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Take me to the river
With a raucous squawk, the great blue heron launches itself
skyward as two sea kayakers paddle silently past the banks of the
Willamette River. As they watch the bird fly off down the river,
their gaze takes in not only the steel-and-glass skyscrapers of
downtown Portland but a riverside fores
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Planning a Santa Barbara visit
Much is made of Santa Barbara as the American Riviera ― not a melting pot but a highbrow bouillabaisse of society mavens and jaw-dropping wealth. But while its true that there are movie stars and money here, the real Santa Barbara is found along its waterfront, where beach bikes are the transpo
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Winter day at Echo Lake
When snow falls on 14,264-foot Mt. Evans, everything around this summer hot spot hibernates for the winter. The scenic byway to the summit shuts down; the Forest Service campground is deserted; and Echo Lake Lodge boards up its doors.Its the sort of quietude that attracts snowshoers, who are dr
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Edible Northwest
People would think, Yep, hes an odd guy, John Kallas says of his college days, when on camping trips hed be cooking birch-bark spaghetti while his friends roasted wieners. But you cant become a leading authority on wild foods if youre a picky eater.Nor can you learn it all from books, though t
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Gift
Because the art glass scene in Tacoma is relatively new,
dont expect galleries filled with glass to be lining the
streets―at least, not yet. Here are four places to look for
quality glass art at good prices.
Bonnie Burns Glass Blowing Studio and Gallery. Glass artist
Bonnie Burns sells her wo
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Llama treks
Hiking with llamas may be the best possible way to see the backcountry with young children. Gentle, strong, and content to be led by pint-size handlers, llamas made all the difference on our 8-mile, daylong trip up the Columbine Canyon Trail near Taos. Llamas carried the gear. They also obligin
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Plants in paradise
Theres a new place in town to go to beat the chilly March blues
― and its not a spa. Swansons Nursery, opened in 1924 just
north of Ballard, has long been a gardeners favorite. But as of
three months ago, a new large-scale conservatory addition ―
with everything from koi ponds to a café ― opene
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Honolulus new wave
The big umbrellas hanging from the ceiling of LUraku come
in a riotous rainbow of colors, an unusual design flourish for a
fine Japanese restaurant - even here in Honolulu. But chef Hiroshi
Fukui reckons the bright decor is an apt reflection of his
souped-up fare, which massages Tokyo and Pari
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The original Las Vegas
Day one budget
We were right in the middle of things in our large room at
New York-New York, where we had a view of the roller coaster
and the Statue of Liberty. It wasnt a bad deal for $74.99 a night.
With 9 percent hotel tax, our two nights came to
$163.48. Another great lodging bargai
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Fresh for the picking
The joys of the harvest arent just for farmers anymore. Several Western retreats now encourage guests to gather produce from on-site gardens to enjoy during their stay.Mar Vista Cottages, on Californias Mendocino coast, has a 2,500-square-foot organic vegetable garden nestled among guest cottag
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Eco
Green wood
How to choose sustainably harvested wood for
flooring
Southwest solar
A new house in Prescott, Arizona, uses old and new
solar techniques
Modern prefab
You
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Berkeleys bohemia
Reinvention is the philosophy behind Ohmega Salvage General Store on San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley. Transform your humdrum living room with a birds-eye maple mantel rescued from a failed restaurant, the idea goes. And lately the shops neighborhood in west Berkeley is experiencing its own renaiss
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Day trip to Goleta, CA
Why go now: You may not know that you can pull over in this sleepy Santa Barbara suburb and find farms, flowers, nurseries, and knockout oceanfront picnic spots.Another surprise: Its ground zero for sustainable gardening in the area.Not quite a college town: Though its close to the rowdy UCSB s
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Tam secrets
The late-afternoon light was sliding into gentle gray as I set out for a two-day retreat on Mt. Tamalpais. Not 50 yards down the trail, a hunched shape ahead stopped me cold.I panicked: Im going to get eaten by a mountain lion! I knew this would happen!But then my rational mind returned. The sh
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Olympic National Park Camping
Ninety-five percent is wilderness, accessible only on foot or horseback, but spur roads still deliver car-campers to 16 campgrounds with 910 sites. The rain ― 134 inches annually in the Hoh Rain Forest ― goes on vacation itself in July, August, and September, but wait if you can: The best campi
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Southwest Essentials
Buy a parks pass. With entry fees of $20 per vehicle at the major national parks, consider a National Parks Pass ($50; covers entrance fees at national parks, monuments, and recreation areas for one full year from first use). Contact the National Park Service (www.nps.gov, or (888) 467-2757) or
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Frontier Christmas
A red stagecoach drawn by draft horses rumbles past a snowy
meadow on its way to a Victorian home adorned in swags and
garlands. Its not quite Currier & Ives, but December scenes at
Denvers Four Mile Historic Park do evoke the spirit of the
frontier holidays.
Denvers oldest home ― Four Mile
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Zion National Park
The parks history. Nineteenth century Mormon pioneers gave it the Biblical name: Zion, for the promised land. And once you’ve visited this 147,000-acre park in southwestern Utah you, too, may feel you’ve been granted a glimpse of heaven. Sandstone cliffs glow red and coral against turquoise ski
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Sandstone country
As evening slides over deep, red-walled canyons, slivers of sunlight slip beneath a patch of clouds and splash onto towering pinnacles, igniting the wind-weathered rock. Here in Canyonlands National Park, the luminescent close of day is the perfect time to admire the parks geologic wonders.Whil
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Taylor made
It wasnt an auspicious beginning. Thirty years ago, a 19-year-old guy named Bob Taylor decided to open a guitar shop in the San Diego County town of Lemon Grove. The night before, it had rained like hell.Accordingly, job one on day one for Taylor and partners Kurt Listug (now the companys CEO)
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