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	Mount Saint Helens - Unfortunately, when I arrived at the park here, the view from the visitor's center was completely obscured by clouds. I waited an hour for it to clear, but unfortunately it was no go. So, rather than spend the money to get in and see a bunch of goofy panoramas, I decided to press onward.
Giant Log	Snoqualmie - First thing I'm wondering is how the producers of Twin Peaks even found this place. It is, literally, in the middle of nowhere. The town is tiny, there's hardly anything here. I drove around for about twenty minutes, trying to spy something, anything, that was in the show, but no luck. I pulled into a gas station just off the main strip and asked about it, but got a harsh look and a brush off. This was repeated three times at other locations in the town. It seems Snoqualmie has an aversion to being linked to the TV show, as a fan I'm rather disappointed and angry that they'd be so nasty about it. They're actually very harsh and bitter about it. It's a shame too. However, I did notice that, and whether this was just a joke by the show's producers or not, Snoqualmie's claim to fame is a gigantic log. The Historic Log Pavilion is right there in the center of town. No, it didn't talk to me.
The "Brick" Our hero at the Roslyn Cafe (no moose) The Cafe without our hero Downtown Cicely... er... Roslyn	Roslyn - Roslyn is everything that Snoqualmie is not. Everything from the show is still there, and the folks are more than friendly. The Roslyn Café is there (there's no "s", it's the Roslyn Café. Didn't they do an episode about the missing S?), the Brick is there, and the downtown is exactly the way it looked in the show. Granted, once you're there the illusion is kind of shattered by the homes and stuff around the town center, but if you pretend, you can almost imagine yourself there once you're on that main street. All in all, Roslyn kicks Snoqualmie's ass. Where Snoqualmie was filled with bitter old hags who snap at you for mentioning David Lynch, Roslyn is filled with normal people who are very friendly and accept tourists as a part of every day life. The coolest part is that the road leading into Roslyn is the road that Joel was left on in the very beginning of the show. If you park on that road and look around, there is literally NOTHING in view. Just trees and mountains.
Mount Ranier as seen from a motor vehicle doing 65 miles an hour My joys Did I say joy?	Kirkland - Drove through Seattle (no stops at the Space Needle, I was afraid I might break down and buy StarYucks). Spent the rest of Day 3 and the morning of Day 4 with my kids.

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