Snowy Range Pass

Snowy Range Pass

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Road trip to falls, Roslyn, and remembering a Coast Guard hero


2 July 2017


We set out on a driving tour with our hosts Dan and Corrie to enjoy a nice summer day.  Our first stop was the Snoqualmie Falls. The falls drop 270 ft and is a very popular attraction in Washington State.  It gained international renown for its appearance in the TV show, Twin Peaks.







Our second stop was the town of Roslyn.  It has a long and interesting history founded in 1886 as a coal mining town.  Today, it’s two main industries are forestry and tourism.  I was interested in seeing this town as it was used as a filming location for one of my past favorite TV shows, Northern Exposure.  Our arrival was on a very big festival day with lots of people everywhere.  Still, I was able to find some of the buildings I remembered from the TV show.








Our next stop was Cle Elum cemetery.  Douglas Albert Munro is buried here, in the town where he grew up.  Signalman First Class Munro was killed while in charge of ten landing boats removing Marines overwhelmed on the island of Guadalcanal. He placed his boats in a position to protect the marines while they were removed from the island. Near the end of this operation he was fatally wounded.  Munro was awarded the Medal of Honor and remains the only Coastguardsman to receive this medal. He was 22 years old.








On our way out of Cle Elum, we spotted a small telephone museum and stopped to have a look. The museum claims to be the oldest complete telephone museum west of the Mississippi with displays from 1876 to 1970. It did not take long to see it, but it was interesting.







3 comments:

IRMA HERAS said...

Thank you for posting the Memorial and writing about America's Coast Guard hero. We like to visit memorials everywhere we travel. My husband and I are on the board of the Texas Panhandle War Memorial in Amarillo. hope someday you can stop by as you travel across our beautiful country. wE ARE RAISING FUNDS TO BUILD AN EDUCATION CENTER THAT WILL HAVE SOME VERY INTERESTING HIGH TECH WAYS TO TELL THE HISTORY OF THE WARS FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR TO THE PRESENT .
HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR YOUR BLOG I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS GREAT AMERICAN HERO. MY HUSBAND IS RETIRED NAVY
IRMA HERAS AMARILLO , TEXAS

Nickie and Jim said...

Looks like a fun day!

Wanderin' said...

This just went on our "bucket list".