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.

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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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