A celebration of the life of Bob Boardman, the guitarist, nurse, diabetes educator and hiker killed Oct. 16 by a mountain goat in Olympic National Park, is set for Saturday.
At the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Center west of Port Angeles, doors will open at 1 p.m., and remembrances will begin at 2 p.m.
The memorial gathering will last about 90 minutes, and guests are invited to stay for a meal afterward.
An informal musical gathering is also planned for after the memorial.
Friends who are so inspired are encouraged to create a page for a Bob Boardman memory book and bring it to Saturday’s event for his wife, Susan Chadd, and her family.
The page can be decorated with stories, letters, photos, poems and artwork, and should be no larger than 12-by-12 inches.
Smaller pages are also welcome.
Those attending the memorial are also encouraged to take Clallam Transit bus No. 26 or to carpool.
To reach the Lower Elwha Tribal Center, travel west from Port Angeles on U.S. Highway 101 about 5 miles; turn right (north) on Dry Creek Road; and continue until it ends at a T intersection.
Turn left on Edgewood Drive, go a quarter mile, turn right on Lower Elwha Road and follow it down to the bottom of the hill. The center is on the left just past Stratton Road.
Boardman’s friends also are invited to a memorial in Port Townsend on Friday, Nov. 7.
The potluck, informal jam session and sharing of stories will be at Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St.
The potluck and jam session will begin at 2 p.m. At 3 p.m., stories about Boardman will be shared. Square and contra dancing is planned for 4 p.m.
For more details about the Port Angeles memorial, and for photographs and tributes to Boardman, visit www.BobBoardman.com.
For more information abut the Port Townsend memorial, phone 360-385-6606.
