It wouldn’t be the holidays in Portland without a visit to the Oregon Zoo’s annual winter festival ZooLights. As you walk around the zoo, you’ll see a dazzling display of a million and half lights, and experience your zoo in a whole new light. ZooLights runs from November 27, 2015 to January 3, 2016. The […]
Bring the kids to enjoy an enchanting room filled with teddy bears and holiday cheer. Open Monday – Thursday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm; Friday – Sunday (and Christmas), 10:00 am to 7:00 pm. Thousands of locals and visitors alike flock to the Teddy Bear Suite at The Olympic Hotel as part of an annual […]
Looking for a getaway that isn’t Leavenworth? That is, you are looking for a quiet place enveloped in nature that doesn’t major in beer? Well, Tillamook, Oreg., is very quiet, offers lots of ocean views and hiking and offers tastes of some of the best cheese around. For example, Tillamook area is home to more […]
Get ready for the annual Veterans Parade at Fort Vancouver. Plan to be at the ceremony (10 a.m.) and parade (11 a.m.) at the Fort Vancouver National Site. The parade was started in 1986 by a group of volunteers led by Mike Harding, who recognized a need in our community for a way to honor […]
Set on the property of the old Olympia Brewery and along the Deshutes River, the park provides scenic walking paths that wind past waterfalls, through rugged forest and around the historic brewery buildings. Native trees and shrubs line both sides of the river as it winds it way down to a plunge over Tumwater Falls. The […]
When my sons were little Halloween was considered more fun than even Christmas. Part of the charm was donning their little rubber boots and heading out to select just the right pumpkin at the local pumpkin patch. Of course, it also meant wandering through a maze of corn, drinking hot chocolate and getting wet and […]
The Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge is a 140-acre floodplain wetland located along the east bank of the Willamette River. The multitude of bird species found in the Portland area is depicted on the largest mural in the United States at Wilhelm’s Portland Memorial Mausoleum, located at 6705 SE 14th Ave. The wetland motif mural, which […]
In Portland, Oktoberfest isn’t limited to one-month a year. In the City of Roses it is Oktoberfest virtually every day of the year. With more than 60 breweries in Portland city limits, where is a beer-loving visitor to start? Thankfully, the city abounds with organized beer tours to help you see the sights and sip […]
In early October I participated in a wonderful “girls’weekend getaway” with seven other women. We stayed in the Admiral’s House at Fort Warden State Park, clambored about the beach, embattlements and peered into the windows of the Point Wilson Lighthouse. Although this lighthouse is not open to the public, many other Washington Lighthouses offer fascinating […]
As the weather deteriorates put a visit to Olympia’s The Estuarium: An Aquarium and Marine Life Discovery Center on your indoor activity radar. Head to the Estuarium’s exhibit experience, Animals, History/Science, For the Family. The exhibit is open Sat.-Sun 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is adults $3, 6-17 $1 and free for children 5 […]
