Seattlest: Seattle to Portland: The Mima Mounds

iSamurai

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:38:51 -0800

Bilco put it well. It's also a lot more awesome checking it out from the air.

bilco

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:55:55 -0800

They're not 'mysterious and strange' when you see them. They're kind of mundane. It's only when you start thinking about it that it really strikes you how weird the whole thing is. Don't get your hopes up - you're not looking at a stunning piece of nature here. More like a weird, oddly beautiful piece. I stopped there on my way back from STP (Sunday around noon). I have never heard so many gunshots in my life. There's also an echo in the area the magnifies the sound - for some reason the echo sounded louder than the original blast. Really a drag. Next time, I'm going mid-week, in hopes that some of these shooters actually have jobs. Yeah, I know.

Eco Geek

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:43:35 -0800

It's funny, I just learned about the mounds about a month ago and now suddenly they seem to be popping up everywhere. I'll have to check them out next time I'm in the area. How exactly are they "anything but" mysterious and strange? We still have no solid hypothesis one why they show up around the world. Sounds at least mysterious to me.