I have driven to Salem(past Portland) from Lake Stevens on a Friday it it took about 4 hours.

Google's estimate for departing Redmond at 12:30 Fri is 3h10m to 4h50m. Friday traffic is certainly better, and the weather won't be bad, but I think if you can leave earlier it's a good idea.

The "Longbow" (nicknamed the "Cheesewheel" by our Soldiers)- a type of fire control radar that enables the aircrew to track over 200 targets at once (within approximately 30 miles of the aircraft).

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Oh I realized that sounded a bit shitty. Sorry I sounded that way

Sarcasm, I like it

That's a beaut!!!

Shot from a really fun photography meetup group catching some final glimpses of Milky Way before we settle into the wintry months and grayer skies.

(More pics if interested on Insta or Vero @ photozulu.)

Incredible colors on that one! Great catch!

And without them, you’d never be able to safely enjoy the mountain :)

I live in red Benton county. Judging by social media comments we have some very mean spirited people here (cheering or wishing natural disaster on the west side for example). Also lots of the law doesn't apply to me types. And then the conspiracy nuts. I think there are less of those in the west side counties.

> further longtime savings for home buyers with all-electric homes.

Which is a hilarious way to shoot yourself in the foot. Our gas stove and fireplaces still worked during the multiday power outage last week.

Great shot; go Army! What is that on top of the first rotor (if you can say)?

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Thanks! Beauty fish.

Pretty much all national forest/blm land allow that kind of hiking and dispersed camping.

These communities were actually some of the most consistently Democratic counties in the nation until 2016, and are pretty evenly split. Currently, Marie Perez is carrying Pacific County by 5 points and Derek Kilmer is winning Grays Harbor by 3. But you can certainly attribute the conservative sentiment in these areas to the general distrust of government that is typical of most rural enclaves.

Lots of old angry homophobic racists… so pretty much exactly the same.

Spin.

The same, but with even less economic opportunity. Totally dependent on natural resource exploitation—lots of multi-generational poverty now exacerbated by meth and political brain rot.

There’s also a lot of resentment towards the government due to how the impact of spotted owl protection affected the logging industry there. Those sentiments tend to push people to the right.

Source: My wife is from Grays Harbor and I have to hear about it every time we visit.

Hoodoo Canyon is a low elevation year round hike up that way. It is a good idea to go twice. Once in the early summer and once in late fall/early winter.

Kettle Crest trail runs north/south along the crest. So great views.

It's pretty similar. You have small towns with historic economic bases of logging and fishing - extractive industries that have been hit hard by automation and regulation, resulting in job loss and young people moving out of the area. The people moving into the area are retirees, and the lower end of the economic strata. Hence the area is pretty right leaning.

That’s a pretty fish

Crazy