In Seattle for the weekend. Staying with a Filipino family (old friends of my mom) and they’re showing me around town. (Boy, did I miss Filipino food.)
Above photo is one of those off-highway scenic view locations, this one overlooking the Wanapum Lake / Columbia River area, just west of a little town named George. (Which is home to the legendary Gorge Amphitheatre, by the way.) I didn’t put two and two together until I saw the water tower for the town of George. Which is to say, George, WA. Which is to say, the town is named George Washington. You know, like the guy.
I mean, I guess Missouri has some pretty obnoxious place names — i.e., Versailles, MO (pronounced ver-sales).
But I’m holding George Washington high on my list of obnoxiously named towns. Right up at the top with Missouri City, Texas — a town that went so far as to even gank my fine home state’s motto and call itself “The show me city.”
And yes, after a mild hiatus, I’m taking photos again. I stopped for most of July since I left my camera battery charger in New Jersey after my trip over there and (as of yet) haven’t bothered to get it sent back to me.
Mmm, Filipino food. I need to cook some of that more often. (Made pancit last week…)
Yeah, they picked up two whole pigs on the way home today (from showing me around downtown). Making lechon for a party that’s going on tomorrow, apparently.
Man, they don’t mess around up here. The Filipino population is immense.