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Great Outdoors

It’s hardly a secret that I’m a bird nerd. In fact, I hold a locally-esteemed title, “Master Birder,” obtained after a year of study and classes with Seattle Audubon where I learned such things as the paritization habits of the female Redhead duck and how to definitively tell a Lesser Yellowlegs from a Greater Yellowlegs. [...]

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Waterfront property for $17 a night! An MSR Hubba Hubba backpacking tent along the Bumping River at Cougar Flat Campground, east of Mount Rainier National Park. Reserve your summer campsites soon. According to the Outdoor Industry Association, camping reservations for campsites on federal lands are up 21% in the past two months. And CNN reports [...]

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Imagine spending under $40 a night for a charming cedar waterfront cabin on Camano Island, surrounded by miles of hiking trails and deep forest and steps from a sandy beach. Well, many of us have, and we had a great time. Cama Beach State Park, which sits on 433 acres on the southwest shore of [...]

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Camping in Washington this summer is likely to be a lot more crowded. And not just because your tent is the cheapest vacation spot to be found. Due to an unprecedented $8.5 billion budget gap, the Governor of Washington state has told Washington State Parks to cut a whopping 23% of their budget. Which means [...]

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