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Weekend Trips

Bellingham, a City by the Sea

March 22, 2010
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Last week we found ourselves weighing our intense need for a weekend getaway against taking a tantrum-throwing, teething toddler away from his home and routine. We drew curly straws, the weekend getaway won, and I was soon searching for a destination that was relatively close to Seattle with lots of fun things to do and [...]

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Go Vashon

July 8, 2008

The price of gas, pushing $4.50 a gallon, is now officially impacting our summer travel. I imagine it is yours, too. We’re now brainstorming places we can go for relaxing summer weekend excursions that require minimal mileage. As residents of West Seattle, the closest getaway we could come up with is only a short ferry [...]

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Family Summer Vacation: Many Fossils in a (John) Day

June 29, 2008

What a fantastic vacation a trip to Eastern Oregon makes. This varied landscape, rich with geologic history and natural beauty, features many surprising elements–ponderosa pine-topped mountains, meadows of tall native grasses and wildflowers, winding rivers and streams teaming with trout, stunning canyons and badlands, and real fossils that you can get close to. Add to [...]

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Shakespeare and Wine in the Siskiyous

May 16, 2008

Going to see Our Town, Othello or Fences this summer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival? That’s the eight-month season of eleven plays in three theaters that happens each year down in Ashland, Oregon. A handful of the festival’s plays are always Shakespeare, with classics by playwrights like Arthur Miller and Thornton Wilder making up the [...]

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