Morty Comix # 2524

Morty Comix # 2524 looked like it wanted to travel.

So I walked through a parking lot in Tumwater, Washington and told myself that the first out of state license plate I saw would decide the general jurisdiction of this little comic's destination. Fate chose Alaska, our neighboring state.

Then I told myself to watch for anything that had a number between 1 and 5. As I walked through the grounds of a vocational school I spotted a tennis ball a good block away from the nearest court. It had the number 2 on it. So 2 it was.

Alaska's biggest city is, of course, Anchorage. The 2nd largest depends on what source you use, and it looks like a tossup between Fairbanks and Juneau. I chose Juneau because my beautiful cousin Patti lives there. Then I located a Juneau telephone book that was about 4 years old.

For once I thought I'd actually send one of these to a comic book store, but none were listed in the Yellow Pages. Instead I found myself between Colon Hydrotherapy and Commercial Artists. You know, when you look for a comic book store and find these two instead-- I don't think this is an accident. No. It is an editorial comment.

Anyway, naturally I chose the Colon Hydrotherapy option. Fortunately I double checked the address online, because the doctor had moved since the book was printed. 

So, it is North to Alaska for this one!

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Elma, Washington

Postcard - Brinnon, Washington

"Dosewallips State Park. Located at the foot of the Olympics on scenic Hood Canal is this campers' paradise. The fresh Dosewallips River skirts the campground, and beautiful Mt. Constance overlooks it in the distance."

Looks to be from the 1970s. Shortly after graduating high school four of us went camping at Mt. Constance and were frequently visited by a persistent mountain goat with a crooked horn and an attitude that anything hanging around loose was his to take.

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Elma, Washington

Morty Comix # 2523

Morty Comix # 2523 was left on a distribution rack for the student newspaper The Cooper Point Journal at The Evegreen State College, Olympia, Washington.

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Elma, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Waterworld

"The future. The polar icecaps have melted, covering the Earth with water. Those who survived have adapted to a new world."

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Near Elma, Washington

Postcard - Bremerton, Washington

"Bremerton Navy Yard, near Tacoma, Wash. Heart of Pacific Northwest Naval Defense Plan is the huge Puget Sound Navy Yard at Bremerton, on Elliott Bay. Navy construction center and repair haven for the battleships of the Pacific Fleet when in the Northwest, the Yard is now being enhanced by construction of a $4,500,000 graving dock, which will be the largest in this country and capable of handling any ship in the world."

Hmm, claiming Bremerton is on Elliott Bay seems like a stretch. The language on this card, plus the use of  the name "Puget Sound Navy Yard" suggest this dates to World War II.

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Technology Way has the appearance of coming to a dead end at one of the two never-used WPPSS cooling towers, Grays Harbor County @Washington.

Morty Comix # 2522

Morty Comix # 2522 was tacked up on a public bulletin board, Lake Inez, Elma, Washington

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A burned out car, a house made out of rusty railroad boxcars, an abandoned and never used nuclear power cooling tower.

Grays Harbor County, Washington.

Postcard - Bellevue, Washington

"Bellevue, Washington, located on the east side of Lake Washington, is the state's fourth largest city. A section of the main business district of this suburban city is seen."

From the 1970s. If you click on the image and enlarge you'll see a Datsun auto dealership in the center.

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Unfinished and abandoned WPPSS nuclear power facility

Grays Harbor County, Washington

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.