Things To Know About Washington State: Prelude

At some point last year, I thought it would be fun to share a little bit of info about my home state, for research purposes for other writers!

Now I’m thinking I may do a series on this, because there’s a lot of info I want to cover. For now, I’ll be previewing stuff, and then I’ll go into a little more depth with each post.

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Basic Things To Know

Washington became the 42nd state on November 11, 1889. Population: 7.536 million.

Olympia – capital. Population: 51,609.

Seattle – largest city. Population: 724,745.

Governor – Jay Inslee

The nickname ‘Evergreen State’ is unofficial, as is the motto Al-ki/Alki (Bye and Bye).

Not everyone likes Starbucks.

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Weather

Western WA – wet and cloudy.

Eastern WA – dry and windy.

Basically. Honestly, I’ve only been to Eastern WA in the summer, so I can’t really speak for the other seasons.

Western WA on the other hand likes to stuff all four seasons into one month. Sometimes in one day.

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Scenery

Westside – wet, mild, green. Mostly cloudy too. 100% clear days are the other Waldo of this state. The first one is umbrellas.

Eastside – dry, humid, desert. Really windy. We also have lakes.

Can’t forget the mountains.

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Other State Stuff

State Song: Washington, My Home.

State fruit: Apple. Considering this state is the largest producer of apples in the country, it’s not surprising.

State bird – Willow Goldfinch, also known as the American Goldfinch.

State tree: Western Hemlock.

State flower: Pacific Rhododendron.

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I think that may be all for now. It is just a prelude, of course.

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So, what do you all think?

(All pictures ©Hannah Killian 2018, 2019, and 2020)