June 8, 2019 is National Get Outdoors Day! And no body does “outdoors” better than the Pacific Northwest! Here are 12+ creative ways to share some outdoor love: Celebrate the great outdoors on our oceans! Issue a road trip invitation … Continued
Chris peered at me. I peered back. “Well?” I gesture toward the truck. “What’re we waiting for?” We exit the Alaska Packers Association Museum at Semiahmoo Park and bee-line to the Peace Arch State Park in Blaine, Washington. (For background, … Continued
Continuing our series on 30 West Coast Ways: Celebrating Great Outdoors Month in Washington, Oregon and California, we’re nipping north to Washington State to visit Semiahmoo Bay, Semiahmoo County Park, and the Semiahmoo Spit Trail. Warmed by a platinum sun, … Continued
We’re celebrating Great Outdoors Month by highlighting some of the “best in the West” outdoor sites we’ve visited first-hand in Washington, Oregon, and California. Today’s we’re visiting my old hometown of San Diego! Yeah, baby! Ready? Set? Let’s go! Some … Continued
June is jam-packed with all kinds of splendiferous specialness (new word I just made up): Wedding. Anniversaries. Graduations. Father’s Day. The first day of summer. And GREAT OUTDOORS MONTH! Yeah, baby! Are you as excited as I am? Here are … Continued
I started hiking in the 1960s at Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Dad was a seasonal park service ranger. He and Mom loved to hike. So we kids – my two brothers and I – my kid sister came along … Continued
Mount Rainier so dominates Northwest geography that worthy nearby locales are easily overlooked. But when summer throngs clog the Queen of the Cascades, solitude and serenity can be found just a few miles south of the great Mountain along the … Continued