Keechelus Lake, Snoqualmie Pass area. I-90 in the foreground. |
Central Washington, Snoqualmie Pass (upper left) to Moses Lake (right center) Yakima (bottom center) |
Doob, the character driving, is headed to Moses Lake. Me, I turned south at Ellensberg heading for Yakima. Doob is headed to Moses Lake because there is an enormous airport there, a relic left over from the cold war.
Big Hangar at Grant County International Airport That gray strip cutting across the upper part of the picture is the runway |
The runway is more than two miles long, and according to Wikipedia, it has one gigantic hangar that the Strategic Air Command used to house eight B-52's. The hangar has been taken over by a company that manufactures high lift work platforms. This is the only decent photo I could find of the place.
The airport is being used mostly for testing now, but occasionally it comes in handy for moving things.
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