Rank: Commander
Joined: 5/23/2007
Posts: 402
Location: Shoreline, Wa
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Marc Martyn wrote:Gringo Pescador wrote:Oh, and for you eastsiders... The XXX is an old drive in Burger Joint - not what you were thinking... this is a family site after all  There used to be a XXX in Spokane many, many years ago. If I remember right, it was out on East Sprague. Lotech Joe can confirm. Probably, it used to be a local chain - made thier own root beer & competed with A&W. Every one was a drive in with a huge Barrell on top of the building. You could always tell which ones used to be XXXs by the barrell. The one in Issaquah is the last. A few years ago the owner was being put out of business because of the property taxes. So he got the place registered as an historacle site. They do car and bike show & shines during the summer. The place is crammed with 50's memorabilia and old car parts people have donated. Used to take my 67 Mustang FB down there and my wife & I stop by now and then on the Harley. If you ever get over this way and are into that kind of stuff, definately a place to check out. http://www.triplexrootbeer.com/OH! and YES! I plan on hitting a few new-to-me lakes this weekend and will have my garbage bags at the ready! 
I fish not because I regard fishing as being terribly important, but because I suspect that so many of the other concerns of men are equally unimportant, and not nearly so much fun. ~ John Volker
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Rank: Commodore
Joined: 10/30/2007
Posts: 908
Location: seattle Wa Seward Park area
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Yes Gringo I remember the Root Beer floats and the best french fries anywhere.XXX was just like A&W .There was a nice one in Issaquah back when Costco was an airfield.The other one I remember was in Kent.After fishing the Green Dad and I would stop there for lunch.
Is the cleanup still happening at all? Id like to go just to meet some of y'all.Id do my picking up also.I have some picking up 3' thingies like the city people use.Im willing to help ifin I hadnt missed it allready.
When youre up to your rear end in alligators,its hard to remember that the initial plan was to drain the swamp.
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