The Elevated Sportz Trampoline Park and Event Center is quite the hopping place for kids and adventurous adults. The high ceiling facility includes lots to do, all involving lots of movement: trampoline squares, trampoline runways, trampoline walls, trampoline courts to play team games, a jump-into foam pit, Ninja challenge course, […]
After visiting a relatively nondescript part of the country, the flight back over the Cascade Mountains provided a great reminder to appreciate home even more. Seeing the long stretch of dry eastern Washington and Oregon start shifting into the pretty slopes and vistas of the Cascades is a great […]
Northwest Trek is a fun “natural setting” zoo set on 723 forested acres in Eatonville on the way to Mt Rainier National Park. Animals of many types and locations can be found wandering in the 435 acre bus/tram-accessible open space, and then there are naturally landscaped pens for up […]
Every year, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island puts on an impressive Open House. It is free, and the fun things to do there frankly rival paid small amusement parks for the kids. Children get to stretch their sense of adventure, have fun, and learn along the way.
After entering […]
The Naas Natural Area Preserve in Coupeville on Whidbey Island is a beautiful mix of forest and prairie on high bluffs above Puget Sound. A loop trail meanders out and back, and connects to the Admiralty Inlet Natural Area Preserve to the south with the main remaining fortifications of […]
The annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival draws many thousands of tourists to its colorful fields every year. Located an hour north of Seattle in the rich farming soils of the Skagit Valley near Mt Vernon, it offers a kaleidoscope of shapes and textures across the many farms that participate. […]
Sunrises and sunsets from islands out over the water are a special part of living in the Pacific Northwest.
Sunrise over Saratoga Passage