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That's an amazing amount of geography, geology, anthropology and history you present. Reading through the Seattle to Olympia section I learned quite a bit about my own backyard that I didn't know before.
One of the things that always distinguishes a native or long time Northwesterner from the visitors and arrivistes is the ability to correctly pronounce local names like Sequim, Leschi, Issaquah and, most importantly, Puyallup. I'll offer a couple of videos that might help your readers with their pronunciation of "Puyallup". In the linked song, Puyallup rhymes with gallop and the "Puy" syllable is pronounced like the last syllable in Pepe le Pew. So, if you want to correctly pronounce Puyallup, think: (Pepe le) Pew-(g)allop.
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For decades I mispronounced Willamette until I spent some time in Portland. I was saying it somewhat like Lafayette. It's WilLAMette, dammit. (Not quite as embarrassing as finding out La Jolla and La Hoya were the same place in San Diego.)
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...and for riders on the Portland section of the Empire Builder--"Bingen" rhymes with "engine"
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Thanks for the comments, everyone!! In this guide, I am afraid I've put in too much geology for non-geologists, however, but there just isn't enough room in the guide to explain all the complex geology of the Pacific Northwest in detail. I try to generalize and only include the "basics."
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You might be interested in adding some info about the Chambers Bay Golf Course. It's a publicly owned golf course located right next to the Point Defiance tracks. In 2015 the US Open will be played on that course with all of Amtrak and BNSF's train movements serving as a backdrop.
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