The Banana Belt: The area around Sequim pronounced as "squim" which is in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains, resulting in a paucity of rainfall less than 10 inches a year, I believe , a feature which has attracted a number of Hollywood stars in the past John Wayne having been probably the most prominent--they even named a marina after him as well as a gaggle of retirees to the area.
For more info on the area, see the Sequim-Dungeness Chamber of Commerce site. There is even a town thereabouts named Basin City.
Other places that might be said to fall within the bounds of the Basin are Othello, Moses Lake, Ephrata, etc. This term is preferred thereabouts over "The Inland Empire," which is viewed as being a bit too Spokane-centric.
How far this region extends, or whether it extends far enough to abutt the Okanogan at its northern reach and the Palouse at its eastern reach, as well as encompassing Yakima and Wenatchee at its western reach or the Tri-Cities at its southern reach, are questions the answers to which this writer is still awaiting clarification. Home of the razor clam. Not to be confused with any of Seattle's local beaches. When I was a kid I'm an Aberdeen boy, myself, having spent my grade school years and one year of junior high there , we always referred to the beaches running north from Ocean Shores to Moclips as "the North Beaches," while referring to those running south from Westport to Tokeland as "the South Beaches" although I've recently seen them referred to, in at least one place, as "the North Beach" and "the South Beach," respectively.
The North Beaches tend to be rockier with more driftwood, while the South Beaches tend to have more and bigger sand dunes and much less driftwood. One of the novel features of these beaches, unlike any of Oregon's beaches, for instance, is that you can drive on them--they are actually considered to be state highways.
Recently, there has been a bill introduced in Olympia, however, that would prohibit all driving on Washington's beaches, but not without howls of protest from people living, working, and doing business in the communities that would be most directly impacted.
My guess is that it won't be passed anytime soon. People aren't likely to take kindly to being foreclosed from flying kites out of car windows, for one thing. Contrary to the working assumption of many a first-time Seattle tourist, Seattle is not on the Ocean. It's about a mile drive if you want to get to a real ocean beach. Also, if you tried to drive on any of Seattle's beaches, you would probably be promptly arrested.
The Bluff: Magnolia Bluff. Most easily accessible through Discovery Park the old Fort Lawton. Spectacular view of Puget Sound. Don't forget your binoculars. Also home to some of Seattle's worst mudslides. Brain Dead Island: Bainbridge Island. I've been told that this was a term originally coined by local teens on Bainbridge Island who obviously want off!
A closely related term, also coined by local teens it would seem, is "Brain Damage Island. Regardless of the origin of either variant, certainly a good part of the staying power of either of these terms is Seattle's growing big city snobbishness that is liable to look at all who live across the water as undergoing a rather quaint form of devolution.
The Brothers: A mountain in the Olympic Mountains, the one with the twin peaks, that can be seen against the western horizon. Coast Survey. Additionally, he also named Mt. Constance after Ellinor's sister. All three, The Brothers, Mt. Ellinor, and Mt. Residential Permit Activity Data Explorer Explore a map of residential permit activity for construction and demolitions for the decade through the end of the most recent quarter. Allows advanced filtering and data downloads. Population and Households.
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