Category: Washington

With the recent and long awaited opening of the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center in Seattle, Washington, traditional Puget Salish tribal drumming, songs, and dancing once again resonates in their rightful ancestral home. With over 6,000 square feet of strong …

It rains so often in Seattle that some residents like to say that they don’t tan in the summer, they rust. But when the sun inevitably does come out, many locals, as well as the visiting camera-clicking curious, flock to …

I have many fond memories of traveling in Washington State. I have toured much of this beautiful state at various times, including Mt. Rainier, Olympic National Park, and the San Juan Islands as well as the cities of Seattle, Spokane, …

It’s the home of flying salmon, Blues belting Buskers, and the original Starbucks Coffee shop. It’s Seattle’s Pike Place Public Market and one of the Northwest city’s most colorful and interesting free attractions. In what began a little over 100 …

Leavenworth, a quaint Bavarian Village, is nestled in a cozy narrow valley at elevation of 1,100 feet with surrounding wilderness of rugged, majestic mountain ranges reaching 5,000-8,000 feet in the state of Washington. In warm weather, snake-twisting rivers, deep azure …

The Bald Eagle is a majestic bird with a wing span of 6 to 8 feet, who fly at about 20 mph. The females are the larger of the species, weighing an average of 15 pounds. The males average 9 …

We were in Tacoma Washington, just a few miles South of Seattle, in 1997 and it was not much of a destination town; however we stayed there because the accommodations were less expensive than Seattle and it was closer to …

If business or pleasure takes you to the Seattle area, a little known but delightful place to stay is just a fifteen minute drive across Lake Washington to the East side, Kirkland. The little town celebrated her centennial in 2005 …

It was 1980 and I was having dinner at the Space Needle in Seattle when the table started shaking. I turned to the lady sitting across the table and told her “we were meant for each other; it is a …

We had been often to Seattle, Mt. Rainier, and even to the Olympic Peninsula and San Juan Islands, so I guess we had passed by the little entrance sign to Gig Harbor, on the Peninsula about eight miles from the …