Ahh, the Pacific Northwest...Part 3 Old Milwaukee Cafe

I love breakfast places.  Greasy spoon diners.  Mom & Pop's.  Hole-in-Walls.  This is a carry-over from my touring days, so naturally our day started off with a hunt for a great place for some bacon and eggs.  On a tip from one of the Fleet Feet staff members we drove to Dirty Oscar's Annex only to find out that they don't serve breakfast during the week.  So, on a second tip we headed down the street to Old Milwaukee Cafe in Tacoma.  Be warned about the OMC.  If you're in a hurry for breakfast find another place to eat.  If you want to take your time, sit down, converse with other patrons, have the cook make your plate individually so it's completely delicious than by all means stop by.  You won't be disappointed.

Old Milwaukee Cafe
3102 6th Ave
Tacoma, WA 98406

Mural on the side of Old Milwaukee Cafe.

Hanging near the entrance of the cafe.

Egg, potato, smoked apple sausage scramble and coffee.  I didn't eat again until 8pm.

Thom Abrams (national account manager for Superfeet) in the foreground.  Blue shirt.

Ahh, the Pacific Northwest...Part 2 FIT workshop

The day at the Fleet Feet FIT workshop is 8 or 9 hours of running shoe fitting process, biomechanics, superfeet information, sock information and, while taking a quick break, seeing how many Fleet Feet attendees you can cram into Victor Ornelas' rental Fiat.

Victor Ornelas getting started by welcoming the group.

They seem so happy to be smashed in there with one another.

The sunroof came in handy.

Our rides.

We hitched a ride back to the hotel after dinner in this thing.  Actually, this belonged to Trevor, the regional Superfeet rep.  4X4 Volkswagen Westfalia.

Ahh, the Pacific Northwest...Part 1

This trip for Balega took me to the Seattle and Tacoma areas of Washington state for the Fleet Feet FIT workshop.  I used to tour playing music through the area once in awhile, so was looking forward to seeing the old haunts again.  What I got this time was completely new.  New people, new sights, beautiful trail runs, and GREAT diner breakfasts.

I started out with a new rental chariot.  The formidable Kia Soul.

During my first trail run at Pt. Defiance Park in Tacoma, WA.  Amazing place.

Victor Ornelas from Fleet Feet INC. managing a steep section of the trail at Pt. Defiance.

Along the waterfront at Pt. Defiance Park.  Not a bad way to start off the trip.