Washington...The STATE

    We all live different parts of the world. Each area has it's own characteristics that make it special. I am finding though that there seems to have been a lack in geography teaching in schools. Maybe it's cause I loved the subject in school that I grasped it easily or because I live in the actual state.
    When I say I live in Washington, I am not saying I live in Washington D.C. There's a big difference. One Washington is a whole state compared to D.C which is a territory between Virginia and Maryland.  I understand Washington State isn't widely known as a big state of the Untied States. We aren't extremely tiny like Rhode Island or huge like Texas. The state itself is the 10th largest of the states. We are connected to Oregon and Idaho. Unlike Alaska and Hawaii, who live outside normal borders of the country. There are sport teams here, we aren't hermits. For PC people we have Microsoft, so yeah all you gamers out there playing on an XBOX, your welcome. I actually can't take credit. I didn't make it but should thank all the genius people in this state that did.. Now yes, I understand the some of the other states get very little recognition too.
    What really hurts me is that there are 120 national parks in the 66,544 sq. mi. of land in Washington. Yes, you all that Mount St. Helens eruption on May 18, 1980. Did you know we are waiting on Mt. Rainier to take it's turn? The fact that there are mountain goats in the Olympic Mountains that don't belong there. The Hoh Rainforest is one of the largest temperate rainforest in the United States. There so much life here. I want the world to realize what they are missing. Just like I am missing the other states. 
    I'm just tired being mistaken for being from D.C. I have nothing against the district. I just want the state I love and cherish to be recognized. I am not from Washington D.C., I am from Washington the State.

-Heather
From Washington State