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Lester, Washington

Since I am still new to Washington and this is my first Summer here I look for FUN things to do in my time off. My friends and I read an article about a town call Lester and that it was abandon, we thought it could be an interesting adventure. Well an adventure is sure what we got! Not only was the town torn down 2 years ago … it was also almost a 3 hour drive to get there! We made the best of the day and had blast just exploring our new state. It was a very pretty place to visit … but not exactly what we were looking for.

That was what we found … a whole bunch of NO TRESPASSING signs and a very nice police man making sure we didn’t go past the lines ….

This was the only thing that actually told us we were in Lester. My friends wondered why we didn’t find the town we were promised. The sad part is the article was written last year …. I’m guessing they didn’t actually go there they just took some photos off the internet.

And this was the only thing that looked like it could have belong to the town… everything else was missing! Here is the link to how we found out about the town. www.onlyinyourstate.com

Note to self … when you Google an old abandon ghost town … click on the FULL Wikipedia link … Because we read this …. “Lester was a small town near Stampede Pass, just south of Snoqualmie Pass in King County, founded in 1892 by the Northern Pacific Railway. Lester is located along what is currently National Forest Development Road 54.” This fun little nugget was not included in the preview … “It was one of the few ghost towns in the U.S. state of Washington. It was destroyed in 2017.” Thanks Wikipedia …

After publishing a photographer friend of mine sent me some photos she took with there last November! Check them out here! flickr.com/photos

 

Spring has SPRUNG

Well I can say that I survived the Washington winter … Ok fine survived is a strong word. More like grinned and bared it through all that rain. Did you know we had the most rain they have EVER seen this winter! Who knew! It was just waiting for me since everyone knows I am a huge fan of rain. Not! I have had hundreds of people tell me just wait for the summer, It will all be worth it. I hope so … I will report back when it stops raining!

 

Snow Day

Since I have been in Washington state everyone has told me that the winters here are really mild and its very rare that we get snow. Well we have had an accumulation of snow so many times I lost count. The last snow that we had ended up being a snow day for the local kids and people sledding down some of the big hill in the neighborhood! I don’t think I’m in Kansas anymore … Oops I mean Florida!

This was some super heavy and wet snow! There were trees down all over the place from the weight. But I also have to say it was really pretty since all the tree tops were covered with a white blanket!