Jen picked me up in central Seattle. So strange but so natural to see each other again after 6 months. We got out of town as fast as we could in Betty Boy, her neat midnight blue Hinda CRV that was our road tripping machine. Pamela, the GPS guidance lady, encouraged us gently through the labyrinth of snaking concrete freeways. A short burst through mountains and forests and we were at our first, and highly anticipated destination. Roslyn, Washington. Not on many a mpa, this tiny former mining town, now heritage listed, was the fil set for one of my favourite tv series, Northern Exposure, set in the fictional Cicely, Alaska. A quaint little town of neat wooden houses nestled in a green valley amidst thick pine forests, Main St was about 3 blocks long. But it was all there! The storefronts are filled with regular businesses, but they still look the same as when the show was filmed 15-20 years ago. Chris-in-the morning's KBHR radio station has been preserved in the window of an antique store. But most importantly, the heart of the tow, the Brick, looked exactly right! Actually Washington's oldest tavern, it has a proud history in it's own right, including the back bar which was importat all the wasy from England.
The interior layout was completely different from the tv show, but cosy and characterful nonetheless and served golden beers from the local brewery and hearty meals that were too big to finish.
We had an afternoon snakc and a pint before going on s troll around town and then returned for dinner. LOcal kids playing baseball and old shacks with yards full of cars and metal sculptures showed that it was a real place. The tiny weatherboard theatre was even showing Harry Potter on the very day of release. Slightly more connected than Cicely, Alaska was.
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