Kurt Cobain Memorial Park, Washington, United States

5MLBplant 5:00 PM Jul 29, 2014

The Sadness is Palpable
Kurt Cobain apparently found very little happiness in Aberdeen and neither did I. It's a place that feels old, used up, forgotten. Perhaps there are people there who are imagining a way to bring the core of the town back to life. I hope they manage to ignite energy and vitality into the place again -- that would be a good thing. Getting to the memorial park is easy enough with GPS or simply by asking anybody because everybody who lives there knows. I found the place to be just another place under a bridge, like so many other thousands of places being occupied by unhappy, lonely or just day-dreamy kids right this very minute all across this country. The Wishkah River isn't lovely here, but I love rivers, and I like to hope that Kurt found at least a little serenity here. We know his modest childhood home is just down the street, and we know there was very little happiness for him there. It's easy for me to stand beneath this bridge and see a little blonde boy lost in his thoughts, wishing for something better in his life, wondering what it all means. It makes me want to cry for him and all the lost children. Maybe this is a memorial park for Kurt Cobain, but to me it almost feels like a holy place that makes me want to pray for people to be better parents, less selfish.

3CavemanHHH 5:00 PM Oct 31, 2021

Cult Following Stop
Well wish this had been a little better tribute to Keith, but it is nice enough for a quick stop in to check it out. This is on a dead end residential street, so no big RVs. Very creepy looking guy laying underneath the bridge made the wife uncomfortable so we turned around to look at other things, muddy & slimy anyway. Go ahead you know you want to see this, just don’t expect much