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.
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> 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

-pate

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