Short Trips
CASHMERE Here's a good example of the most balanced diet of the new century: During my first day in Cashmere, for breakfast I had a cup of coffee, followed by a tasty confection called an Aplet topped off with two Cotlets (the Aplet's apricot counterpart). For lunch I ate two Golden Delicious apples along with a Bartlett pear, then chased both fruit varieties down with a strawberry soda at Doan's Valley Pharmacy's soda fountain.
Problem was, it felt almost normal in Cashmere to eat like that.
By Jeff Larsen | October 9, 2003
Hike of the Week
Winchester Mountain is a grand finale to a long and splendid summer of hiking. There is gold on Winchester Mountain in the blaze of mountain ash, though no superlatives can describe foliage as red as rubies and hues of orange as rich as the taste of pumpkin pie on the tongue.
By Karen Sykes | October 9, 2003
Gearing Up
After days of freeze-dried this and dehydrated that, there is nothing so satisfying and tasty as a mound of crunchy green sprouts. Nothing. Put them on a sandwich (see recipes below), make a salad of sprouts and grated carrots with oil and vinegar, or top your favorite Thai noodle dish with a mound.
The best part about sprouts is that you can make them while you're on the trail. They weigh virtually nothing and if you time it right, they'll continue to sprout throughout your trip, giving you day after day of fresh greens.
By Kristin Hostetter | October 9, 2003
LONGMIRE The classic image of the snoozing volcano that looms ominously yet elegantly over us all in the Puget Sound region is one of a massive, snow-capped peak of white.<
But it's a different scene when you take an up-close look at Mount Rainier's 14,411 feet in autumn 2003.
The symbol of everything wild and untamable in the Northwest is blazing with scarlets, yellows, purples and browns.
By Greg Johnston | October 9, 2003
