FALL CITY -- You ride at night almost as much with your mind as with your body.
Your vision is a tunnel, cast by your headlamp. Logs, rocks, twists and turns in the trail come up quickly; you think fast or tumble. Unless it's steep, you tell by feel whether you're riding uphill or down.
When you stop, all you can hear is the quiet of the night.
It's dreamy or mesmerizing in a physical way.
By Greg Johnston | December 2, 2004
Short Trips
MCMINNVILLE, Ore. -- The 3-year-old Evergreen Aviation Museum declares that part of its mission is to inspire and educate the public about certain aviation milestones.
The modern museum's archives brim with aviation facts and figures. Visitors are educated by static aircraft exhibits as well as splashy electronic displays and educational tools scattered throughout a hangar.
By Jeff Larsen | December 2, 2004
Birders' Top Spots
Location: Town of Chelan, Chelan County.
Habitat: Family-friendly municipal park where the Chelan River flows out of Lake Chelan.
Best seasons for birding: Good year-round.
Birds commonly seen: In fall and winter, look for common loons, belted kingfishers and pied-billed, horned and western grebes.
Spring and summer bring American goldfinches, yellow-rumped warblers and cliff, barn, tree, and violet-green swallows. Townsend's solitaires migrate through in spring and fall.
December 2, 2004
Hike of the Week
The holidays are a good time to get acquainted with Camano Island State Park. It's on the west side of the island, which is surrounded by the waters of Skagit Bay, Port Susan Bay and Saratoga Passage and is accessed by a bridge from the mainland.
By Karen Sykes | December 2, 2004
Take a Walk
Location: Auburn.
Length: Less-than-a-mile loop.
Level of difficulty: Level-to-gentle, paved and dirt trails (muddy after rains).
By Cathy McDonald | December 2, 2004
