When I last saw Dave Lambert Sunday morning he was rowing vigorously off into Puget Sound.
The Poulsbo brewer was about two hours into his mission to deliver a keg of beer to Seattle “the old-fashioned way.”
I chased
Lambert and his rowboat through Agate Passage in my kayak
and snapped some photos before pulling out in Suquamish. Lambert,
it turned out, had another five hours to go.
He covered the 14 miles across Puget Sound and through the Ballard Locks in about 6 hours and 45 minutes, according to an email he sent Monday.
“Everything kind of hurts,” Lambert reported, “but not nearly as bad as I thought it would.”
The Slippery Pig Brewery owner was inspired to deliver the keg of beer by rowboat after learning about early residents of the county and the long distances they rowed on a regular basis. Lambert’s journey to Seattle reinforced his admiration for those sturdy souls.
“I have gained an entirely new respect for Poulsbo’ s forefathers and the tough women who settled Kitsap,” Lambert wrote. “That was so much water to cross. So much water.”
