RE: ANYBODY FROM WASHINGTON STILL AROUND???
Welcome, bldhound. I, too, am forced to live in Bellevue and I also go through tires pretty quickly, leaving most of the rubber on I-90 between here and the Columbia River. Got in 40+ days of bird hunting this past year, and had great luck.
We also have a little lot over in the Ennis, MT area, on the Madison River, and I get over there a couple times a year and do a little fishing. Either way, I-90 is the road of choice for me to get my butt outta here!