Arizona to Washington State

somber

somber

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Welp,

I moved to Seattle, Washington - outside the city in a subburb called Milton. I'm in Kennewick right now winterizing irrigation systems, afterwhich I'll make my way NW to Seattle. What a change from Arizona! This place is cold.

So what's there to do here? :)
 
I hear that visiting Starbucks everyday for a Hot cup of Coffee is the thing to do. :D
 
I'm in Washington as well. Its not that cold ya big baby! There is some great hunting and fishing around here thats for sure.
 
Don't buy an umbrella; you'll be pegged as an out-of-stater immediately.

And remember, if there's a line at Starbucks, you can always cross the street to the next one.
 
I'll tell you, winterizing these systems is almost a racket it's just quick money as long as your have a powerful enough compressor. We'll knock out about 500 houses in the next three weeks.

I worked for Starbucks for three years, I can't have any of their coffee anymore, it's burned and roasted for too long. The product they sell is sub-standard and overpriced. I bought two coffees from Dutch Bros for seven dollars, one had three shots of espresso and the other hand four, I doubt you'd be below ten dollars with the same drinks at Starbucks. No thank you.

Vivace or Stumptown, maybe...

It's a shame, I was looking at a Davek umbrella, too...
 
Rather than the Arizona Peacocks, you must now root for the Seattle Seahawks.:D.
 
Drinking is pretty big... Though you might have to put up with state-run liquor stores. I say "might" because we've got an initiative that's supposed to ban them and open up privatized stores ( so it will be like pretty much every other state ). There's a lot of weird places to visit in Seattle, but they're only cool the first time; unless you count the strip clubs.

There's no shortage of outdoors activities. Hunting, hiking, camping, rafting, climbing... I'm not really sure there are any outdoor activities you can't do in Washington. We even have sand dunes for dune buggies.

You live in the right spot for live music if you're into that.

First thing I would do if I were you is go check out Mr. Ranier before the snow starts falling. It's really beautiful up there; I'd suggest you get a ride though, since you won't want to pay attention to the road.

Anyway, if you get home sick you can always check out Yakima during the Summer. Nice 110 F temperature in August. :P There's even less to do here than in the rest of Washington though. Whine tasting is really the only big tourist attraction I can think of we've got going on, but there's some pretty good fishing/hiking around here. You can hunt too, but depending on what you hunt you'll probably want to head into the cascades. If you're working in irrigation you'll probably wind up driving through here at least once or twice.

It's weird how many people here are from Washington state. I use to find it odd when someone else on a forum was from Washington. I guess we must be a state of knife nuts.
 
What is there to do in western WA? Rust, rot and corrode. That same as western OR. :D
 
I was born and raised in Yakima. I won't say anything more about that...

I've found the state run liquor store, too. :D

edit: I heard there is a really great cave over by Rainier that is two miles deep? Sounds fun. My family has a beach house in the Puget Sound that I hope to make it up to, but without transportation at the moment, it might be difficult. I literally packed everything into two 50lb boxes and a plane ticket up here.
 
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somber said:
So what's there to do here? :)
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Activities? Heck, lots to do up there. I lived there for several years. I still miss it.

You can dream about that big yellow warm thing you used to see in the sky, when you were a kid. I think it's called the sun, or something like that. Another thing you can do is participate in the Pacific Northwest Freezing Rain Festival, it runs from January 1st to December 31st each year. The banana slug races are cool, too. Just don't lay odds & money on any contender named 'salty'. Bad luck, that one is. ;)

Okay, seriously, there's quite a bit to do up there:

spring through fall, whale watching tours (orcas). Incredible experience if the conditions are good & your boat can get reasonably close.

Summertime: fleet week & hydro races. A friend of mine years ago used to build hydroplane boats, but he's retired now. The hydro races are a blast.

Winter sports are great, Snoqualmie isn't too far from where you are. Several smaller mountain towns do really cool tree lighting ceremonies each Christmas season.

All year 'round: Seattle waterfront. (I worked at two restaurants there twenty years ago; they're gone now, I think.) Great food everywhere, and the aquarium is amazing. Also, Pike Place Market.

~Chris
 
somber said:
I was born and raised in Yakima. I won't say anything more about that...
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Heh, what a coincidence. Well, at least you know what we've got to offer. :P

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While we're on the subject: Do you know any knifemakers in this area? I tried using the list in the General Maker's Discussion, but it just 404s for me. Knowing my luck it's probably been a few years since you lived here though.
 
KennyB said:
Heh, what a coincidence. Well, at least you know what we've got to offer. :P

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While we're on the subject: Do you know any knifemakers in this area? I tried using the list in the General Maker's Discussion, but it just 404s for me. Knowing my luck it's probably been a few years since you lived here though.
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You mean Yakima has something to offer? :D I grew up there afterwhich we lived in Selah/Natchez area. As far as knifemakers check out Jose Diaz, a lot of his work piqued my interest. It has been a few years since I lived there, though. I moved away maybe 12 years ago to Phoenix, so this is almost a pilgramage for me. :D I'll definitely be stopping by Yakima while I'm back, I miss that hell hole.
 
somber said:
You mean Yakima has something to offer?
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Death, strife and meth. :P

Heh, Naches and Selah are still pretty nice, but in all seriousness it's been pretty crazy the last two years across the county. Can't really even remember all the stuff, but Sherrif Deputies being ambushed, people catching strays while smoking cigarettes and broad-daylight, gang-land style executions come to mind.

Also, thanks for pointing out Jose Diaz, I was starting to think there weren't any local knife makers on here.
 
KennyB said:
Heh, what a coincidence. Well, at least you know what we've got to offer. :P

Edit:

While we're on the subject: Do you know any knifemakers in this area? I tried using the list in the General Maker's Discussion, but it just 404s for me. Knowing my luck it's probably been a few years since you lived here though.
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T.J. Smith lives in Naches.

Visit the knifemakers forum. He used to be there.
 
KennyB said:
Death, strife and meth. :P

Heh, Naches and Selah are still pretty nice, but in all seriousness it's been pretty crazy the last two years across the county. Can't really even remember all the stuff, but Sherrif Deputies being ambushed, people catching strays while smoking cigarettes and broad-daylight, gang-land style executions come to mind.

Also, thanks for pointing out Jose Diaz, I was starting to think there weren't any local knife makers on here.
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Welcome to WA state. There are a ton of knife makers in this state. There are a bunch of great shows in the Pacific Northwest to go to, and Hammer-ins galore.

Hope you find your transition comfortable (it helps to wear a jacket when your cold :D).

I travel a lot, but if your in my neighborhood, look me up. A shop tour and or cutting competition demos are always fun.

respectfully,
Jose Diaz
 
So I moved up here to be able to support my sister, she has brain cancer and I wanted to be close to her while my parents were moving back down to Arizona. The situation was suppose to be that we would be living in my parents house in Milton for a few months and then it would go back to the market, but during this time I would be living pretty much with no expenses other then living and I would be able to be close to my sister before she got married.

Well, my sister isn't getting married anymore and in fact is moving back down to Arizona as well. With blowing out sprinklers coming to a finish in a week, and not having any transportation here or enough money to buy a car...

I don't know what to do. I'm really unhappy right now and feel as though this was not the right decision for me.:(
 
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