Diane, 10:44 AM on July 28, 2017.
I’m entering the town of Snoqualmie WA, also North Bend, WA, and briefly Fall City, WA. Snoqualmie is 35.8 miles from Sea-Tec Airport in Seattle, WA. These areas are home to exterior locations for Twin Peaks, that fictional town sprung from the minds of Mark Frost and David Lynch.
My first stop was Twede’s Diner, better known to Special Agent Dale Cooper as the Double R Diner.
Reportedly damn fine cherry pie here, Diane. Damn fine. But I’m waiting to have it either as a reward for a sub-3 hour marathon tomorrow … or a salve for wounded failure.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t check in with local law enforcement. The Dirtfish Rally School doubles as the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Department… as well as the former Packard Mill. Sheriffs Truman nor Deputies Hawk or Briggs were not to be found. Not surprising given that IRL (in real life) this place is an AWD (all wheel drive) racing school.
I should note Lucy’s desk has been replaced but they’re selling shards of that memorabilia to fans… of which there will apparently be many this weekend thanks to a Twin speaks feat I wasn’t aware was happening.
Up the road, past a somewhat ominous traffic light, I came to the Salish Lodge and Spa, AKA The Great Northern Lodge. Room 315 had a definite hum… though perhaps it was coming from the other side of the room? No faces in the night stand woodwork were noted.
The Snoqualmie Falls are even more emotive in person than they are cascading across my television screen.
A particularly morbid stop on my tour – Ronette Pulaski’s bridge which endured a mysterious fire not too long ago…
I did not go in search of an abandoned railroad car. Nor did I seek out a clearing in the woods that offered entry into the Black Lodge. Some things are too scary to seek alone… though I doubt I’d have the courage to go even with others.
Before heading to my airbnb in anticipation of tomorrow’s challenge, I swung by the Roadhouse. Sadly, the Bang Bang Club was shooting blanks.
Nice day for a picnic though at Snoqualmie Point Park, famous long before February 12, 1989, albeit that date stays with you.
In 25 hours, this will all happen again.
But first… to the moon?
