You just need a Northwest Forest Pass and have it displayed in your vehicle. I'm not sure how these passes work for out of state people visiting, so I'd look into that. The other pass you'll want to look into getting is the Discover Pass, which is required for state owned parks and recreation areas.

That is really good to know! I will definitely arrive before sunrise now that you mention that. I anticipated it being busy but I definitely want to get parking. Does it require any kind of parking pass I need to get in advance you’re aware of? I thought I read something about that.

You have a very solid list, not much to say. One thing to be aware of, that Lake Colchuck hike is going to be very busy. I would get there before sunrise. I'm not even joking, there were like 100 cars when I went last summer, and I got there just after sunrise. The parking lot was full and there was like a mile of cars parked along the forest road. I don't think during the entire hike I was alone, it was a fucking mob of people. That said, the hike was lovely and the payoff at the top is worth it. But get there early!

Check out the Tree of Life on the coast. Who knows how much longer it'll be propped up.

Getting to rent from the friend was certainly a big help. Unless you got tech skillz I think you'd be hard-pressed to make the jump on a single income.

How did you afford it?

Oh — you can get the salvage flag removed from a title? This is good to know

Didn’t know about the freeflight community. Will make a post there too. I did check the paragliding one but it looks like the last post was about 9 years ago…no sure how active it is.

My sons BMW Z4 was totaled and we considered rebuilding it. When I checked with the DMV, they had a process to re-certify after we rebuilt it that would enable us to get plates and drive it. The only issue I found was most insurance companies didn't want to have anything to do with it so we decided not to rebuild it after all.

Long story short, salvaged cars are legal in WA.

From the DOL (not DMV) website: Salvaged vehicles.

Maybe post this in r/freeflight or r/paragliding?

Yes this is true. You'll probably need the dmv to process some paper work to get it removed.

Good idea but I don’t have a Facebook 😬. I’ll see if I can get a friend of mine to post for me.

Yes! Grant county. Found on a pull out on the side of the road a couple miles south of I-90 at Vantage but not Sandy hollow PUD recreational area, a pull out before that.

Good for your trying to give it back! I would also specify maybe the county because the Columbia could mean Longview or Kettle falls.

I buy cars from auction/salvage, quite often and I always was able to insure and register with no issues for years

Yep… We shop at the same store all the time, they know us by name, and we still get carded twice “for the cameras”.

Haven’t been carded for liquor in many years.

I agree.

The one by my house is top shelf all around. Closest liquor store… eh, sketchy at best.

Yep, always carded at the door, and at checkout.

I would have asked people how many miles away the closest casino is located. The only reason I ever go to a casino is because there is one less than 10 miles away from my house. If I had to drive any significant distance to get to one, I wouldn't.

Always get the Carfax before buying a car.

found some interesting stuff just googling Jen's Maximum Effort...

try facebook too? many hiking groups and stuff as well. thank you for being a good person

You are a better person than I my friend. I hope you can find the owner but if you can’t, I’d catalog that sd card on the off chance you do ever find the owner and start recording some videos of your adventures! GoPros are awesome. God damn I sound like I’m sponsored lol