From: ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson) Date: 2002-04-28T04:41:03+09:00 Subject: Re: A Wild Idea: What do you think? In article , Pat Eyler wrote: >On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Hal E. Fulton wrote: > >> [Pat Eyler wrote:] >> > Ooh, this is a terribly cool idea. I'd actually thought about something >> > similar to run the day before RubyConf2002 ... There's a ruby beach about >> > 4 hours drive from Seattle. I thought that if we could rent/charter a >> > van/minibus/small camper we could drive/code/socialize our way to the >> > beach, have a BBQ and enjoy the scenery for a while, then >> > drive/code/socialize our way back. >> >> Pardon? A ruby beach? > >Ruby Beach is a nice (secluded) beach on the pacific, mostly sand, a >little rock further from the water. It's on the Olympic Peninsula, and >has a lot of greenery immediately around it (a temperate rainforest). > >you can see a couple of pics at: >http://www.eylerfamily.org/mar-trip/rubyBeach If you've never been to the Olympic Peninsula you probably cannot appreciate what 'has a lot of greenery' means ;-) Let's meet on the Olympic Peninsula in August instead of Texas - it's only a 2.5 hour drive for me and the climate will be so much nicer there than Texas in August. :) Phil