Submitted by Nixx_Mazda t3_z7kd88 in Washington
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Barry_Muhkokiner t1_iy76yrt wrote
early 2 Live Crew fan?
Just_OneReason t1_iy79eqc wrote
Me after going to New York for a week
Oregon_drivers_suck t1_iy7cw2b wrote
Yes I drive all around the country in all types of weather and once you get to Oregon or Washington driving gets frustrating. Most oblivious drivers in the country. By far. Everytime.
Montu_Walks t1_iy7f6rg wrote
I was happy to return to Washington in 2001 after living near the other Washington for a little over six years.
Netopalas t1_iy7gwzp wrote
This looks a hell of a lot like the hills around Newman Lake. That would be the WA/ID Stateline at hwy 290. Trent avenue if you're a local. I think the road had a different path back then but the hills sure look right. Complete with Ponderosas and a fresh pile of Rathdrum Prarie dirt.
jthanson t1_iy7hnii wrote
That’s what I thought, too. It definitely looks like the border east of Spokane, but I’m not old enough to have been there pre-I-90.
Tawptuan t1_iy7jgnh wrote
Hurtling along at 50! The good old days!
Raised in Washington here. My first trip back east was when I was 8 in the 1950s. After experiencing mid-west and east-coast summer humidity for the first time in my life, for three sweltering weeks, I felt EXACTLY the same as your grandfather—especially after crossing the Cascades to the natural air conditioning of Western Wa.
The other thing that struck me were the clear, cold, drinkable streams running in little rivulets down the cliffs next to highway 2 in the Cascades. We stopped and drank from them at least 4-5 times. This was pre-giardia days. For 3 weeks, we had seen only brown, muddy water everywhere east of there. Despite the awful humidity in the east, none of us wanted to go swimming where “you couldn’t see your feet.” Coming back to WA, to swim in clear water was luxury again!
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unclewitch t1_iy7tt0h wrote
My GUY 💙🌧💚
BourbonBurro t1_iy7vthk wrote
Big feels. Left home almost eight years ago. Still miss Washington every day.
playfulmessenger t1_iy7z1bg wrote
Stay left and set up a horizontal 50mph conga line. It's how we know you've been here since birth.
WhereIsKeithJackson t1_iy85pc4 wrote
Is the photo distorting the map of the state on the sign? That's not what the outline of the state looks like today.
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Justame13 t1_iy8cafy wrote
Giardia is a parasite and has nothing to do with the military.
IllustriousComplex6 t1_iy8ei0s wrote
It's how we bond.
kodiak_attack t1_iy8h8wj wrote
I was born and raised in Washington. I lived in Tennessee and Illinois briefly before moving back to WA and I feel this picture so hard. As much as I want to move sometimes, I really can’t imagine living anywhere else.
SemaphoreBingo t1_iy8hahl wrote
Hope that welcome sign is a little bit inside the line otherwise he's kissing Idaho.
patlaska t1_iy8mkos wrote
They probably weren't too focused on using the correct map projection while creating the sign along with cartographic generalization at this scale
Active-Ad3977 t1_iy8mmke wrote
There was no Giardia before 1950?
sassy_cheddar t1_iy8mn3o wrote
I think we might benefit from the more assertive driving style of the East Coast. Had a colleague from Boston talk about how weird our lack of honking was to her ("If you don't use your horn, how will they learn?"). Made me smile extra when she upped her Bostonian accent to say it.
Best driving I've ever had was Germany though. It's a privilege, not a right, and so the standard for your driving skill and your regard for other drivers is high. And even their two-lane country roads were gorgeously maintained.
Calamity_Jesus t1_iy8p0aq wrote
It's a coastal thing. The majority of the East Coast is the same way.
vogeyontopofyou t1_iy8pmoa wrote
He's kissing the Idaho side.
Calamity_Jesus t1_iy8qerk wrote
Out of sight, out of mind. My understanding is that while it has always been prevalent, it wasn't really identified officially as being prevalent in the American wilderness until the 1970s (when researchers went looking for it).
Netopalas t1_iy8rfg5 wrote
jrhoffa t1_iy8royk wrote
No, she's a chef on Food Network
sheskrafti t1_iy8s0ej wrote
You could for real sell posters of this if you wanted.
Thundrpigg t1_iy8v2vk wrote
It’s a privilege here too but the bar to entry is set so low it might as well be a right
[deleted] t1_iy8wobx wrote
Whatever. Spent a couple years in Texas. Way worse. Drive into flood crossings, poke along in left lane, cut in at every exit. Oh, I could go on...
Foolhearted t1_iy8x5la wrote
Was your grandfather nick carraway?
lovesmtns t1_iy8xa5b wrote
Born and raised in Washington. A mountain climber. Did a 2,000' elev gain easy hike before leaving. Lived in Ohio near Cincinnati for 5 months. Only brown water everywhere, and it was undrinkable. No mountains. No hills. The highest elevation anywhere near us was 300' Mt Rummke. The local garbage company was the Rummke Trash Disposal company. Mt Rummke was the local garbage hill, with bulldozers constantly running around over its surface. Never so glad to get back to Washington in my life. Clear blue water, gorgeous lovely mountains. Felt EXACTLY like your father :):):).
Kim_Thomas t1_iy8zk1i wrote
Clearly he loved his Pacific Northwest & Washington. I don’t blame him one bit.
AgentOli t1_iy90fs0 wrote
I'm from Philadelphia and the driving rules there are "do whatever you want and make sure you do it before the guy who has right of way can do it." Everyone is in an enormous, angry hurry, and the law is for suckers.
Driving here is really peaceful in comparison. Though I also felt that way going cross country.
ChewbaccaFuzball t1_iy91tk1 wrote
Being from Washington then moving to the east coast, I can completely relate
Montu_Walks t1_iy94j53 wrote
Some of the dumbest can be encountered on the freeway between Olympia and Vancouver. Enormously long lines of people camping in the left lane. Only place I've ever encountered such idiocy. I don't think any of them live there, I expect most are just passing through.
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moonpuddding t1_iy9dl4t wrote
Me at SeaTac after coming home from the east coast. Lived there for 10 years, would not do again 😂
Nightshade_Ranch t1_iy9hcc8 wrote
It's like that every time lol always glad to be back.
sassy_cheddar t1_iy9pzel wrote
Compared to Germany, we invested much less in infrastructure that would let us not be car dependent, especially for lower income folks. It's very expensive to live within walking/biking distance of a transit center, a grocery store, and important services like banking and healthcare in much of the United States.
Lupine-lover t1_iy9ssh9 wrote
I lived in Virginia and Maryland for work, couldn’t wait to get back too!
NF-104 t1_iy9sz3t wrote
Traffic school in Germany is required and expensive (several thousand Euro 20 years ago) and driving infractions are expensive, so the professionalism of drivers is more on par with that of pilots. Plus Germans love to follow laws.
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CherCher65 t1_iy9tvd5 wrote
I get it
CherCher65 t1_iy9uko4 wrote
California is the same way, very aggressive and when a light turns red expect 2 cars to roll through it.
Thundrpigg t1_iy9xmgs wrote
Fully agree, I just think the testing requirements need to be overhauled in the US. Driving at road legal speeds is very easy, but we should have a better system for ensuring competency.
machine010101 t1_iya3tqw wrote
This was my family after moving back from Minnesota to the PNW after 3 years lol. I about cried after seeing mountains again. Experiencing the midwest makes you really appreciate where we live now.
OldeHickory t1_iyaept7 wrote
My guess would have been Highway 2 but you then gave a lot of specific details that make me inclined to believe you.
OldeHickory t1_iyaewgd wrote
I think it’s to maximize white space for the writing so they made puget sound tiny
sexual_pasta t1_iyafqxt wrote
Me after spending two weeks visiting my parents in Florida
TallGuyGreg13 t1_iyahzhy wrote
When I was a driver's Ed teacher, I told my students that the horn was the least used tool for most drivers. It's one of the best things to use and NEEDS to be used way more often! If they wouldn't honk, I would do it for them (if it wasn't a dangerous moment, of course). Drivers are especially apt to cut off drivers' ed cars to get in front of them, so I would warn them and tell them that they should honk if someone is making things dangerous for their driving.
XelfinDarlander t1_iyalrqa wrote
Yessss. I’m coming home in a few short months. I hate the south/east. West coast, best coast. I think I may do this too.
Tawptuan t1_iyap5oc wrote
Exactly. Interestingly, I freely drank unfiltered wilderness water for 20 years before the 1970 research with no problems. Then added those gagging iodine pills for the next 20, followed by a proper mechanical filter for another 20 yrs. A victim of hyped research and clever marketing? 🤷🏼♂️
I guess the sad alternative might have been my epitaph: “Here lies wilderness enthusiast JQ, killed by Giardia at 97 years old.” 🙄
Netopalas t1_iyb33pb wrote
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vogeyontopofyou t1_iybl4ha wrote
The last place you want to kiss the pacific northwest is directly on its Idaho.
MulletasticOne t1_iybpm3c wrote
Relatable.
MulletasticOne t1_iybpwb5 wrote
Man, I don’t know what to tell you except that’s not my experience and I’ve driven around the country and around the world.
Netopalas t1_iyc41p6 wrote
That's just unsanitary.
nonchellent t1_iy76uqz wrote
West coast best coast!
Thanks for sharing this, one of my new favorite photos.