Double Bluff State Park is a long beautiful stretch of southwest facing tideland beach in Freeland on Whidbey Island. Parking and restroom facilities are available, and then the public beach stretches for a couple miles west below slowly eroding bluff cliffs above. Driftwood, sea life, and birds abound, […]
Ever since 1915, the Maxwelton 4th of July has been an annual tradition on south Whidbey Island. It’s a low key but fun affair with lots of family entrants, tail wagging dogs, light costumes, old cars, and music. It usually attracts over 2,000 people, which is a big […]
The Suncadia Resort, located 80 miles east of Seattle between the little town of Roslyn and slightly bigger Cle Elum, is quite the swank place. Top notch lodge & inn, friendly service wherever you want it, tasty restaurants, winery, and many amenities, all spread across 6400 acres in various zones […]
The Soos Creek Trail runs 6 miles (one way) of paved path through the gentle wetland valley formed around salmon-spawning Soos Creek. Except for a few road crossings, there are no cars and it only occasionally wanders behind homes and neighborhoods. It’s a rural escape just southeast of Seattle, in […]
We did an inaugural test float of my brother’s new raft on a relaxing and scenic stretch of the Skykomish River between the towns of Gold Bar and Sultan. The Skykomish has only mild rapids in that area, whereas further upstream/east has some sections of heavy duty white water […]
Seattle’s School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts (SANCA) offers a series of trapeze circus arts classes for the public. They’re fun, a good workout, and give the swinging world a whole new perspective.
Each class begins with stretches and exercises, followed by instruction on particular moves and […]
We launched the sailboat from the Don Armeni Boat Ramp, a very well located boat launch in the Alki Beach area near the northeastern tip of West Seattle. It is a bit protected from any open waves coming in out of Puget Sound, and has panoramic views of the Seattle […]