Travel & Outdoors

Get Out of Town

30 Perfect Day Trips

Hit the road for a culinary adventure, a scenic drive, or one very unusual form of skydiving—all within 90 minutes of Seattle.

09/21/2011

30 Perfect Day Trips

Weird & Wonderful

Uncover UFOs, visit a (possibly haunted?) cemetery, and slither with snakes at the serpentarium

09/21/2011

30 Perfect Day Trips

Out & About

Go indoor skydiving, take a scenic drive through Cle Elum, and witness Washington's flaming geyser

09/21/2011

30 Perfect Day Trips

Learn & Do

Tour the Boeing factory, pick your own apples, and learn how to race your own car

09/21/2011

30 Perfect Day Trips

Food & Drink

Go crabbing, brew your own beer, and dine out at a Medieval village

09/21/2011

Events

Six Oktoberfests Outside Seattle

Take a German-inspired trip to taste some beer.

09/19/2011 By Allie Oosta

Weekend Plan

Five Things to Do Out of Town This Weekend

It’s a good weekend for Fringe, food classes, or a whirlwind whale watching trip.

09/16/2011 By Allison Williams

World Travel

Irish Airline Offers Genealogy Butler

Jeeves, bring me my ancestors!

09/15/2011 By Allison Williams

Get Out

Skiers and Snowboarders, It’s Season Pass Time Already

Yes, it’s really time to buy. Hurry, because prices will go up.

09/12/2011 By Allison Williams

Weekend Plan

Five Things to Do Out of Town This Weekend

Summer’s still kicking in Port Townsend, Yakima, and Lake Chelan.

09/09/2011 By Allison Williams

Architecture

Covet Thy Neighbor's House in Victoria

See how the Canadian half lives in the 58th Annual Victoria House Tour.

09/08/2011 By Allison Williams

Get Out

Vashon Island Opens Park for Deer Hunting

Hikers will be kept out while hunters replenish their venison stocks.

09/07/2011 By Allison Williams

Weekend Pass

Five Things to Do Out of Town This Weekend

It’s Labor Day weekend. Stop working already.

09/02/2011 By Allison Williams

Travel Plan

Take a Piano Vacation in Leavenworth

The hills are alive with the sound of a musical retreat.

09/01/2011 By Allison Williams

Deals

There’s Wine in Whatcom County

You don’t have to go to Walla Walla for vino anymore.

08/31/2011 By Allison Williams

Get Out

Bike Sharing Works in Tenino

We’re still waiting on a Seattle public wheels plan.

08/29/2011 By Allison Williams

Weekend Pass

Five Things to Do Out of Town This Weekend

Find a festival or, even better, go on a Sasquatch hunt.

08/26/2011 By Allison Williams

Events

Fairs Are Everywhere

How far are you willing to go for an elephant ear?

08/25/2011 By Allison Williams

Trips

Five Things to do Out of Town This Weekend

Run, drink, or put on your best fancy hat for a day at the races.

08/19/2011 By Allison Williams

Feature

Return to Red Mountain

This is the story of how a patch of dirt in Benton County became the wine world’s desert rose.

08/19/2011 By Jessica Voelker