It’s so beautiful just watching it speckle, then blend, then leaves the other side behind 😍😍

I always love seeing the Flora change as you go east, or vice versa.

If someone wanted volcanic ash to make pottery, well, there's a lot there :).

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It’s like a small version of the Grand Canyon. I highly recommend it.

Perhaps they thought it was a nearby hike with lookout or peak?

Basically online friend dating. Joined the Facebook group for my town and responded to a post someone else made looking to make friends. They seemed cool, so we met up at a local brewery and hit it off pretty well.

From there, that person has introduced me to their friend group.

I'm also starting a class tonight for a hobby I've been wanting to try, and I'm hopeful I'll meet some more people through that.

Welcome to adulting. Sucks sometimes, eh?

As to your original question, I'll let you know when it happens. I think it's mainly luck. Right place at the right time, and get your foot in the door somehow.

I met some people online. It started with group beers, progressed to hanging out together, house/cat sitting, good friends...but things change eventually. So back to the search...or not.

There might be a million people in the area that I'd consider hanging out with, but we're all too busy living our own lives to make serious time for someone new.

/shrug

How did you meet them?

You like Lord of the Rings in Washington?

https://www.reddit.com/r/FoggyPics/comments/11eoztr/dont_get_lost_in_the_dead_marshes_lotr_reference/

I can hear it now. Thanks for the memory refresher.

It looks like the approach to Mordor.

My current friends i made during school so it was a bit easier. Now that i am working FT it seems harder to meet people and be friends with them

Vancouver - Vantucky

Spokane is not Yakima though. It might be east of the cascades, but it’s not eastern Wa, it’s central. Everything about the two regions is different. This is how I think of Wa state regions, sorry I don’t know how to add pics. It is a map about CoVid opening, but if you Google a map of Wa state regions, you will get the same thing. Even the universities are called Central WA, they are not eastern Wa in the center of the state

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Washington

pics. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/inslee-king-pierce-and-snohomish-counties-can-restart-restaurant-dining-and-fitness-centers-under-new-washington-covid-19-metrics/?amp=1

Maybe you should've specified that you were only talking about Spokane from the start. I pretty calmly pointed out that other parts of Eastern WA have higher Hispanic populations, and you just keep coming back with "not in Spokane!"

Chelan County: 28.7%

Grant County: 43.1%

Walla Walla County: 22.6%

Franklin County: 54.1%

Benton County: 24.0%

Feel free to look up the rest of the counties. I'm done here.

Everything east of the cascades is eastern Washington. And in relation to the population in those areas, yes it is. I think Yakima is 50%.

But that is not eastern WA, is it? That is central WA, and it does have a big Hispanic community. Spokane has 6%. Proportion wise, that’s not a big, vibrant Hispanic community.

White Pass highway (SR 12) between Yakima and Mt Rainier is the most scenic route in my opinion. Should be clear of snow by then. Steptoe Butte in Whitman County. Pioneer Park in Walla Walla.

Dude, what the fuck is your problem? He is a person of color, he is concerned about safety in places he is visiting. As an immigrant, I understand that. Also, just spewing off BS at him doesn’t help. There’s lots of fusion cuisine/ taco trucks - that’s BS, that doesn’t help him. The reality is we had rallies and convoys of trump loving neo-Nazis here, so I wouldn’t say it is overly safe for someone who is a POC. Population wise, I know 2 black people and 2 Hispanics, plus the staff at the Mexican restaurant we go to. This area is not a cornucopia of nations. Racially is it 88% white, don’t paint it to be the United Nations, with people singing kumbaya in peace together.

Obviously different where you are. Benton, Franklin, Walla Walla, Yakima, Grant, and Chelan have large Hispanic populations and small business owners.

Heaven forbid I forget to check Spokane's census data before making a comment on Reddit. You're being an ass over a quick road trip recommendation.

Spokane has 6% Hispanics, so I wouldn’t say that to be a high population of Hispanics

Tri-cities is not Spokane, though, is it? And he said he is visiting Eastern Wa, not the SE

I always love this scene when trying to spot the hearing elk. Makes for a cool eye spy photo.