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Sep. 18th, 2005 06:38 pm
truepenny: artist's rendering of Sidneyia inexpectans (first fandom)
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I was going through a box of random junk this afternoon, and came across a postcarrd of Snoqualmie Falls. [ETA: apparently I was gearing up for Talk Like A Pirate Day. Arr!]

No message on the back, nor any useful information; the caption reads: The Salish Lodge overlooks Snoqualmie Falls which plunges 268 feet to the river below. Photographer--Craig Tuttle. © 1992 IMPACT. Printed in Japan. I stared at it blankly. To the best of my knowledge, I'd never been to Snoqualmie Falls; I didn't even know where it was.

That was easily remedied via Google. Washington state, near Seattle. I've been to Seattle, but Snoqualmie Falls still wasn't ringing any kind of a bell, not even the chintzy kind they put on cat collars that always sound flat.

But the longer I stared at the postcard, the more familiar it began to look. Especially the Salish Lodge.

And then it hit me, and I ran another Google search: Snoqualmie Falls Twin Peaks. The Salish Lodge is the Great Northern.

That explains why I have the postcard, although I still don't have any idea when or where or how I acquired it, and I've jotted a note on the back Twin Peaks--Great Northern, so that when I find it again in another five or ten years, I'll know what it is.

Dale Cooper, I love you still.

Date: 2005-09-19 01:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sarekofvulcan.livejournal.com
Yeah, we go there on a regular basis. During the spring melt, the torrent over that ledge is a site to see...

And I meant to comment anyway, to let you know that I picked up a copy of Melusine on the "New and Interesting" shelf at my local library yesterday. :-)

Date: 2005-09-19 02:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] truepenny.livejournal.com
Hooray!

Thank you for letting me know.

Date: 2005-09-19 03:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sarekofvulcan.livejournal.com
You're welcome. I just wish I hadn't misspelled "sight" in my original message. I've been hanging out on the web too long.

But now that I think about it, "site to see" isn't necessarily wrong, in the way that "web sight" would be.

*goes off to ruminate on the English language... or lack thereof*

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