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Working on some stuff out in the DaveCave(tm) so posting will be a bit on the light side tonight.
Spoke with my engineer at Verizon, the second T1 is now on order and should be in sometime first week of May.
Meeting with the rest of the committee for the Harvey Haggard Hoedown tomorrow night -- this is the third annual event and is generally a lot of fun. There is a major race the following day -- the Ski to Sea.
Harvey Haggard was one of the participants in this race when it was first run back in 1911 -- from the history page:
1911Anyway, the two Chambers of Commerce will be sponsoring this fund raiser and for $5.42, people can get a nitrite-free Hemplers Hot Dog, some Chili, a bag of chips and a pop. $5.42 because the main highway is State Route 542. I have arranged for a band to play. Lots of fun and looking forward to helping to put it on. I have a portable kitchen and will be running the food side of things; the other Chamber members will be handling the events and crowd control -- had about 350 people last year so we should get a good number of people this year.
There were fourteen participants in the first race. The complete route was 116 miles long. Joe Galbraith, driven by Hugh Diehl, won the first event in 12 hours and 28 minutes.
However, Harvey Haggard was the first competitor off the mountain (about 40 minutes ahead of Joe Galbraith) and aboard the special train back to town - the other racers would need to find another way down. Exhausted, Haggard stripped naked for a soothing rubdown. Then, as the train rumbled around a corner in Maple Falls, a mammoth red bull exploded from the underbrush and stood right in front of the oncoming train. The collision was a dandy; the train derailed and the coach car flipped up and over - yet no one was hurt. Haggard was pulled from the wreck, a bit shaken and decidedly naked. Standing up, the resilient 20-year-old announced, "I am all right, but I am afraid I've lost the race."
Nonetheless, he donned his clothes and hitched a ride with a passing horse and buggy. By the time Haggard reached Maple Falls, he had to be lifted out of the buggy and onto the back of a waiting horse, which galloped at breakneck speed to a waiting car at Kendall.
Unfortunately, the horse took one look at the automobile and froze with fright. Haggard flew over the pony's head, landing in a heap. Haggard's driver picked him up, put him in the car and roared back to Bellingham, with Haggard fainting twice along the way.
Haggard arrived back at the Chamber of Commerce at 11 a.m. to the cheers of an astounded crowd, who passed the hat and raised $50 for the persevering racer. The chamber added another $30, and Glacier and Maple Falls thew in a whopping $100. Next thing Haggard knew, he'd been crowned King of Glacier. (Courtesy of The Bellingham Herald)
