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Old 04-25-2012, 10:04 PM
 
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Not to mention linguistically...

Keep in mind that the tri-cities are the eastern gateway to the Yakima Valley, which is, for all intent and purposes, a northern province of Mexico.

Not expressing an opinion here. Just stating a fact.
Yes, one of the positive byproducts of that: deep-fried burritos are in abundance at gas stations/convenience stores.
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Old 04-26-2012, 12:22 AM
 
Location: Near Manito
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Yes, one of the positive byproducts of that: deep-fried burritos are in abundance at gas stations/convenience stores.
And there are some truly amazing restaurant-bakery-groceria-bodega-beer garden combos. Ever been to El Ranchito in Zillah? On a hot afternoon in August, with the braceros coming across the road from their pickup trucks after a hard day of work, in search of an ice-cold beer and una torta con todos? And Los Tigres del Norte pumping out of the jukebox? Increible!

[Interesting sidenote: Roberto Duran (manos de piedra, remember?) had his next-to-last fight at the casino in Toppenish.]
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Old 04-26-2012, 09:36 AM
 
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And there are some truly amazing restaurant-bakery-groceria-bodega-beer garden combos. Ever been to El Ranchito in Zillah? On a hot afternoon in August, with the braceros coming across the road from their pickup trucks after a hard day of work, in search of an ice-cold beer and una torta con todos? And Los Tigres del Norte pumping out of the jukebox? Increible!

[Interesting sidenote: Roberto Duran (manos de piedra, remember?) had his next-to-last fight at the casino in Toppenish.]
That's awesome.

My Eastern Washington travels of 2009 only took me past Zillah once (along I-82 at 80 MPH , now I'm curious ) -- but I went to Quincy plenty of times, and the image you describe in the first paragraph fits in the fields just south of there perfectly.
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Old 04-26-2012, 09:55 AM
 
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Keep in mind that the tri-cities are the eastern gateway to the Yakima Valley, which is, for all intent and purposes, a northern province of Mexico.
I'm a homebrewer, so that name sounds familiar, isn't the Yakima Valley where the majority of hops in the US are harvested?

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That's awesome.

My Eastern Washington travels of 2009 only took me past Zillah once (along I-82 at 80 MPH
I'm just curious... how much the speed limit is enforced in WA interstates and state roads? Are there many speed traps out there, what is the tolerance level?
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Old 04-26-2012, 11:11 AM
 
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I'm just curious... how much the speed limit is enforced in WA interstates and state roads? Are there many speed traps out there, what is the tolerance level?
I wouldn't go more than 10 over very often, I recall a spot just west of Spokane, and a spot just south of Colfax, and uh, this:

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I got the "what you doing here, boy?" riot act from a cop in Pullman, Wash, because I was rocking out to The Platters song "Only You", while driving with Colorado plates. He told me that all the cops in "Whitman (WA), Latah (ID), Nez Perce (ID), and Asotin (WA) counties would be watching me". LOL.
^He said I was speeding over the bridge from downtown Pullman to WSU. I'm an avid speed limit driver in towns like Pullman (the cops' favorite spot is right by a Chinese joint on E Main/WA 270), and I'm certain I wasn't doing anything wrong -- I felt down right harassed. I *shamefully* avoided Pullman for awhile after that.
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Old 04-26-2012, 06:23 PM
 
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I'm a homebrewer, so that name sounds familiar, isn't the Yakima Valley where the majority of hops in the US are harvested?
Lots of hops, melons, asparagus, you name it. Kind of a mini-central California valley, both in agricultural abundance and Hispanic cultural influence.

My beer aficionado friends tell me that the majority of Yakima Valley hops are now purchased by European brewers and shipped abroad. I'm not sure of this is true or not....

I can tell you, though, that an ice-cold beer on the back porch anywhere in the valley, on a hot late-summer afternoon just as the sun is starting to go down, is one of life's true pleasures...

Damn. I am so tired of sushi!
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