Northwest New Years Resolutions for More Adventure

Northwest Bucket List: New Years Resolutions

It’s a new year: a time of resolutions, fresh starts, and fun trip planning.  At least, in theory. Over the past two years of the pandemic, we’ve all had to adjust to uncertainty as new variants emerged or Covid cases ticked up unexpectedly, sometimes right before a much-needed getaway. We’ve coped by trying to keep travel plans […]

Northwest Bucket List: December

Northwest Bucket List: December

  Last Christmas, many lowland areas of the Pacific Northwest woke up to a very rare sight–snow was falling gently from the sky, enough to stick around for a few hours and build some elf-sized snowmen in our Seattle backyard. It was our first White Christmas in a nearly a decade, but alas it was […]

November in the Northwest

Northwest Bucket List: November

  What are you thankful for? It’s a question we all ponder together his time of year. And while my family, friends and good health top my list, I have loads of gratitude for all of my favorite Northwesty things, too. Like the fresh-plucked chanterelles at my farmers’ market last weekend on which dirty fir […]

Northwest Bucket List: October

Northwest Bucket List: October

October. And the trees are stripped bare, of all they wear, what do I care…  Autumn’s crisp days and cool nights have me wrapped up in fleece and I’m definitely not complaining.  Fall is my favorite season for exploring the Pacific Northwest, from visits to vineyards and orchards filled with ripe apples, to squeezing in […]

Northwest Bucket List: August

Northwest Bucket List: August

When you’re a hiker and it’s August, the days are just packed. Blooming wildflowers carpet alpine meadows of nearly every peak in the Cascades and Olympics, and their window of peak beauty is only open for a few weeks. But it’s not just trails of the high country competing for attention on your days off. […]

Northwest Bucket List for July

Northwest Bucket List: JULY

When I was a kid, we always had lots of sparklers. I couldn’t imagine a 4th of July without them. But we set off loud, dangerous things, too. Bottle rockets and cherry bombs and black cats. One year my brother and I pooled our cash for a roman candle, and we were so excited to […]

Northwest Bucket List for June

Summer is just around the corner now. Are you feeling it yet? For me, I feel it the first warm evening we go out for ice cream after dinner, to my son’s favorite double-scoop shop in West Seattle, Husky Deli. Seattle schools are in session through June’s end, so I’m squeezing every last drop of […]