WA is the proof case that the democratic party as a whole doesn't give a shit about leftwing politics or the environment outside of a feelgood talking point.

Don't say the dreaded T-word or you'll upset the wealthy elite.

In may, most stuff will still be snowed in. You might look into renting snowshoes. Paradise should be accessible but the trails will be snowy.

The clouds are a concern for sure. May and June in particular are much cloudier here than in MN.

This picture is almost certainly in mid-July, and you can still see snow.

Yeah, I was kind of confused by what exactly was going on just reading the brochure. My gut told me something was off but I had an afternoon to kill. definitely made me feel weird.

Thank you, this is an interesting document and explains a lot lol.

I'm from the New England, so the concept of a "roadside zoo" is pretty foreign to me. At least they had cheap peacock feathers in the gift shop.

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He was actually blasting music on a bluetooth speaker (a little rude IMO). The only song I recognized was "Night Nurse" by Gregory Isaacs.

Do you think this guy is listening to "Disco Inferno" on his Walkman?

As it should be.

East of the cascades is eastern wa, west of the cascades is western wa. This is how it’s commonly referred to.

I had a similar experience. My group believed we would see bovine and herd animals and some birds due to the way it was advertised. We were shocked to see big cats and wolves kept in what looked like dog-run sized kennels and some bears that had more space than the other large predators but their areas looked sadly dirty.

I won't ever go back.

That's an amazing story, thank you for sharing it with us. Our family planted 40 acres of orchard and we lost it decades ago. Trees are so vitally important.

I've never visited there, because private zoos are generally awful places. Olympic Game Farm is being sued for animal cruelty, etc: https://aldf.org/case/challenging-the-treatment-of-captive-animals-at-olympic-game-farm/

https://mynorthwest.com/3779884/canned-cocktails-tax-bill/

Ellensburg and Yakima are in Central Washington

Edit: btw, Ellensburg is the home of Central Washington University and the City of Yakima literally says on its website that it's in Central Washington. https://www.yakimawa.gov/

Wenatchee, WSDOT, and State Parks also distinguish Central from eastern, so idk man

100 years since the last logging is new growth

The forest was harvested ~ 100 years ago is that "old growth"? Reality is old growth is a concept like any other and there are forests being managed that way (Nat'l parks, wilderness areas, etc) however timber is one of the only truly renewable resources we have. Consider this, the forest was harvested a century ago and I'm going to take a guess and say that they probably didn't do any tree planting or sustainable practices of any kind. Now 100 years later it's come back in full force and this time when we harvest it'll actually be managed post harvest and carefully done as opposed to back then. Do you think the forest will grow back to a similar condition in 100 years from now? Forest management is on a different time scale than human life times and I think the general public doesn't realize it...

Tahoma is closer to the pronunciation in Sahaptin (the language of the Yakama, Klickitat, Upper Cowlitz, and other groups).

It's at the top of Brooks lift, looking to the left of Brennan's Trail run. It slowed like 10 inches the day before and it made for the nicest texture to snowboard through.

awesome, thanks!!

It is not old growth, it is second growth timber. The timber industry does not want to harvest old growth timber. There are only 2 mills in western Washington that even take a log over 32" diameter. If we do not harvest timber responsibly where we are able, it will just be done other places in ways that are much more harmful to the environment. The amount of people saying how this is horrible, all while sitting in the comfort of their wooden houses in an area that used to be a forest but is now a city kind of astounds me.

I didn’t know that!

Is that near Big Chief or toward Tye Mill? Been too long!

It’s a feature now, is what I’m getting at. A happy accident.

I don't know a lot about cameras besides point and click. I was using my sigma 250mm-600mm lens that I have primarily for birding, and this would have been mostly zoomed out so like 300mm I think (unless I am misunderstanding the word "focal length").