I've been waiting for this exact video. I'm 43 and grew up in Bonney Lake (and still live here). In my mind I can still picture how it looked in the 80s but now it's great to have actually video!
Having more places to shop is nice in a way, but I don’t look forward to all of those stop lights when I go through there now. It’s nice to look back at the old days. If you look at a video of Port Townsend from 86, there would only be like 2 new things lol 😂.
Was the Bonney Lake PD viciously enforcing traffic laws on people heading to Crystal back then too? My mom got a $500 ticket for turning over a double yellow lol.
At 29 minutes of this video I was driving the red Toyota P/U with the N7DRR plates,, that was my ham radio plates,, age now 84 years of age, I retired from Boeing in 1995
I’m stunned silent, I was born in 2000 and I’ve lived in Bonney Lake all my life and cannot believe how much has changed! 29:30 gave me chills, I pass by that Dairy Queen and 76 station (which is now a Chevron AM PM) every single day
I'm happy to know I'm not the only one that reacts that way. I've gotten chills a few times watching these old videos. I don't know why but it's slmost creepy
Same!!!! I was in awe watching the whole video! I lived in Bonneylake from 1991-2005, I live in Sumner now and drive up 410 frequently! It's insane how different it is! Only thing recognizable is the Dairy Queen!
This video is crazy. We’ve lived in BL for three years and even during the “not so busy” times it still takes us about 15 minutes just to get from our house from 214th south of the Safeway, through all the stop lights - just to get to the hill going down to Sumner.
Born in Pierce County in 1965. Moved out of state as a teen. Moved back to Bonney Lake in 2012 (Sky Island area). Blown away by the change revealed here! So eager to see how it looked back in the 80's. This is terrific.
I would have been visiting my grandparents at the time this was done. They had a farm one street over from 410 coming into Buckley. They are buried in the cemetery along with several other relatives. This video stirred many wonderful memories. Seeing trees instead of concrete was the best part. Thanks for sharing.
What a wonderful memory!! 🙂I moved to the Lake Tapps area in 1989 and BL area in 1998. I remember driving up 214th from Lake Tapps when Safeway was the only grocery store and Lumberman's (tropical fish place which closed earlier this year, 2023) the only hardware store. The growth over the years has been very sad to watch. Yes, it's progress, however, it's also much too crowded for the area and watching the population explosion as well as many of the trees disappear with little to no growth / widening of the roadways to match the population explosion has been heartbreaking to see and makes everything and everywhere too crowded. Thank you to whomever shared this video.
Ive lived as an adult in Tapps area/Bonney Lake since 87....I miss the way it was! Used to go to Bowens auto wrecking... and then they moved down 410 towards Buckley when they got bought out and now they got bought out again and HUGE center being built there....Bonney Lake is so different now!
I remember before any of that was built. The only buodings at the top of the hill were the BLT and a building that housed Lake Tapps Realty, a laundromat and a beauty salon. Hwy 410 was only two lanes all the way through. If you needed groceries you had to go to Safeway in Sumner or into Puyallup. This was in the 60's to mid 70's.
I have a bunch of camcorder footage like this driving around the Long Beach peninsula from ‘91. Going over the Astoria-Megler bridge and paying the toll in Oregon. Man I miss those days.
How many remember the Stock market foods and Ernst Hardware! (Hint...Walmart) ....Thank goodness Bonney Lake tavern is being redone! I need a place to drink the growth sorrows away! LOL
Very sad...taught my kids to ride dirt bikes back there....still live here too! But fortunately not living back there....near police station so miss a lot of that traffic back in there! Still love Bonney Lake but really miss the old feel it used to be!
Saw some old pics of the old PacHwy back from 80-83 going all the way to Tacoma. Everything was just farmland. Miss these places. I have some old pics of Martin Luther king way when it was Empire Way. It was mostly open land also compared to now.
This one would be good to redo in modern times to compare. This area has bursted out of its seams with growth. Was the fastest developing area in Washington state! A place I was born and have many memories here!! Thanks for the upload! What job or occupation were you doing when you made these?
I used to hitchhike out there from Renton to prairie ridge to visit my future ex-wife back in the '70s ended up living out there in the late '80s after I got out of the military thought it was busier than hell then lol
@highwayvideos3434 - did the archivist give you a list of all of the Sumner/Buckley 410 photos and videos? Was going to send in a request for the earliest I could get and start from there. Hoping to find footage when 410 going up Elhi Hill was switchbacks or something that shows the Mid Town and East Town developments in the early 90s.
The videos in this highway program started in 1982, the photos back in the early 70's. Unfortunately, last I've heard the photos are taking a considerably long time to process as there are likely several hundred thousand photos at a minimum. The SR-99 photos are the only still images I've been able to obtain from them. The WSDOT does have routes going back to 2003 that can be obtained through e-mail however.
Viz’s Dairy Diner. Frank Visnaw built it in 1960. Mike and Judy Nordean bought the existing drive-in in 1992 changed name to Wallys , also owns Wally's Chowder House in Des Moines
I've been waiting for this exact video. I'm 43 and grew up in Bonney Lake (and still live here). In my mind I can still picture how it looked in the 80s but now it's great to have actually video!
Having more places to shop is nice in a way, but I don’t look forward to all of those stop lights when I go through there now. It’s nice to look back at the old days. If you look at a video of Port Townsend from 86, there would only be like 2 new things lol 😂.
Was the Bonney Lake PD viciously enforcing traffic laws on people heading to Crystal back then too?
My mom got a $500 ticket for turning over a double yellow lol.
At 29 minutes of this video I was driving the red Toyota P/U with the N7DRR plates,, that was my ham radio plates,, age now 84 years of age, I retired from Boeing in 1995
How cool is that not only did you find this video, you saw yourself after all these years 👍.
I’d love to have a mint Toyota PU like that today.
Whoa. Solid truck!
I’m stunned silent, I was born in 2000 and I’ve lived in Bonney Lake all my life and cannot believe how much has changed! 29:30 gave me chills, I pass by that Dairy Queen and 76 station (which is now a Chevron AM PM) every single day
I'm happy to know I'm not the only one that reacts that way. I've gotten chills a few times watching these old videos. I don't know why but it's slmost creepy
Same!!!! I was in awe watching the whole video! I lived in Bonneylake from 1991-2005, I live in Sumner now and drive up 410 frequently! It's insane how different it is! Only thing recognizable is the Dairy Queen!
@@rickeyholmes420oh I totally feel u! When I saw the 76 ball my blood literally ran cold 😂😂
Started working at that safeway in 1985 very cool to see this footage brought back alot of memories of when my children were babies , very cool!
Super cool seeing how this was almost 40 years ago, some parts are completely recognizeable while some parts aren't
This video is crazy. We’ve lived in BL for three years and even during the “not so busy” times it still takes us about 15 minutes just to get from our house from 214th south of the Safeway, through all the stop lights - just to get to the hill going down to Sumner.
Even just 10 years ago is like night and day. It's sad, it's exploded like crazy. 😥
Born in Pierce County in 1965.
Moved out of state as a teen.
Moved back to Bonney Lake in 2012 (Sky Island area).
Blown away by the change revealed here!
So eager to see how it looked back in the 80's.
This is terrific.
I would have been visiting my grandparents at the time this was done. They had a farm one street over from 410 coming into Buckley. They are buried in the cemetery along with several other relatives. This video stirred many wonderful memories. Seeing trees instead of concrete was the best part. Thanks for sharing.
Was it the white house off 234th? My husband grew up off what is now 254th. My great grandparents owned and started the sweet shop
I miss when it was like this. Too many people have moved here.
What a wonderful memory!! 🙂I moved to the Lake Tapps area in 1989 and BL area in 1998. I remember driving up 214th from Lake Tapps when Safeway was the only grocery store and Lumberman's (tropical fish place which closed earlier this year, 2023) the only hardware store. The growth over the years has been very sad to watch. Yes, it's progress, however, it's also much too crowded for the area and watching the population explosion as well as many of the trees disappear with little to no growth / widening of the roadways to match the population explosion has been heartbreaking to see and makes everything and everywhere too crowded. Thank you to whomever shared this video.
Ive lived as an adult in Tapps area/Bonney Lake since 87....I miss the way it was! Used to go to Bowens auto wrecking... and then they moved down 410 towards Buckley when they got bought out and now they got bought out again and HUGE center being built there....Bonney Lake is so different now!
I remember before any of that was built. The only buodings at the top of the hill were the BLT and a building that housed Lake Tapps Realty, a laundromat and a beauty salon. Hwy 410 was only two lanes all the way through. If you needed groceries you had to go to Safeway in Sumner or into Puyallup. This was in the 60's to mid 70's.
I have a bunch of camcorder footage like this driving around the Long Beach peninsula from ‘91. Going over the Astoria-Megler bridge and paying the toll in Oregon. Man I miss those days.
Lived there at this time period. It's now a suburban hell hole. Use to play in the fields to the left at time marker 7:35.
You know you’re in Enumclaw when officer Eaton pulls you over.
Woah, some exposition there at the beginning about the mountain. Did not see that coming, very rare.
How many remember the Stock market foods and Ernst Hardware! (Hint...Walmart) ....Thank goodness Bonney Lake tavern is being redone! I need a place to drink the growth sorrows away! LOL
Wow amazing! This is so cool, the changes in teh last 37 years, mind blowing!
I live in Bonney Lake up by the crater. Now takes 30 mins just to get down to Sumner.
Very sad...taught my kids to ride dirt bikes back there....still live here too! But fortunately not living back there....near police station so miss a lot of that traffic back in there! Still love Bonney Lake but really miss the old feel it used to be!
Amazing the amount of build out since this recording.
Saw some old pics of the old PacHwy back from 80-83 going all the way to Tacoma. Everything was just farmland. Miss these places. I have some old pics of Martin Luther king way when it was Empire Way. It was mostly open land also compared to now.
This one would be good to redo in modern times to compare. This area has bursted out of its seams with growth. Was the fastest developing area in Washington state! A place I was born and have many memories here!! Thanks for the upload! What job or occupation were you doing when you made these?
These were filmed by the WSDOT and now reside at The Washington State Archives who were kind enough to send them to me to upload here :).
@@highwayvideos3434Thank you for uploading!!!!
Memories!!!! I miss this!
I used to hitchhike out there from Renton to prairie ridge to visit my future ex-wife back in the '70s ended up living out there in the late '80s after I got out of the military thought it was busier than hell then lol
An all to familiar route.
Look, no one is texting and driving LOL and everything looks more peaceful
This is the year we moved here. It used to be so nice.
27:23 on the left would be the chick-fel-a 😭
@highwayvideos3434 - did the archivist give you a list of all of the Sumner/Buckley 410 photos and videos? Was going to send in a request for the earliest I could get and start from there. Hoping to find footage when 410 going up Elhi Hill was switchbacks or something that shows the Mid Town and East Town developments in the early 90s.
The videos in this highway program started in 1982, the photos back in the early 70's. Unfortunately, last I've heard the photos are taking a considerably long time to process as there are likely several hundred thousand photos at a minimum. The SR-99 photos are the only still images I've been able to obtain from them. The WSDOT does have routes going back to 2003 that can be obtained through e-mail however.
Viz's Drive-In? When did it change to Wally's?
Viz’s Dairy Diner. Frank Visnaw built it in 1960. Mike and Judy Nordean bought the existing drive-in in 1992 changed name to Wallys , also owns Wally's Chowder House in Des Moines
Is there any video from around Mount Rainier?
Freeway ends? What freeway?
Bonney Lake looks way different!
M watching in 2024 live here
I take part of this route to get home from school
16:56 now that is WALLYs on the right
This video just shows how dead bonney lake has become. Money talks, and to the wrong people, unfortunately. Sad, sad, sad. The video hurts my heart.
By the time I got here in 2007 BL was already fully colonized! lol. All those trees on both side of 410, were GONE!
Used to be very old school here! Still a great place to live but so many changes Ive lived through...makes me feel really old...OH wait I am old! LOL