Postcard - Mount Saint Helens, Washington

"The cascade country in the Mount St. Helens vicinity in Washington State ranked among the most majestic wilderness areas in the world. Now, after the eruption of Mt. St. Helens on May 18, 1980, thousands of giant 200 foot trees lie strewned across the mountain terrain. Their bark and branches have been stripped away by the volcano's blast."

And we have four more volcanoes that could blow at any time. I camped at Spirit Lake, where St. Helens was reflected in the water, in Sept. 1978, and even at that late date there was no clue it was going to erupt within such a short duration.

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Two bridges over the Willamette River

Broadway Bridge, Steel Bridge

Portland, Oregon

Favorite Movie Quotes: Arthur (1981)

"Isn't this fun? Isn't fun the best thing to have? Don't you wish you were me? I know I do."

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Willamette River, Portland, Oregon

Postcard - Mount Saint Helens, Washington

"Mt. St. Helens and Yale Lake"

Appears to be from the 1960s. This is an artificial lake created by a dam in the early 1950s. It is also the area where skyjacker D.B. Cooper was thought to have landed, mostly in neighboring Lake Merwin.

St. Helens, of course, no longer looks like that. The 1980 eruption literally blew the top off. 

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Broadway Bridge over the Willamette River

Portland, Oregon

Favorite Movie Quotes: Arsenic and Old Lace

"Insanity runs in my family-- it practically gallops!"

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Cowlitz River

Castle Rock, Washington

Postcard - Mount Rainier, Washington

"Mount Rainier as viewed from Sunrise Park on the northeast side of Rainier National Park."

ca. 1980. I always enjoyed the fact that somewhere on this side of The Mountain there is an especially dangerous area to climb called Willis Wall. No relation.

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Castle Rock, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Public Eye

"It doesn't matter what they say, unless you believe them."

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Castle Rock, Washington

Postcard - Mount Rainier, Washington

"Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington State, Tipsoo Lake. A distant view of Mt. Rainier from Tipsoo Lake, one of many small mountain lakes high in the Cascade Mountain Range."

Probably from the 1970s.

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Castle Rock City Jail, Built 1907

Castle Rock, Washington

SPAM Phished Hacked-- Whatever

 

This morning some enterprising squirmybrain hacked into my email and sent out a bunch of junk to many of you out there in MortyLand. Yahoo tells me it originated in Brazil. Yahoo also gave me their IP address which I will be happy to provide if you wish to "thank" them.

Spam reviewed

Brazil reviewed

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Centralia, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Peacemaker

"He's just a delivery boy. I'm not afraid of the man who wants ten nuclear weapons, Colonel. I'm terrified of the man who only wants one."

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Waiter, there's a flag in my omelette!

Centralia, Washington

Postcard - Moses Lake, Washington

 

"Moses Lake, Washington"

Charles M. Hatfield, the rainmaker, failed to produce his product near this spot after a much publicized visit in 1920.

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Centralia, Washington

Morty Comix # 2542

 

Morty Comix # 2542 joined a rapidly growing number of documents posted on the door of an abandoned house right here in little old McCleary, Washington

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Centralia, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Nails

"If you're going to plow the field, you better be smarter than the mule, huh?"

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Buster the Heat Hog soaks up the warmth at the natural gas register in these late days of winter. I notice he does not appear to exhibit any sense of guilt over this action.

Oh.

Wait.

He's a cat.

Of course.

Postcard - Morton, Washington

"Morton, Washington. Morton, home of the Morton Loggers Jubilee each August, boasts national recognition because of the event. Here is seen a 'Blue Ribbon' load of logs."

Birthplace of Prohibition Party Presidential candidate (2004 & 2008) Gene Amondson (born in 1943).

This postcard is probably from the 1970s.

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Charlie and Hettie

Morty Comix # 2541

Morty Comix # 2541 was left in a place that is quickly becoming a vanishing site these days, a phone booth with a real telephone that still has a dial tone. This booth is in the historic town of Castle Rock, Washington.

Castle Rock is nice little town worth visiting. I like the walk they built along the Cowlitz River with the historical signs.

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Favorite Movie Quotes: Lost Horizon

"Age is a limit we impose upon ourselves. You know, each time you Westerners celebrate your birthday, you build another fence around your minds."

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