{"id":38800,"date":"2021-10-17T20:11:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T00:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=38800"},"modified":"2021-10-17T20:17:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T00:17:40","slug":"postcards-from-the-pacific-northwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=38800","title":{"rendered":"Postcards From The Pacific Northwest"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I drove around to kill time before my red eye tonight. It&#8217;s strange being here, amidst natural wonders and a global pandemic, passing by things I once saw without caring about masks or political vitriol.<\/p>\r\n<p>Meanwhile&#8230;<\/p>\r\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-38800 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38807'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_071726-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38807\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38807'>\n\t\t\t\tSunrise over Fife.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38808'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_071549-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38808\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38808'>\n\t\t\t\tThe overt antisemitism is too much.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38811'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_093237-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38811\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38811'>\n\t\t\t\tSome tourists come to the Seattle area to see the Space Needle.  Little do they realize the REAL draw is the U-Haul Space Needle in Renton, WA.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38812'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_093442-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38812\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38812'>\n\t\t\t\tI&#8217;ve recently found myself reconsidering the quest to selfie.  Part of it is the Kevin Covid Cut of my hair (entering into year 3!).  And part of it is that, I don&#8217;t know&#8230; maybe I don&#8217;t need to be int he photo.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38809'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_092017-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38809\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38809'>\n\t\t\t\tBecause also here in Renton, there be dragons&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38810'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_092224-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38810\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38810'>\n\t\t\t\tWhy a dragon?  Because Renton is home to the folks who created Magic: The Gathering&#8230; and bought the Dungeons and Dragons company a while back.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38830'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_102441-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38830\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38830'>\n\t\t\t\tSnoqualmie Falls, the exterior location for the Great Northern Lodge in Twin Peaks.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38813'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_102043-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38813\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38813'>\n\t\t\t\tMe at the falls&#8230; because, apparently I still AM doing the whole selfie thing&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38814'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_102104-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38814\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38814'>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then I felt like maybe I should take one without a mask&#8230; lots of people were maskless, and judgy.  Judgey?  Judgy.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38821'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_104126-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38821\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38821'>\n\t\t\t\tI took a trail down to a lower observation point.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38823'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_104454-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38823\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38823'>\n\t\t\t\tThis warning was no joke.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38824'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_104629-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38824\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38824'>\n\t\t\t\tAnd yet this warning felt like a joke I should wear on my shirt, a reminder that I&#8217;m more and more a historical artifact every day.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38825'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_110615-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38825\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38825'>\n\t\t\t\tNot freezing!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38826'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_112110-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38826\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38826'>\n\t\t\t\tNorth Bend, WA, is home to many Twin Peaks filming locations.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38829'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_112156-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38829\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38829'>\n\t\t\t\tSuch as Twede&#8217;s Diner which doubled as the Twin Peaks Double R Diner&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38832'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_114427-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38832\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38832'>\n\t\t\t\tI had one of their burgers&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38833'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_121004-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38833\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38833'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8230;and of course made myself a present of their damn fine cherry pie.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38840'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_124341-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38840\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38840'>\n\t\t\t\tTimed it right too&#8230; because as I was finishing up they went to a wait list to be seated.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38841'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_125819-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38841\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38841'>\n\t\t\t\tFun fact: if you type &#8220;Ronette Pulaski&#8217;s Bridge&#8221; into GoogleMaps, they know that was shot at the Reinig Bridge.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38843'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_130146-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38843\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38843'>\n\t\t\t\tIt&#8217;s no longer part of the railways, having been converted into a trail for walkers and bikers.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38842'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_131329-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38842\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38842'>\n\t\t\t\tBut to get in, you have to go past one of these&#8230; albeit I swear my kindergarten teacher was a real stickler about us exercising elk control.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?attachment_id=38844'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_135029-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38844\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38844'>\n\t\t\t\tIn the town of Twin Peaks, no one escapes the supply chain troubles, donut you know?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I drove around to kill time before my red eye tonight. It&#8217;s strange being here, amidst natural wonders and a global pandemic, passing by things I once saw without caring about masks or political vitriol. 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