Is that at Baker or Rainer? Cuz you said Paradise, isn’t that at Rainer or does Baker have one too?

Why would you want the city of Seattle to get the tax money?

The National Park rangers lead snowshoe trips on weekends. Arrive at 10am to Paradise, sign up in person, and a 2 hour snowshoe trip leaves around 11am. This is what the info sign said inside the visitors center last weekend.

• Proof of citizenship (certified US birth certificate, or valid US passport or passport card, or certificate of citizenship, or certificate of naturalization, or birth abroad document); originals or certified copies - not photocopies.

• 2 Proof of physical address documents (must be paper copy, not digital); WA ID/L counts as one, other options include mail (personal/business), bills, bank statement, paystub, selective service.

• Proof of identification (valid ID/DL, or valid military ID, or valid Passport).

• Proof of name change (if name on citizenship document is different than current name: marriage cert(s), court order, adoption, etc).

• SSN will be verified, and must match current name, but social security card is not required in person for the transaction.

PS ~ Other documents are Real ID compliant:

Permanent Resident Card (Green Card)

U.S. Military ID

U.S. Passport

U.S. Passport Card

Foreign Passport

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment Authorization Card (I-766)

Federally recognized, tribal-issued photo ID

PPS Real ID has been pushed back til 2025

Any updates on this shit? When I try to track it, says info unavailable. That it could take 2 weeks for my application to show, it’s 2 weeks today and I’ve heard nothing and still can’t track it.

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Remember this was passed in 2005….Washington has been out of compliance with federal rules for REAL ID for over 17 years. At one point Washington DOL had created 400,000 non resident licenses because of lax attitudes and policies from DOL leadership.

Washington when tasked with creating an Enhanced License, with safeguards guaranteed under the US Department of State, refused to use the facial recognition software to check standard license applicants for fraud. The fraud was multiple licenses under multiple individuals who just rearranged their last names and birthdays. Only because Jessie Jones took a whistleblowers complaint to Rob McKenna (then the Attorney General) to inform him that DOL ‘leadership’ deemed fraud ‘too expensive’ to fight at a ‘cost of 1 million dollars a year to run’.

Rob was like…I can get a federal grant to cover that cost to fight identify theft in a week. Only then did DOL execs reluctantly process new applicants for facial recognition. The craziest thing was individuals with 3 or 4 license…who’d signed a criminal perjury statement to get their ‘new identify’ (bank accounts, loans, mortgages, marriages, credit cards)…not a single person was charged from DOL referral and DOL chalked it up to ‘misunderstanding of our laws’…the media buried the story - only Jessie Jones coverage - which is also largely retcon’d out of memory told the crazy details. Many of the people had multiple warrants for their arrest, multiple DUI’s amongst other crimes. DOL’s fraud investigation team is historically staffed by retired WSP sergeants who don’t do much in referring cases to local prosecutors.

Also a side story…it was reported in the times. The CIA exploited Washington States lax ID requirements to get their operatives valid ID. I once met a Venezuelan lady in Spain who told me she’s dated a guy ‘from Washington who worked for the government but was frequenting visits to Venezuela’…I was like here read this story. Her face went white.

Nice to see the ineptitude of Washington’s pushback to comply with the federal mandate has been overcome.

Edit - bravely downvoting Washington’s failure to be a persistent fraud factory….how ‘progressive’.

Because if there are no gun shops there will be no guns in Seattle./s

Last I checked Palace Jewelry and Loan is still doing guns.

But like others said, taxes. Politicians said it would decrease gun crime, but all it really did was kill businesses.

Stunning. Thanks for sharing.

Damn, good challenge. I mean the Grand Canyon is pretty bonkers but I guess it's apples and oranges at that point.

Yee haw saddle! Tell Table and Herm hello! I hope your transceiver has fresh batteries!

In the country.

Don't forget you are in avalanche territory doing these things, and therefore you need the proper training and equipment.

Converted my WA license to REAL ID recently, took literally 5 mins. They check that your information is current, take a photo, sign, invalidate your old license, on your way!

Oh WOW!

I wish to give this as an experience to my mum and myself to do before winter is over, do you have any tips on how to make it a great experience for her that you think I can't find on the internet and you may have learnt from your personal experience.

THank you so much in advance

So clean.

Great pic!

Gorgeous!

It's a common photo (I've taken a couple from that exact spot myself) but god damn is it a good view. I'd put it as best scenic viewpoint in Washington.

Not really. NEXUS gets you through the express lane. EID just spares you needing to show a passport.

Perfect

Absolutely incredible!

i just vacuum them up

my first home in WA was near the center of vashon island and we had poison oak in the woods behind our house. made me think it was commonplace but apparently it isn't so much. i've seen some on the side of the road near the south end ferry dock as well.