Yep. If you want to get a spot at ONP, you have to leave at 0 dark 30, on a weekday —and when you land a place, keep it. Because you won’t find jackshit if you try to head out after work on a Friday afternoon.

There are some campgrounds at that elevation that are completely snowed in and inaccessible as late as June/July. Oh and bring bug spray. The flies and mosquitoes are brutal. Last time we hiked Grand Park the three of us blew through 6 cans of OFF! and still came out looking like we contracted Chicken Pox.

My neighbor is a USfW licensed ornithologist. He captures, bands and records birds in his back yard. Some of them from here in WA pop up in Southern Chile and the Pampas/Patagonia region of Argentina. Apparently, there’s a whole network of bird geeks out there that communicate with each other.
Anyway, what we call pigeons are supposedly called “rock doves” which are adapted to living on cliffs and are non-migratory, unlike the European Swallow. That’s why they’re so prevalent in urban environments. They have no sources of coconuts outside of cities.
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You got me. You should never do these hippy ass rock stacks. They’re environmentally destructive. “Leave No Trace” means don’t fuck it up for everyone else.

In E. WA if mostly go for huckleberries. Unless you know EXACTLY what to look for mushroom wise, don’t play around with them. You might die.

Correct. And the fucker wasn’t even born until 150 years after Jesus supposedly existed.

This is pretty much what all of Southwest Washington is like. Angry ignorant racist assholes.

Also in the Cascades it’s super common for the snow to be A-OK at dawn, but then slightly melt during the day and then become a sheet of ice once the sun begins to set in the afternoon. If I had six arms I could count the number of Subaru’s, SUV’s and pickups I’ve seen stuck in ditches and snowbanks due to inadequate tires.

Yep. He knows how to run our state. Last thing we need is some reactionary fuckwit turning everything upside down.

Too fucking bad for your shitty pollution pens, S’Klallam.

I’ve lived here 50 years and have NEVER seen it so low.

Take Amtrak.

NOT Bucca de Beppo. Or Bizarros. Or any other shitty shithole that is going to charge you $50 for 5¢ worth of factory pasta. Unless you can’t make it at home, never buy it on the street.

Yep

Rainier, Adams and Hood. St. Helens is obscured by Rainier. I know a spot where you can see Hood, St Helens, Adams, Rainier, and the very tippy top of Baker, far to the north.

Unpopular Opinion: Never waste money on pasta. It’s 5¢ worth of box pasta and canned sauce from some shitty Cisco or FSA food truck. And fuck Bizarros. They’re just as shitty but with crappier service and a 20% mark-up. If you want pasta, set the table, light candles, and whip it up yourself.

Ouch. Pay it off—NOW—and get the fuck out of there ASAP. You’re damned lucky to not get hauled in for reckless driving.

1. Blackberries are out of season.
2. Anyplace you go within 50 miles of Mt Rainier NP, you’re going to get hosed by a tourist trap.
3. This includes Ashford, Elbe, Packwood, and Greenwater.

Yeah all those forests are clearcut three or four times over with bullshit signs about how Weyerhaeuser or some other craptastic shitty environmentally devastating timber company is “preserving the environment.”
The only reason those asswipes even replant their clear-cuts, is because of a law that was passed in the 1980’s that they fought against tooth-and-nail. They fought even harder against the riparian zone law that was passed to protect salmon spawning streams and rivers. They call it “Environmental Terrorism.” Not kidding.

Exactly. A brand-new full sized industrial airport would need full sized industrial freeways and rail to support it. These jackoffs that want to build this thing haven’t thought of any of that.

It’s Riffe* Lake. And it’s because there is the ruins of a town called Riffe* at the bottom, including a cemetery.
EDIT: spelling.

Selontra. Don’t handle that shit without disposable gloves you toss immediately.

The problem is, no matter where they decide to put it, all the places they want to, have narrow country roads that are entirely incapable of handling urbanized traffic. If you’ve ever experienced the modern day commute from Issaquah to Tacoma, you’ll know how congested and dangerous that road is. Imagine that same narrow road with heavy trucks barreling through 24/7.

Here’s the thing: There’s a ton of roadside tourist trap restaurants and gas stations all along US-101. Before you head out there, top off your tank in either Port Angeles, Sequim, or if you go the other way, Aberdeen. Forks fucking sucks. It’s a shithole. Yes, there’s cool stuff to see out there, but Forks ain’t it. Also: watch your cellphone to make sure it doesn’t connect to Canadian cell towers.

Bring rain gear, boots, hats, gloves, warm clothes, and get ready for Mother Nature to take a massive shit all over you. Also check tides before you go. Those drift logs are lethal at high tide. Also bring extra changes of clothes incase a sneaker wave hits you like a ton of bricks and tries to bring you out to meet Poseidon.