# Anyone up for a Pacific Northwest Dopefest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-pacific-northwest-dopefest/982611 "2023-04-13T03:58:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-pacific-northwest-dopefest/982611/1 "2023-04-13T03:58:38Z")
Seattle, Portland, or anywhere in between, folks. Perhaps the Oregon or Washington coast? Where and when would y’all like to meet up? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-pacific-northwest-dopefest/982611/2 "2023-04-13T04:06:36Z")
Maybe. I don’t know if I can convince my wife to come. I think she thinks imaginary friends are weird. I know she wouldn’t want to go any farther south than Seattle. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-pacific-northwest-dopefest/982611/3 "2023-04-13T04:09:16Z")
I don’t own a car, so I could be persuaded to attend a function in Seattle or Portland, but anywhere farther afield would be difficult for me to get to on my own. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-pacific-northwest-dopefest/982611/4 "2023-04-13T04:22:24Z")
I’ll nominate Burns, Oregon. ‘Cause there ain’t shit to do there but fuckin’ party! The 6 Dopers that would show up would tax the infrastructure, harass the police and flat shut the place down! It would become a Dope Touchstone. _“Hey? Remember Burns?”_ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-pacific-northwest-dopefest/982611/5 "2023-04-13T04:28:05Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I don’t own a car, Steal one, and drive it appropriately. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-pacific-northwest-dopefest/982611/6 "2023-04-13T04:36:27Z")
What about a Dopefest on the Seattle Ferry? The Seattle-Bremerton run is about an hour each way. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-pacific-northwest-dopefest/982611/7 "2023-04-13T05:01:57Z")
There is a small chance I could attend. The Seattle-Bremerton ferry was the first time I drove solo on a ferry - I was 17. ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-pacific-northwest-dopefest/982611/8 "2023-04-13T05:13:19Z")
I’ve stayed at the Silver Spur in Burns. Neat little town. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-pacific-northwest-dopefest/982611/9 "2023-04-14T04:28:34Z")
I’m on the Seattle Eastside in Bellevue. I could make something work in the Greater Seattle Area. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-pacific-northwest-dopefest/982611/10 "2023-04-14T20:22:49Z")
Seattle is about as far north as I could go, and that would depend on when it scheduled for. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-pacific-northwest-dopefest/982611/11 "2023-04-15T19:22:11Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I don’t know if I can convince my wife to come. I wouldn’t even think to invite a spouse. My wife gave up after one of my high school/college reunions: “Why would I want to be around you and guys I don’t know, watching you all revert to frat boys?” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-pacific-northwest-dopefest/982611/12 "2023-04-16T00:05:19Z")
Possible sites: Seattle Center Green Lake Park in North Seattle Point Defiance Park in Tacoma Sunrise Park in Olympia Any others? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-pacific-northwest-dopefest/982611/13 "2023-04-16T09:31:03Z")
It’s only a couple of hours drive for me, so it’s doable, but I can only make it if it’s on a Sunday or Monday. ETA: how do you subscribe to a thread? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-pacific-northwest-dopefest/982611/14 "2023-04-16T09:37:23Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Sunrise Park in Olympia [Squaxin Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squaxin_Park) (formerly Priest Point Park) would probably be better for an Olympia-area get-together, but Seattle would probably be a better fit. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-pacific-northwest-dopefest/982611/15 "2023-04-16T13:15:13Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > ETA: how do you subscribe to a thread? There is a Normal or Tracking button on the page to the left side below the last post. Click that and choose Watching. You can also click on the bell at the right side (near the timeline - this post is 15/15) and select Watching. Reworded from [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-how-to-is-there-one-specifically-how-to-unsubscribe-from-a-thread/982507/2) (which is answering a question about how to stop Watching a thread). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-pacific-northwest-dopefest/982611/16 "2023-04-16T13:17:36Z")
Thank you. Subscribed.