Acres of Clams: The Seattle Files with Chris Allen

A podcast where local comedians learn local history Having moved to Ballard from Olympia at the end of March 2019, I wanted to understand where I was. Hour long early morning walks radiating out from our apartment building in all directions were a daily pleasure and I got to know the neighborhood and sometimes people … Read more Acres of Clams: The Seattle Files with Chris Allen

Fremont’s Solstice and Nude Bicycle Parade

We’d heard about Fremont’s annual nude bicycle parade years ago and hadn’t seen it so when Allison and Ted offered to guide us to a good viewing spot on Leary Way we signed up. Like Ballard, Fremont is on the Lake Washington Ship Canal, but further east and with a different character. Though huge condo … Read more Fremont’s Solstice and Nude Bicycle Parade

Ice Age Floods and Steamboat Rock

Many times during the last ice age catastrophic floods unleashed by failing ice dams that created Lake Missoula in Montana raged across central Washington in waves 700’ high, scouring out canyons, redirecting rivers, creating huge scablands and moving huge Rocky Mountain boulders hundreds of miles west, some into the upper Willamette Valley in Oregon. J. … Read more Ice Age Floods and Steamboat Rock