From the monthly archives:

April 2008

Green Festival Gets Me Thinking about Greener Travel

April 14, 2008

This past weekend I attended Green Festival in Seattle, a huge environmental expo featuring authors and educators, how-to workshops, and eco-friendly businesses and resources. The organic food was fabulous, I learned all about compact fluorescent bulbs, and was inspired to try a hemp chocolate shake. Yum! It also got me to thinking about travel and [...]

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Idle a While in Twisp

April 12, 2008

Spring is our favorite season to visit Washington’s Methow Valley, before the summer crowds descend and people start to outnumber the ponderosa pine. The only problem for travelers in the springtime is getting there – Highway 20 (the scenic North Cascades Highway) closes every winter and depending on the speed of the snowmelt may remain [...]

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“Hikers Paradise” Lake Quinault Lodge

April 11, 2008

Spring is a particularly fabulous time to visit the Lake Quinault area, and it’s also a good time to catch specials at the historic Lake Quinault Lodge on the Olympic Peninsula. I got to thinking about my past visits to this lodge when both the Seattle Times and Seattle P-I ran travel stories on the [...]

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The Yurts at Cape Disappointment

April 10, 2008

Where can you stay on the Washington state coast for only $45 a night? Ok, besides your tent! Cape Disappointment is a fabulous Washington State Park at the south end of the Long Beach Peninsula, situated where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean. Its location is absolutely stunning, and the nearly 2,000-acre park has [...]