Washington without a doubt. I've lived up and down the west coast and there's nowhere else I'd rather live. It's a shame we're headed further down the anti-gun toilet though, really ruining the state.

I thought these were green beans. Realizing they grew like this was astounding

I feel like I should be upset for 2 reasons:

1. It's #1, period.
2. People should stay tf away so it doesn't get ruined like Yellowstone.

(But I'm not because 1) no one will believe it's that good and 2) it's kinda hard to get to. People are lazy. Especially the people who never get out of their cars and who think Jellystone is the best park.)

Sounds like some great memories with a great man. I'm sorry for your loss - and glad you shared his story.

Atlantic?? Via San Francisco?

I don't like traffic either

How was the trip!? I kinda want to go next Friday but I'm worried about the roads. Hope you got there safe!

Grand fir

I haven't been to Massachusetts, but I did live in Ithaca, NY for two years and I couldn't wait to move back to Washington. I didn't like the climate, especially the hot, humid, sunless, stormy summers (don't get me started with the umbrellas everywhere). It felt like I was living in a jungle and I sorely missed the dry, sunny summers in the rain shadows of the Olympics and the Cascades.

On that note, the so-called mountains of the east were not very impressive, to say the least. There's more to it, and I know what I mentioned applies mainly to the Finger Lakes Region and not Massachusetts, but those were some of my major gripes.

Thats... the reason its illegal... because you can kill people...

yep, but too hard to change. easy to say "needs to be addressed", how? for what cost? people who are capable of doing it have better things to do, people who are in charge are too .... useless... so suck it up/adapt, nothing will NOT change in observable future.

Depending on your timing you could go to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, then hike around Bellingham (Oyster Dome is a good easy hike.) There’s also lots of great islands to explore by car with shorter hikes (Deception Pass and Whidbey Island). If you want a proper multi day road trip, Olympic National Park makes sense and is very unique to PNW. You can visit the beaches, Hoh Rainforest, Lake Quinault and/or Lake Crescent. However food and lodging options are quite limited.

Well, there’s coastal WA and eastern WA, which are two different beasts. Like coastal mass and non-coastal mass.

I prefer saltwater, so I’ll compare the two coastals. Now, I love New England and pre-pandemic, visited at least once if not more times a year, but East Coast vs PNW, I find east coast is a bit flatter and of course with different trees. I like having mountains, forests and ocean all within the same 360 view.

Coastal mass winters are more brutal.

Seafood is equivocal, though I like lobster just a bit more than crab, but spot prawns give WA the edge. We both have delicious fish. WA coast has arguably more types of clams, and I like our oysters more. Razor clams and geoduck give WA a big edge.

No state income tax, but y’all have pseudo- socialized medicine, so edge to MA if you don’t make a ton of money.

I'm also not following what is going on. upvoted you just to compensate a bit.my guess is some people are mad at you that you was driving no belts, no insurance and went rage-down-voting? who knows... internet people are crazy

Edit: oh, some of your following answers ... now I see how these can irritate folks... but I'm still surprised by dedication of internet people to go to other comments and downvote as well. this weird, weird world....

don't take downvotes seriously but take seriously what people are saying... recklessness leads to bad bad things.

washington, MA has my boyfriends abusive ex

Oh huh, what I was thinking of is a different acronym. Could have sworn that was the same one

There's some truth to what you said. But that doesn't explain why Denali is in the 40s. There's only one road in the whole park, and no private vehicles are allowed. You can get off the park bus and after it drives off you are completely by yourself in the wild. Not just any wilderness; it is majestic. The park is larger than Massachusetts.

No need to be a cunt

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The Hoh Rainforest is the most magical part of any national park imo

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Will always be #1 to me!

In Yellowstone, as long as it is not a seismically active area it’s not off limits and you can go there. Most people just stick to the roads and just miss out on what Yellowstone can be like.

What I want is the same penalties for sober, negligent and wreckers drivers as drunk drivers. There are far far more of them and they don't have to have SR22, interlock, or any of those other penalties.

You don't have to hit anything at all and its still dui. What's possibility of killing someone have to do with it.