Convergence Zone
Captain your own Christmasy Holiday Cocoa Cruise on Lake Union with a group of your friends or family. The Electric Boat Co., anchored at the dock of Lake Union's Yale Street Landing, rents out a colorful fleet of electric Duffy boats that will be dressed to impress with holiday lights and décor.
By Lori Hinton | November 22, 2005
Looking for a fun, affordable way to get out on the water with friends even though you don't have any boating experience or a boat, for that matter?
From bachelorette parties and birthdays to holiday office gatherings and special anniversaries, the Electric Boat Co. at Lake Union's Yale Street Landing offers boatloads of ways to win serious points for creativity while allowing you to keep your independence and captain your own rented vessel.
By Lori Hinton | November 22, 2005
Take a Walk
Location: Maple Falls, Whatcom County.
Length: Several miles of trails.
Level of difficulty: Level-to-moderate dirt/gravel trails.
By Cathy McDonald | August 26, 2004
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.
By Lynda V. Mapes | October 3, 2002
Take a Walk
Location: Pateros, Okanogan County.
Length: Two miles.
Level of difficulty: Gently sloped fire road around the perimeter of the camping areas, and a moderate-to-steep ridge trail (accessible from the parking lot just inside the group camp/third camping loop).
By Cathy McDonald | June 20, 2002
Take a Walk
Location: Seattle
Length: 2.8 miles.
Level of difficulty: Flat, paved path; inner lane for walkers/runners/baby strollers and outer lane for skaters/bikers. Also a few dirt/gravel trail spurs.
By Cathy McDonald | April 25, 2002
GIG HARBOR, Pierce County - Locals in this cozy waterfront town love to crow about their scenery, and they have plenty to cluck about.
By Ray Rivera | May 31, 2001
Take a Walk
Length: Several miles
Level of difficulty: Flat to sloping dirt trails and grassy lawns (often muddy); boardwalk on parts of Foster Island Trail.
By Cathy McDonald | April 12, 2001
It's something like 600 miles in a straight line from Victoria, the southernmost point in the province, to the Alaska border just beyond Prince Rupert to the north.
In between, counting every island, every quiet bay and the steep walled inlets with waterfalls splashing into the sea, British Columbia has 17,780 miles of saltwater shoreline - all of it worth exploration.
Much of it is beyond the reach of highways. It takes a boat to get there.
By Bob Lane | April 11, 1999
