① Squamish
Opening in May, the Sea to Sky Gondola—adjacent to the Stawamus Chief monolith outside Whistler—will climb 885 meters to hiking trails and, for the not-yet-scared-witless, a 100-meter suspension bridge. seatoskygondola.com
② Nanaimo
Kenmore Air will start twice-daily flights from Boeing Field to the Vancouver Island town on March 3; the hub offers access to Victoria and Tofino and ferries to Vancouver. kenmoreair.com
③ Sea-Tac
Fourteen new Automated Passport Control Kiosks are expected to cut reentry wait times in half for U.S. and Canadian citizens at the airport. Though the process is mostly self-service, travelers still must get a pass from a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officer. portseattle.org/sea-tac
④ Portland
The Outdoor Adventure play space at the Portland Children’s Museum, opening April 22, recreates the quaint old custom of “playing outside” with a creek, climbing tree, dig pit, and trails. portlandcm.org
⑤ Prosser
The April grand opening of the Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center welcomes the public to the education outpost, where “learning” means tasting wines from Yakima-area AVAs and spinning the wine aroma wheel. theclorecenter.org
⑥ Twin Falls
The new boutique Blue Lakes Inn opened in south-central Idaho last summer, but spring is when the spectacular nearby Shoshone Falls swells with snowmelt. bluelakesinn.com
Published in the Seattle Ultimate Lunch Guide issue of Seattle Met.
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