POULSBO, Kitsap County - The morning still on Liberty Bay was broken only by the whispers of the lapping waves, the hum of the working dock and the gentle calls of the sea birds.
Residents and visitors lingered quietly in the sidewalk cafes and pastry shops around the waterfront town nicknamed "Little Norway" and known for its postcard-perfect scenery and small-town charm.
The peace seemed absolute, that is until my two boys got fitted by the staff at Olympic Outdoor Center into the hull of a double kayak.
By Christine Clarridge | June 7, 2001
NEAR BREMERTON - When you see the blue "Drive Friendly" sign just before the Chico Way exit on Highway 3, you'll know you're almost there.
The sign might put a smile on your face. And chances are, the smile will be back - and often - during an afternoon at the Mountaineers Forest Theatre, where on weekends through June 17 you can get friendly with Professor Harold Hill, Marian the Librarian and all of the delightfully proper people of River City, Iowa.
By Pam Sitt | June 7, 2001
Take a Walk
Location: Marysville.
Length: About a half-mile of trails.
Level of difficulty: Flat to moderately steep dirt/bark/gravel trails.
By Cathy McDonald | June 7, 2001
Rail-to-trail conversions projects - not a cheery topic to property owners whose back yards lie along the proposed route of the much-debated East Lake Sammamish Trail.
Yet to just about everyone else, the practice of transforming abandoned railroad right-of-ways into public, nonmotorized recreation corridors elevates the concept of recycling to a grand apex.
By Terry Wood | June 7, 2001
Way Creek is not usually featured in hiking guides, perhaps because it is a multiuse trail open to stock, motorbikes, mountain bikes and hikers. If you have a problem with multiuse trails you might want to hike elsewhere, but over the years I have encountered very little traffic of any kind on these trails.
By Karen Sykes | June 7, 2001
Even on a bright Sunday, the little ferry that plies the route between Steilacoom and Anderson, one of Puget Sound's lesser-known small islands, carried 26 cars and fewer than a dozen walk-on travelers. One of them was Phil Ray, a friendly Seattleite so charmed by Anderson's peaceful ways that he bought an old house he's now restoring.
He was making the 20-minute trip for a salmon barbecue. He raved about the island's famous swimming hole at Lake Florence.
By Gordon Black | June 7, 2001
