

 

Plans for Saturday...

We need to have a few people meet at Joe's Crabshack at 6PM. At that time we need to see how busy they are. If not so busy, we will be able to put ourselves on the waiting list. We should put our name on the list about 45 minutes before hand. The seating arrangements may be limited in that their Private room will be in use by another group who has a reservation at 6:30PM.

If this does not work out, I have an alternate place to head to. I spoke with the Management at the Spaghetti factory in Vancouver on 164th across from Regal Cinemas. They said that if we had one person put our names on their waiting list 45 minutes before our meet time that when we had half our crew in we would be able to get seated. We would have two big tables seperated for our entire crew of 35 or so people.

 

good job on keeping ontop of all the details brian. keep us posted on any changes.

 

sounds like an excellent plan B. looking forward to seeing everyone on saturday...

 

i cant get to anything untill 7pm because of work related issues.. which is no big deal because all i do is take notes.

 

my moms 49th birthday is tomorrow, so looks like im gonna be spending the time i get out of work till later that night after the birthday dinner with family...I really wanted to hit this one up, it sounded so bad *** with everyone goin

 

Ok guys, I just talked to Rick and I think this is gonna be the new gameplan given that Joe's might not be able to accomodate our whole crew:

We'll still meet at Joe's at the scheduled time - 6 pm for officers and 7 pm for all other members. After that, we'll see if we can get seating for everyone. If not, we'll go with Brian's backup plan and go to the Spaghetti Factory.

Hope everyone gets in town safely and can't wait to see y'all there.

 

First things first....Big "Thank You" goes out to "Brian" aka Theory for coming and getting the 3rdGen's at the shack.

Had a great time with the TLNW crew,

Hopefully there are more goodtimes to come



Wil

 

No doubt a great turnout, thanks in part to the 3G crew.
Can't wait for the next gtg and better yet, can't wait for warmer weather!

 

so what all went on?? ya gotta fill me on...

 

This thread needs some pics

 

ya it does, none of my outside ones came out well, and I'm still awaiting pics from the other members. Soon perhaps...

*pop*

 

I swear I need to get a tripod, any movement at all for a nighttime picture creates the effect of movement and the picture is worthless. Here are the few that turned out ok.

One thing I did miss was about the first hour, I showed up at Joe's Crabshack at 6 and called everyone else saying we needed to get people to the Old Spaghetti Factory, instead of Joe's becuase it was going to be a three and a half hour wait for our party. So I stayed at Joe's waiting for people to show up and redirect them to the Factory. I'm not sure how much business was actually discussed at this meet, hopefully some of the others can elaborate on this topic since I missed the beginning.

 

I'll get my pics set up in a few.