One of the local Honda S2000 groups put together a casual drive around the Chuckanut Highway loop, and Christie and I tagged along. It was a great day for a drive and the group was very cool, sticking around for burgers and beer afterward. If we had known the Chuckanut oyster festival was this weekend I guess we could have planned to do that for lunch – maybe next year if we make a habit of it. I tried out my new GoPro camera on the trip, stuck to my fender with its suction cup, but I still have some experimenting to do to find the right settings and mount point. I’m going to take a solo drive so I can play with it more, but here’s one slice of the footage that I kind of liked, entirely unedited:

And here’s the gallery of the photos I shot at one of our stopping points:

Gallery slideshow is here

• Just passed the real life Liz Lemon on 1st Ave, eating a cheesy hot dog and running to catch her bus. #
• Tried to install @Flipboard (the newest iPad hotness) but it's already over capacity in its first week. Bummer. #
• Where can I meet a PYT like Rhianna? #
• I am having such a good hair day, you guys. Something about starting the day in a helmet… #
• I'm not sure this is promoting a productive use of employee time. Also, sanitation?? http://ow.ly/i/2J72 #
• Spending the day at Pacific Raceways with my people. #
• Creating an outlook rule to delete these "your mailbox is over the size limit" messages. I bet that's where all my space is going. #
• Hey aQuantive peeps – are you NWIAG members yet? Sign up! Next networking happy hour is Thursday, the 22nd, Hotel 1000. http://ow.ly/2cAp2 #
• Microsoft COO Kevin Turner: "The iPhone 4 Might be Their Vista". Yeah, highlight your own failures, that's strategic. http://ow.ly/2czfh #
• Despite gains in share, the press still isn't convinced that Bing will ever make Microsoft any money. http://ow.ly/2cyvc #
• Wow, Apple's going to source third-party cases to meet the free-case demand. Some lucky case vendors today – via Engadget http://ow.ly/2cy0M #
• Free #iphone4 bumpers for everybody! – via Engadget http://ow.ly/2cxYy #
• Prediction: Steve is gonna squash this #iphone4 antennagate thing, no free bumpers, nothing to see here. – via Engadget http://ow.ly/2cxKZ #
• Wow – this is the room where Apple tests iPhone signal quality. Intense. (via Engadget) http://ow.ly/2cxyY #
• Steve Jobs is dishing about phone antennas – spreading the antennagate around a little – liveblog via Engadget http://ow.ly/2cxmT #

• The shift interlock in my truck is broken so it now takes two keys to start it, making every drive more like a space shuttle mission. #
• The one noon meeting where someone actually buys lunch is the one where I found time to get my own ahead. And they have tacos – augh! #
• In science news, your brain is less able to resist delicious cake when you are already overweight. Mmmmm… cake. http://bit.ly/axO7DO #
• Yes, you can now have a Lasagna sandwich. We have those now. Thanks, England! http://ow.ly/1qHwEe #
• A circle of friends, a roaring fire, sparks rising into the night sky, Steelheart on the radio. Life is good. #
• In Ocean Shores for the weekend, marveling anew at the "real" Pacific. The sound, the smell, the sky – Puget Sound pales in comparison. #
• They should put everyone on suicide watch just for passing thru Aberdeen. That's how depressing this town is. #
• I am apparently destined to work at giant mega-corporations my whole career. #cblt #adp #m amp;a http://ow.ly/1qGMJC #

• Taking my girls to TCBY for dessert and an evening stroll in the sunshine. #
• Fring iPhone app now supports video calling with any other video device. FaceTime just got real. http://ow.ly/1qGHnf #
• I wish every day in Seattle was like today. http://ow.ly/i/2uPB #
• I love topless grocery runs! http://ow.ly/i/2tJA #
• Wolfed down my breakfast before my 9:00 and then it got cancelled at 8:59. Augh! I could have chewed! #
• If working past 6 is absolutely necessary, doing it from my patio sans shoes with a gin and tonic is the way to do it. #
• added Dirt 2 to his game list http://gamerdna.com/r/5UjF #
• Getting some vitamin D on the Starbucks patio and listening to new bands I found yesterday in Dirt2. #
• Fireworks-related pranks and hoonage to get you in the mood for tmrw. :) http://ow.ly/1qFCv0 #
• Sunshine on my face, Heavy D on the speakers, 385 horses under my right foot. #
• Rock Band 3 will feature a real guitar, and will teach you chords and techniques! http://ow.ly/26kW8 #

I stumbled across a group in Bellingham who were setting up a Mount Baker cruise across several different forums, and the resulting crowd was pretty diverse – Infiniti, Mazda, Honda, Subaru, even an Ariel Atom. I met some cool new drivers, blew some winter dust out of my car, thoroughly enjoyed myself, and came home with a some nice pictures. I took a few glamour shots of my Z on the drive, too, but this gallery is the shots of the group.

Gallery slideshow is here