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Nice. Always good to have options. Do they keep 90 open 100% of the time? Seems like it.
Hooky, it is a new year, so here is to new habits....
Beautiful town.
Good for you to get out.Still California has the best mtn biking.Just saying..
Nestled in the heart of the Yakima Valley is the city of Yakima. With a population of 91,067, it’s the eighth largest city in the state. The name Yakima comes from the Native American tribe of the region. Several divergent theories exist on the exact meaning of the word and the story behind its origin. The most widely accepted meaning of the word is “runaway,” which is believed to refer to the waters of the Yakima River or lend support to an old tribal legend involving a chief’s downtrodden daughter. Tribal legend in the area also indicates Yakima might be a malapropism of a Native American word meaning “big belly” or “pregnant one.” If true, these definitions more aptly describe the greater Yakima area and its agricultural impact upon our state, our nation and our planet.
have no personal experience with thule, but my yakima products have been greatgreat company which up until 2006 resided in the midst of the redwoods in arcata, no. california. nice facility there and a great rapport they had with the local community.i believe it was acquired by another company and has been moved to oregon. hope the quality is maintained at a high standard. here's a little ancient history for you on this fine company from circa 1995. Yakima racks are not made in Yakima. They're made in Arcata, Calif. BUT: They have roots in Yakima, the Bowling Trophy Capital of the Northwest.The story goes like this: Long ago (1970s) and far away (Yakima), an inventor named Otto Lagervall came up with a new sheet-music-stand design that swept the sheet-music-stand world. This freed him to invent other things, such as kayak footbraces.Eventually, Otto got tired of inventing and decided to sell his company. In 1979, he did so, transferring all of Yakima Industries to some young bucks from California.The young bucks, who still own the company today as older bucks, called it "Wheels of Industry," for some time, manufacturing crude (by today's standards) roof racks.Ultimately, the middle-aged bucks decided "Wheels of Industry" sounded too much like a game show or a wagon-train museum. They switched the name back to the catchier "Yakima," a Native American word meaning either, "valley of many bears," or "valley of fat bellies," according to Yakima Products spokeswoman Robin Hashem, who would never joke about such things.Today, the company has many, many employees, who, when they are not playing table tennis in the California factory, make roof-rack accessories to haul anything from mountain bikes to mothers-in-law. After work, they haul things around on their cars and scoff at their competitor, Thule, which is in a gutter-to-gutter battle with Yakima for worldwide roof-rack supremacy.
