- Post Falls, Idaho
- Billings, Montana
- Bozeman, Montana
- Missoula, Montana
- George, Washington
- Quincy, Washington
- Bellevue, Washington
- Issaquah, Washington
- Mercer Island, Washington
- North Bend, Washington
- Seattle
- Snoqualmie, Washington
- Cle Elum, Washington
- Ellensburg, Washington
- Spokane, Washington
- La Crosse, Wisconsin
eastbound on Interstate 82
- Geology of the Snoqualmie Batholith (washingtonminerals.com)
Snoqualmie Batholith - late Oligocene to early Miocene (28 Ma[million years ago] to 22 Ma). Uplift and erosion of the Old Cascade Volcanic Arc exposed plutonic rock of the Snoqualmie Batholith near Snoqualmie Pass between Interstate 90 and State Highway 2. The batholith consists of at least eight intrusive phases, emplaced at a depth of about 4,000 and 8,000 feet. Intrusive rock types found within the Snoqualmie Batholith range in composition from granite to gabbro. Granodiorite is the most prevalent rock type, making up about 80 percent the batholith (Erikson, 1969). Other lithologies within the batholith include porphyritic dacite, andesite, aplite, and intrusive breccia (Livingston, 1971).
- Searchers find body of man believed to be missing Denny Creek hiker (seattletimes.com)
The body of a missing hiker was found Monday night near Granite Mountain in the Snoqualmie Pass area, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office.
- Bird-of-paradise (Wikipedia)
The birds-of-paradise are members of the family Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes. The majority of species are found in eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia. The family has 44 species in 17 genera. The members of this family are perhaps best known for the plumage of the males of the species (the majority) which are sexually dimorphic, in particular the very long elaborate feathers extending from the beak, wings, tail or head. For the most part they are confined to dense rainforest habitat. The diet of all species is dominated by fruit and to a lesser extent arthropods. The birds-of-paradise have a variety of breeding systems, ranging from monogamy to lek-type polygamy.
- Interstate 90 (Wikipedia)
Interstate 90 (I-90) is an east–west transcontinental freeway and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at 3,021 miles (4,862 km). It begins in Seattle, Washington, and travels through the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, Great Plains, Midwest, and the Northeast, ending in Boston, Massachusetts. The highway serves 13 states and has 16 auxiliary routes, primarily in major cities such as Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Rochester.
- I-90 Wildlife Watch (i90wildlifewatch.org)
I-90 Wildlife Watch is a citizen-based wildlife monitoring project that invites motorists to report wildlife sightings along Interstate 90 (I-90) in the Snoqualmie Pass region of Washington.
