For example, here in the town of Maltby, Washington, we found an espresso stand shaped like a coffee cup:

The Colonel Sanders weathervane out front is just a bonus. Speaking of chicken, we paid a visit to the World’s Largest Egg in Winlock, Washington — formerly a major egg producer, apparently.

By the way, when we were taking photos of the egg, the locals looked at us like we were straight c-r-a-z-y. As if no one comes to Winlock just to check out the World’s Largest Egg. Come on!

We also went to Chehalis, Washington, to see Yard Birds:

I actually don’t really know why these guys are here. They seem to be part of a large shopping complex involving a tire store and a tattoo parlor? I’m not sure. There wasn’t anyone around, so it was mostly just us, these birds (or this single bird with a mutant second bird coming out of his side..?), and our rental car in a huge parking lot.

Moving on, we saw these metal cow sculptures outside of Olympia, Washington:

In addition, the Pacific Northwest is really, really into sasquatches:

They even leave out food for them:

We also saw a film location from Harry and the Hendersons:

While Bigfoot didn’t choose to reveal himself to us directly, we know he’s out there.

We also went to Kid Valley, Washington, to see the buried A-frame, a house that was partially completed when Mt. St. Helens decided it had had enough already and might as well blow up. The A-frame was covered in ash:

I actually don’t know much about the Mt. St. Helens eruption. I was only a couple of months old when it happened, and my parents never mentioned it to me that I can recall. I’m assuming they were preoccupied at that point with not sleeping and changing diapers and whatnot and possibly didn’t even know about it (just kidding!). But Brian is old enough to remember it being a big deal, so being in this area was especially exciting for him!