Morty Comix # 2521

Morty Comix # 2521 was left at a building in Rainier, Washington.

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One of two nuclear power cooling towers that were never used, thanks to two defaults. First the WPPSS default of the 1980s, which was an enormous fiasco, and second de fault underneath, and by that I mean the Satsop earthquake fault. We experienced two earthquakes around 1999-2000 that were 5 pointers practically right under this baby.

So today there are two giant derelict towers visible from the freeway, two monuments-- one to the greedy and one to the gullible.

Facvorite Movie Quotes: 3 Godfathers

"Well your honor, we found the prisoner guilty according to law, but under exterminatin' circumstances."

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Grays Harbor County, Washington

Postcard - Bellevue, Washington

"Bellevue, Washington, located on the east side of Lake Washington, is the state's fourth largest city. This aerial view looks west over the city's business district toward Seattle. In the distant background, both Lake Washington Floating Bridges and part of the Seattle Skyline can be seen."

From the 1970s. Note that fine ribbon of smog.

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Grays Harbor County, Washington

Morty Comix # 2520

Morty Comix # 2520 was enclosed in a folding shopping cart shelf and left in the parking lot of a Safeway in Yelm, Washington

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Deep Lake, Millersylvania State Park, Thurston County, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: A Perfect World

"Yeah, well, I have a fine sense of humor. But one thing I won't do is be your straight man so you can play hero to a bunch of morons who think you're some kind of hillbilly Sherlock Holmes."

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Olympia, Washington

Morty Comix # 2519

Morty Comix # 2519 was slid behind a sign on an outdoor kitchen at Millersylvania State Park, Thurston County, Washington. Most of the structures at this park were built by the CCC in the 1930s.

Here I am with my Dad at Millersylvania, July 1959. As you can tell by my furtive expression, I knew that over a half century later I would be involved a bit of artistic mischief at this same place, so I was scoping the scene for a good place to hide a Morty Comix.

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Postcard - Bellevue, Washington

"Bellevue, Washington. Located on the east side of Lake Washington, the state's fourth largest city. This photo shows a portion of the main business district with Mt. Rainier in the background."

This card is dated 1976. Known as "Blah-vue" by my Seattle friends, Bellevue is no longer the 4th largest city in Washington. It got bumped to number five when Vancouver annexed huge chunks of land several years ago.

If you can make out Mt. Rainier through the smog horizon, it looks really weird, more like a rounded dome than it does in real life.

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Olympia, Washington

Morty Comix # 2518

Morty Comix # 2518 was slipped into the dessert menu of a pizza joint in Tumwater, Washington

Postcard - Belfair State Park

"Belfair State Park on scenic Hood Canal. One of Washington's many parks which provides camping, swimming, picnicking and relaxation for all who visit 'Belfair-by-the-Sea.'"

Both of those Pontiac GTOs in there look vintage 1965-1967 to me (click on image to enlarge). Note the lack of any self-contained motor homes. Around here at least they were not really in abundance until the 1970s. Before that time we saw more campers on pickup trucks and towable trailers.

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Mask (1994)

"Aren't you due back at the lab to have your bolts tightened?"

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Noncomformist

Postcard - American Lake, Washington

"Veteran's Administration Hospital, American Lake, Washington. Located a few miles from Fort Lewis, McChord Field and Interstate Hiway 5 in a serene setting is this hospital. Majestic Mt. Rainier, 60 miles to the east stands guardian over all."

I'm guessing ca. 1970.

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Favorite Movie Quotes: The Horse Soldiers

"The Garden of Eden had its serpents too."

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Morty Comix # 2517

Morty Comix # 2517 was placed on top of a weird looking corner support in a stairway of a parking garage in Tumwater, Washington. It was placed only one floor above the hiding place of Morty Comix #2489, which is still there, by the way.

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Postcard - Aberdeen, Washington

"Aberdeen, Washington. Located at Zelaski Park are two wood carvings. Carved by Louis Benanto, Jr. musician-artist from Ansonia, Conn. using a chisel and chain-saw these figures greet the visitors as they enter and leave the city. The artist worked three months carving these two figures."

A view of Aberdeen looking west in the mid-1970s, I'd guess. Benanto is also the artist who carved the Charlie Choker statue around 1974-1975.

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Discarded portable dental floss thing. 

Part of a long running subseries, sad to say.

Tumwater, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: High Plains Drifter

"Well, it's what people know about themselves inside that makes them afraid."

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Postcard - Aberdeen, Washington

"Greetings From Aberdeen, Wash."

Some say, and for good reason, this postcard is a bit misleading. Looks like it dates back to the late 1950s-early 1960s. This is just a guess, but the top photo might be the view east from Ocean Shores, looking over the northern half of Grays Harbor, which is about a half hour from Aberdeen. At low tide that same body of water becomes a giant mud flat.

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