LA PUSH, Clallam County These rolling waves, soft sand beaches and sunset skies studded with sea stacks have always meant home and solace to the Quileute people, here since time immemorial.
But now, thanks to a major, $1.8 million investment by the Quileute tribe, there is a deluxe home here at the Ocean Park Resort for visitors, too: 15 new cabins, right on the beach.
December 12, 2002
As an avid Western Washington hiker with two Labs, I was eager to check out this book. And I'm glad I did.
Nelson and his dog have done their homework, and it shows. Like a cookbook with recipes that have actually been tested in the kitchen, Nelson's trail selections are full of helpful hints the trail user will appreciate.
October 17, 2002
Canoeing the Spokane River? With dogs? I admit I was skeptical.
How great could a river be that runs right through the heart of the second largest city in the state? But it turns out the Spokane River is a terrific paddle.
All four of us settled right into the poetry of the river: Molly and Pete, our intrepid Labradors; my husband, Zack, and me.
As we eased downriver, ospreys racketed and whirled over their nests of sticks high in the ponderosa pines on the banks. A heron gulped fish in the shallows.
October 3, 2002
In Spokane with an anniversary to celebrate, we decided to splurge with a stay at the most lavish hotel in town and one of the finest in the Northwest: The Davenport.
This regional landmark is back in business after a 17-year closure and a restoration that cost more than $30 million and was a labor of love.
Walt and Karen Worthy of Spokane acquired the hotel in 2000 and spent the next two years restoring the 1914 landmark.
October 3, 2002
Every winter about this time I get the urge for our annual sagebrush rebellion: We pack up our two black labs, rent a good snow car and head east of the mountains to revel in the sagebrush, sun and blue skies.
For our dogs, it's a chance to rollick in the sage. For us, it's a chance to savor stars shining in clear, night skies, and frosty-cold mornings that glitter in sunlight simple pleasures that are all the sweeter after weeks of the gray, tepid thing called winter over here.
February 14, 2002
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