Seattle Style File
Once I reached a "certain age" I began to develop an aversion to shopping for clothes. Pants were tighter, blouses gapped. But it was the rear view from a three-way mirror in a brightly lit dressing room that was most shocking. Where did I get all that flesh on my back? It looked like the part of a chicken no one wanted.
By Kathy Schultz | September 22, 2005
Short Trips
EUGENE, Ore. -- One of the first things to remember when you're in downtown Eugene: bicyclists have the right away.
Eugene, combined with Lane County, has the second-highest population density in the state but is still considered one of the most bicycle-friendly towns in the country. Miles of bicycle paths crisscross downtown streets and local parks, as well as local wetlands and along the Willamette River.
By Jeff Larsen | September 22, 2005
Take a Walk
Location: Puyallup.
Length: About a mile.
Level of difficulty: Level-to-gentle paved path.
By Cathy McDonald | September 22, 2005
Hike of the Week
Hikers know how hard it is to get an overnight permit for the Enchantment Lakes Basin, the showpiece of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, but day hikers need not rule out the magic of the Lower Enchantments. Nada Lake and Snow Lakes offer a peek into this realm of the gnome and fairy-haunted land of sprites and leprechauns.
By Karen Sykes | September 22, 2005
Things looked desperate. The gray jays had us surrounded. A chipmunk guarded the lake exit. It was our sandwiches or our lives.
Randy Gauthier, Patricia Lott and I were traveling "accessible" to a subalpine lake on this elegant near-autumn day.
Webster says "accessible" means "capable of being reached." By implication, an accessible hike would be one you could get to. Simple.
So why had Lott predicted, "I'll never hike the North Cascades again." Why had Gauthier said he'd "never considered hiking. ... don't want to do much outside."
By Barry Truman | September 22, 2005
Climbers' trails are almost always little more than rough ribbons of dirt leading straight up the side of a hill. It's not the experience of the journey that's so important on these trails as it is the destination, a place where rock climbers can become one with the hard stuff.
By Mike McQuaide | September 22, 2005
CHELAN COUNTY — It's a rather nondescript mountain with an ordinary name, often overshadowed by the attractions of nearby Lake Chelan.
But when you stand atop 8,243-foot Pyramid Mountain on a picture-postcard day, it's hard to imagine a more breathtaking view of the rooftop of the Cascade Mountains, with the fjordlike, deep-blue waters of Lake Chelan 7,000 feet below.
By Rick Lund | September 22, 2005
