End of Bellevue Bally, April 15, 2012
  
 
Monday, April 2, 2012
The Trailer Inns RV Park, in the Eastgate section of Bellevue... just across the I-90 from my workplace, Microsoft Advanta...
 
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april_2012_08.JPG (843713 bytes) april_2012_09.JPG (1071748 bytes) Tuesday, April 3
Admiring the renditions of Jesus and George Washington at the Mormon bookstore at Bellevue Eastgate... Desert Book...
 
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Bellevue Crossroads... The Downtown Mountain Boys... a fine traditional bluegrass outfit...
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Bellevue Crossroads... Swing music...
 
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Camp Advanta... at the Microsoft Advanta complex...
 
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Bellevue Crossroads... Cajun music...
 
Sunday, April 15
In late 2011 Bally Total Fitness sold most of their properties to LA Fitness, including the Bellevue location at Eastgate where I stopped in most every day. I joined Bally years ago, first going to the Bridle Trails location (which closed in December of 2008), then Eastgate. The Eastgate facility was old and in decline, but a good group of folks was oft to be found there. The new LA Fitness owners decided to close the old Eastgate location in favor of a brand new LA Fitness Club at Kelsey Creek, in Bellevue.
 
april_2012_22.JPG (834891 bytes) My usual parking spot at Bally Eastgate... my last visit...
 
april_2012_23.JPG (934580 bytes) april_2012_24.JPG (722717 bytes) I could keep an eye on Bigfoot from the main workout room...
 
april_2012_25.JPG (514064 bytes) Many hours were logged in the dry sauna, the hot tub, and the pool... and several friendships started...
 
Leaving the old Bally for the last time...
 
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april_2012_32.JPG (496211 bytes) april_2012_33.JPG (691794 bytes) april_2012_34.JPG (713682 bytes) Back at Camp Advanta, at the Microsoft Advanta complex, nary a mile from the old Bally...
 
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The new LA Fitness at Kelsey Creek in Bellevue... a couple of miles north of the old Bally Eastgate... opening day...
 
Saturday, April 21
 
april_2012_37.JPG (650917 bytes) The Laos ladies at Salon West Wind prepared great food in honor of the Laos New Year...
 
april_2012_38.JPG (517804 bytes) april_2012_39.jpg (789927 bytes) I made new business cards for the salon ladies. I used a photo of the sandwich board sign that stands outside the salon as the basis of the new business card, then added detail. Sweet Jane and Kay were quite happy with the result!
 
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Haiku Sushi and Seafood Buffet, at Redmond Town Center. This is a good place, in the space that formerly housed Todai Japanese Seafood Buffet (a favorite eatery that I will always remember fondly)...
 
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Bellevue Crossroads... New Orleans style jazz...
 
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A storefront reflection at Bellevue Crossroads...
 
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Bellevue Crossroads...
 
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I was having coffee with the Salon West Wind gals when a family of ducks walked up to the door. That hen duck was not happy to have her family photographed and kept herself positioned between me and her ducklings...