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 […]
Rattlesnake Ridge shows off expansive views above the valley of North Bend, across to Mt Si, and far west to near Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. At least on a clear day that’s not foggy and snowy… We still enjoyed our 4+ mile round trip hike through […]
Crystal Springs Sno-Park Groomed Trail System offered a number of short and easy loop trails for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, plus areas for dog sledding and snowmobiling. Although the Crystal Springs trails were relatively short, the distance could be easily extended by jumping on the very long rails-to-trails John Wayne […]