Since joining Seattle Met in 2011, Allison Williams has overseen the magazine’s travel and outdoor coverage, and has contributed to all sections of the magazine. Allison was raised in Olympia and earned degrees from Duke University and University of Alaska. She began her career in New York City in the newsrooms of Metro newspaper and Time Out New York, then hightailed it back to her native habitat so she could write guidebooks and climb mountains.

Road Trips

Cat Skiing the Canadian Powder Highway

Even during one of the worst snow years in recent memory, we easily found untouched powder on these British Columbia mountains.

09/26/2015 By Allison Williams

Road Trips

A Night Ride on Long Beach

Get your ticket to the clam show.

09/26/2015 By Allison Williams

Road Trips

A Hot Springs Tour Through Central Oregon

Explore five geothermally heated springs that dot our neighboring state.

09/26/2015 By Allison Williams

Northwest Travel

5 Great Pacific Northwest Road Trips

Five drives—and 23 destinations—to put you in the driver’s seat for adventure.

09/26/2015 By Allison Williams

Road Trips

Road Trip: Overlanding the Cascades

Where we're going, we don't need (real) roads.

09/26/2015 By Allison Williams

Travel

Road Trips 2015

Five drives—and 23 destinations—to put you in the driver’s seat for adventure.

09/22/2015 By Allison Williams

Destinations

Northwest Travel Dispatch, Fall 2015

Where you'll want to go, and what's happening there.

08/27/2015 By Allison Williams

Three-Day Play

5 Destinations for Labor Day Weekend 2015

Don't labor through the last three-day weekend of summer.

08/24/2015 By Allison Williams

I'm New Here

Debunking a Few Seattle Myths

Is everyone a die-hard liberal? And what about that "Seattle Freeze" thing?

08/21/2015 By Allison Williams

I'm New Here

Guyo Dreams of Driving

For African refugee Fatumo Guyo, Seattle is a blur of graveyard shifts and a better life.

08/20/2015 By Allison Williams

I'm New Here

How to Be Carless in Seattle

Car and bike shares, public transit, and—gasp—jaywalking around town.

08/20/2015 By Allison Williams

I'm New Here

How to Pronounce Puyallup

How to really say local place names, including one that rhymes with “cocaine.”

08/20/2015 By Allison Williams

The Columbia River

Where to Stay and Play on the Columbia River

From the lake to the mouth, make the most of your next trip along the river.

07/24/2015 By Allison Williams

The Columbia River

Where the Wild Things Are

A guide to the animals in and along the Columbia River.

07/24/2015 By Allison Williams

The Columbia River

This Is What Washington’s Tiniest Ferry Looks Like

Who’s says there’s no such thing as a free ride?

07/24/2015 By Allison Williams

The Columbia River

The Strange Song of Woody Guthrie

The ultimate folk balladeer immortalized Washington in “Roll On Columbia.”

07/24/2015 By Allison Williams

The Columbia River

The Atomic Graveyard on the Hanford Reach

The Hanford Reach was the top-secret site of America’s biggest technological achievement—or one of its deadliest. Now it’s simultaneously a toxic dump and a pristine expanse of river.

07/24/2015 By Allison Williams

The Columbia River

5 Ways to Boat Down the Columbia

Bring your own captain’s hat.

07/24/2015 By Allison Williams

The Columbia River

Maya Lin Heard Something Here

The Vietnam War memorial artist is commemorating in her own way.

07/24/2015 By Allison Williams

The Columbia River

Columbia River Caviar Might be Making a Comeback

All it takes is some prehistoric fish.

07/24/2015 By Allison Williams