The Enchanted Forest is a mini Disneyland within a private forest of Turner Oregon, just south of Salem. Fairytales, nursery rhymes, and storybook characters come to life as displays, fun houses, small amusement park rides, theater performances, and activities throughout.
The park begins with a winding path through many colorful […]
Ape Cave is a fun and unique introduction to spelunking. The total length traveled is almost three miles long, with the lower level an easy walk and the upper level involving more boulder scrambling and an occasional wall climb. Good lights, food, water, and warm clothes (no matter how hot […]
If you are exploring around the caves and hiking trails of south Mt St Helens National Volcanic Monument park, then consider Beaver Bay Campground as a sleeping and launching place. It is a nicely laid out and appointed campground owned by a timber company yet open to the public […]
Cape Disappointment State Park is a treasure of a park in the southwest corner of Washington state, bordered on the south by the Columbia River, to the west by the Pacific Ocean, and to the east by a shallow bay. It is all about water, waves, views, forested trails, […]
For a little bit of urban cowboy fun for an afternoon, I went on a horseback ride through forest trails along Icicle Creek. The corral, horses, and crew are located just a few miles south of the faux Bavarian tourist town of Leavenworth in the Cascade Mountains.
We hooked up […]
The Whidbey Camano Land Trust led a special tour for its members through the Navy-owned Lake Hancock estuary in Greenbank on Whidbey Island.
Lake Hancock was previously a fresh water lake until the sand dune berm between it and Puget Sound was broken through in a big storm back […]
The Alamo is the classic source of Texan pride and independence. It memorializes men who fought long and hard against high odds, but didn’t give up. It’s a shrine of sorts now, full of history, architecture, and stories. And it is right in the middle of a […]