BREMERTON Consider it a cheap date.
For just a handful of dollar bills, I traversed the Kitsap Peninsula by public transit, touring the new waterfront development in Bremerton, visiting antique shops in Port Orchard, stopping by a shopping mall in Silverdale, walking and shopping in the quaint Nordic-heritage streets of Poulsbo, enjoying the bus-window view from the Agate Pass Bridge, and catching a Seattle ferry home from Bainbridge Island.
All without getting stuck in traffic.
By Susan Gilmore | October 21, 2004
Birders' Top Spots
Location: Five miles south of Blaine, Whatcom County.
Habitat: A 194-acre park with gravel beach on saltwater shoreline, Terrell Creek and freshwater marsh.
Best seasons for birding: Spring, fall and winter.
October 21, 2004
Take a Walk
Location: San Juan Island.
Trail length: Three miles.
Level of difficulty: Flat-to-gentle grassy lawn and level-to-moderate dirt/gravel trails.
By Cathy McDonald | October 21, 2004
LEAVENWORTH -- It seems as though you're tripping through the inner sanctum of the gods in the Upper Enchantments, all stark granite and ice at 7,800 feet, crowned by dragon-toothed peaks, adorned with lakes and tarns linked by meltwater rivulets. It's a place where clouds billow through passes and fall's angular light casts subdued shadows.
The ambience is of another place, another time, a lost world.
Only it's not lost.
By Greg Johnston | October 21, 2004
Short Trips
When you're the world's worst gambler, a casino wouldn't seem like a high-priority destination. But after I wrote last summer about the Quinault Beach Resort and Casino near Ocean Shores, I just had to try gambling one more time -- this time a little closer to home in Bow, a small berg just north of Burlington, about 70 miles north of Seattle. After all, I had another $30 to burn (i.e. lose).
By Jeff Larsen | October 21, 2004
Hike of the Week
The days are numbered for hikes in the Teanaway region now that winter's on the way. But if you don't mind taking a gamble on the weather, you may hit the jackpot with Koppen Mountain.
By Karen Sykes | October 21, 2004
