Posted: 10/30/2008 4:33:24 PM EDT
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This guy agrees:
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Oct30/0,4670,ManBurnsSelf,00.html |
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Meh, from FL, thought Northern Cali (for the scenery, not politics) was nicer... Oh, you want to talk about the OCEAN side of the beach. http://www.vaq34.com/junk/Neah_Bay_May_17th_08_Cape_Flattery_Lighthouse_Tatoosh_Island.jpg Just messing with ya, nice pics! |
| Loved being stationed in Yakima, WA. Loved to look at Mt. Adam's nearly every day especially in the morning and all of the sunlight reflecting off the glacial ice. Loved to drive through the passes, the views are incredible especially driving through Chinook pass right up by Mt Rainier (Pictures can't do the view justice). Liked looking down on the Columbia River a thousand feet below from Yakima Training Center. I really miss slaughtering Coyotes with my .220 Swift. |
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the views are incredible especially driving through Chinook pass Definitely one of the prettier spots we have up here. Glad you made it off of the beaten path while you were here. When I was with my EOD unit in Yakima, we had to go weekly to Ft Lewis, often we would drive back from Ft Lewis back to Yakima via Chinook pass in the Summer. We liked seeing the Elk/Deer and often would stop at the Rainier park just to stand in awe of Mt Rainier's view. One definitely needs to pay attention driving through Chinook pass as it is a LONG drop down onto the trees below at the bottom of the valley. 
One could be in the rain of Ft Lewis, be in snow in a pass full of trees, and be in the barren Sunny desert side of WA in a 2 hours. |
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Quoted: When I was with my EOD unit in Yakima, we had to go weekly to Ft Lewis, often we would drive back from Ft Lewis back to Yakima via Chinook pass in the Summer. We liked seeing the Elk/Deer and often would stop at the Rainier park just to stand in awe of Mt Rainier's view. One definitely needs to pay attention driving through Chinook pass as it is a LONG drop down onto the trees below at the bottom of the valley. One could be in the rain of Ft Lewis, be in snow in a pass full of trees, and be in the barren Sunny desert side of WA in a 2 hours. You had it made.  Most of the beauty up here is hidden. Often not hard to get to, but seldom marked. Hunters, fishermen and hikers treat themselves to the best of it, while campers in campgrounds think they've seen something.  The mountain regions (both sides) and coastal areas are my favorites, but even further east has some of the most gorgeous country in this nation, if you get off of the highways. I've been in a little over half of the States, and my two picks are Western Washington and SE Alaska. Unreal scenery abound. (not to discount Northern Idaho or Western Montana.... close seconds) |
