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Green in Portland
The first thing that hits you is the sheer physical beauty ― evergreen forests, distant peaks, the shimmer of the skyline, and the graceful span of bridges across the Willamette River.The next thing most people notice about Portland is its sublime livability, borne out by any number of statisti
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Tacoma travel planner
ATTRACTIONS
Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art.
Public parking under museum. Closed Mon. 1801 E. Dock St.; (866)
468-7386 or
www.museumofglass.org
University of Washington, Tacoma. Campus is open for walking
all hours; building hours vary. 1900 Pacific Ave.; (253) 692
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Bridge over Bend, Oregon
High-country trails are still snowed in ― but thats not a problem for hikers in Bend, Oregon, which has more than 48 miles of trail inside city limits. The southern extension of the Deschutes River Trail is one of the newest paths, offering the quickest on-foot escape from civilization.You can
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To ski in peace
Its so quiet that the youngest members of our group, two babies bobbing along on their dads backs, have been sound asleep since we strapped on our snowshoes and headed out for our guided walk. Fat snowflakes are drifting down as the 10 of us make our way toward the trees, our snowshoe tracks jo
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Arizonas big bridge
Scrambling over purple-tinged rhyolite boulders along Pine Creek Trail, we paused briefly to admire a waterfall cascading through a fern grotto high up the canyon wall. A few hundred feet and several boulder hops farther, we finally caught sight of our destination. Backlit by the late-afternoon
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Best of the West
The Canadian performing company Cirque du Soleil keeps raising the circus bar. KÀ, its new production at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, tells the story of separated twins and their fantastic journey to reunite despite obstacles such as persistent pyrotechnics, aggressive insects, and nasty martial
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How to cruise the coast
The northern c coast sits roughly halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. For general information contact the Cambria Chamber of Commerce (805/927-3624), the Cayucos Chamber of Commerce (805/995-1200), or the San Simeon Chamber of Commerce (805/927-3500).HISTORIC SITESHearst Castle. Thre
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No fishing
Karen Suedy Sasaki has no formal training in the art of sushi, but you would never guess it from seeing her creations. Walking around her tiny San Jose shop, she points to obento boxes and small plates displaying artistic Japanese delicacies.Youll see all the sushi bar classics: ebi (shrimp), m
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Mountains and men
You wont find Brokeback Mountain on any Wyoming map. I think of it as rising somewhere in the Bighorn Mountains. West of Buffalo, maybe, or near Cloud Peak.Brokeback Mountain is, of course, the fictional peak that inspired first an Annie Proulx short story and now the Ang Lee film that has beco
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Sunny Lake Oswego
Lake Oswego, Oregon, could have been the Pittsburgh of the
West. That was what some early area settlers were hoping when they
built the first pig-iron smelter west of the Rockies. But when the
industrial age faded, Lake Oswego instead became a posh Portland
suburb.
Until recently, visitors got
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Mt. Diablo Travel planner
Doing the Diablo Range
Although the Diablo Range runs more than 100 miles, its heart
is in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties, about 25 miles east of San
Francisco. Call ahead to check trail conditions. For details and
trail maps contact East Bay Regional Park District
(
www.ebparks.org, 510/5
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Get hooked
Standing on a rocky ledge, I peered down into an aquamarine
pool on the McCloud River, near Mt. Shasta in California. Until
three days before, I had never even held a fly rod in my hand. Now,
attached to the end of my line was an enormous rainbow trout. Give
him more line and let him run! my g
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River mother
In her free time, Sue Marshall can most often be found in a
canoe on the lower Tualatin River southwest of Portland, a verdant
stretch of mostly flat water overhung with maples and willows and
home to ospreys and herons. In her role as executive director of
Tualatin Riverkeepers, Marshall tend
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Oregon Truffle Mushrooms
As a general rule, I try to stay away from lumpy brown objects fetched from the jaws of strange dogs. But when you’re in the heart of Oregon mushroom country, every mud-caked ball of earth could be a truffle treasure.I’m standing at the edge of a dense fir forest in the Willamette Valley with 1
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Hike and dine above Salt Lake
The Salt Lake City asphalt is as soft as marshmallows under my feet, and I havent felt a natural breeze in weeks. The dog days of summer have definitely arrived. Instead of melting into a plastic chair by a concrete pool, I grab some friends and escape to the cool canyons to the east of the cit
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Things to do in Downtown Oakland
Why go now: As block after block of condos pop up, so do bars, restaurants, and art galleries to entertain the young new locals.East vs. west: Think of downtown Oakland as San Francisco’s Brooklyn.Downtown then: For years, lonely blocks of abandoned storefronts were the rule.Downtown now: Taste
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Visit a different Santa Barbara
Youve biked Santa Barbaras shoreline and browsed the shoppers paradise on well-known State Street.Now get to know burgeoning SoCo (south of Cota Street), just a couple of blocks east of State, where a homegrown arts scene is taking root.GETTING THERESanta Barbara is about 90 miles north of Los
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Henry Coes soft side
Youd think we were going to Latvia. Without exception, everyone who heard that my family was going camping at Henry W. Coe State Park asked, Wheres that?How an 87,000-acre preserve, the largest state park in Northern California, could elicit such universal shrugs is astonishing, especially when
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Riding the Gold Line
Go for
the Gold
Metro Gold Line trains run every 10 to 15 minutes during
peak hours and every 20 to 30 minutes during off-hours. Fares are
$1.25 one way. For information contact the Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (www.metro.net or
800/266-6883).
Each of the line
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O.C. Day Trip: Santa Ana Artists Village
A secret artsy pocket of Santa Ana? You’ve got to see it for yourself.Don’t miss the festivities: This Latino neighborhood is at its most colorful as it gears up for Día de los Muertos (Nov 2, 2010).The mix: Artists started moving into the landmark Santora Building about 15 years ago, and the V
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