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[Rebecca in the Great Northwest <rebas_own AT hotmail.com>]

Ah, heck.  I spent half my life in various parts of the Columbia Basin, so I 
can't resist chiming in.

A Seattle friend of ours refers to Moses Lake as "the green stain on the side 
of the hill", which is pretty apt (but I should add she HATED living there).  
During Green-Up Time in early spring that area does get mighty pretty, but 
unless you keep watering, it turns brown and stays brown most of the year, 
and gets ridiculously hot in the summers.  I'd much rather be down in 
Klickitat county around Goldendale (spectacular views and better weather, 
used to be cheap land deals especially to the east toward Bickleton, probably 
still some around).

At one time Moses Lake was to be home to a space port (not sure if NASA still 
has that under consideration), and the airport was going to be expanded to 
accommodate bigger jets.  I have it in my head that Boeing does fly their 
test jets in and out of there, probably using the old airbase that's now 
owned by the port of Moses Lake.

If anyone's thinking about property there, GET THE SOIL TESTED.  Huge scandal 
some years back, dear old Montsanto was selling eastern Washington farmers 
fertilizer laced with heavy metals.  Ruined a number of fields near Moses 
Lake, as I remember.  Seattle Times ran a series of articles about the 
situation there, if anyone wants to look them up.

Moses Lake does get some "cul-cha".  The Gorge at George is about 40 minutes 
away.  Lots of rock concerts and other doings there at the amphitheater, 
which was the backdrop for a Darwin award winner several years ago (such a 
spectacular exit he made, the incident even made the cut for a morbidly funny 
film loosely based on the Darwin Awards).

and.... scampering back into lurk mode, waiting for spring.

-Rebecca in western Washington state

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