Caption: Wooden orchard racks maximize storage space, while allowing air to reach each layer of produce. Photo credit: Photo courtesy of Gardener’s Supply Company by Melinda Myers All your hard work is paying off with a bountiful harvest. Fresh produce is filling your garden, countertops, and refrigerator while the garden keeps producing more. Preserve some of […]
Editor’s Note: Posted on July 4, 2020. Visitors traveling to Mount Rainier National Park during the coming weekend should be prepared for a wide range of weather and trail conditions. “While it may be warm and sunny where visitors are traveling from, they should come prepared for snow-covered routes and icy trails at high-elevation locations like […]
Caption: Wooden orchard racks maximize storage space, while allowing air to reach each layer of produce. Photo credit: Photo courtesy of Gardener’s Supply Company by Melinda Myers All your hard work is paying off with a bountiful harvest. Fresh produce is filling your garden, countertops, and refrigerator while the garden keeps producing more. Preserve some of […]
Caption: Mendenhall Glacier is located about 12 miles from downtown Juneau. Photo by Greg Johnson. Juneau is getting in on the virtual travel trend by highlighting experiences around the city using various mediums. Travel Juneau’s YouTube channel posts videos that highlight adventures around the city like kayaking near humpbacks and Juneau’s food scene. Take a […]
It’s that time of year. The northwestern soil begins to dry and the near ever-present miasma of inclement weather lifts for the fleeting weeks of summer. And you, trapped inside throughout the spring, trapped and taunted by those tantalizing days of forbidden sunlight, you need to get out. Need to explore and reconnect with the […]
Photo courtesy of Epic Trails. Social distance while experiencing Alaska in remote cabins and an exclusive bay near Juneau. Hikers can access Point Bridget State Park, located about 40 miles north of Juneau on the Glacier Highway, for treks on the park’s 2,850 acres of nature. The 1.8 mile North Bridget Cove Trail takes you […]
Editor’s Note: Visit ActiveLifestylesNW.com Video Gallery for a virtual peak at Big Mountain Heli Tours cascade helicopter tours. Big Mountain Heli Tours gives visitors a bird’s eye view of the lava rock, rivers and waterfalls, rolling sage brush hills and ponderosa pines that make up the scenic high desert in Central Oregon. The company offers […]
Caption: A walker enjoys the Yakima Greenway scenery. Article and photos by Greg Johnson, travel writer The Yakima Greenway in Yakima, Washington features a 10-mile paved pathway, parks, fishing lakes, picnic areas, playgrounds and natural areas. Visitors enjoy the opportunity to take a short—or long—hike along the serene Yakima River. Sights along the way include […]
Caption: A visitor snaps a photo from viewpoint at Tumalo Falls. Photos and story by Greg Johnson Tumalo Falls, an 89-foot waterfall on Tumalo Creek just 14 miles outside of the growing outdoor tourist town of Bend, is well known among locals and visitors for fishing, hiking, biking and picnicking. Leaving Bend, the drive to […]
How do you have a great time on the Long Beach Peninsula in Southwest Washington? Here’s how: ►Explore it’s 28 miles of sandy beach. ►Become a kid again bye playing pinball, laser tag and other games at the FUNLAND Family Entertainment Center in downtown Long Beach. ►Enjoy the old growth forests, ocean beaches and history […]
