Adventures in the great outdoors
It’s not just the fact that you can get a snappy 2bd 3ba condo for well under what we paid for our Seattle digs. It’s the vibe that reminds us of what we loved about Seattle when we first got here, a certain funky unpretentiousness. And the moderated landscape that makes biking everywhere doable for …
We don’t always dish up a plate of seafood for Fish Wednesday, sometimes, we actually put on our shoes and go look at fish in some kind of habitat. We are unspeakably lucky to be near Lincoln Park, a beautiful stretch of beach (and more) – it takes 20 minutes to walk from our front …
My dear friend Bike Nerd was not always a bike obsessed fiend. When I met him, he had a borrowed bike and couldn’t change a tire. I was the one with the crazy odometer count and the mad roadside skillz. Bike Nerd called me Bike Girl! as though I was some kind of superhero in …
Disclaimer: I met Mark Zoller at the Seattle Travel Show. When I told him I write for Snowshoe Magazine, he invited me up to spend some time in the area, to go rafting, snowshoeing with a local guide, and to stay at a regional B&B. I’ll have a story going out in the next issue …
Last winter, J and I tossed the snowshoes in the car and drove to Altaussee. We walked for two kilometers across the frozen lake and then strapped on our snowshoes to walk another two or three kilometers up to a “hutte” or shed. We turned back at the point where the trail started to go …
I had no idea there were crayfish in the Alpine Lakes. Neither did my friend Knox so both of us were amazed to see three of them, right below us in the water. Two of them engaged in battle while a third stayed out of the way under a fallen tree snag. Knox tried to …