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Oregon & Washington Road Trip: The Ale and Wine Trail
THE ROUTE: Yakima, WA > Moxee, WA > Benton City, WA > Milton-Freewater, OR > Walla Walla, WA (150 miles).WHY GO: Eastern Washington and Oregon let both beer and wine lovers see the ag roots of their preferred libation—and offer an excellent range of tasting rooms.WHO ITS FOR: Enophi
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Arizona Trail in Superior
The town of SuperiorIt’s not just that the heaping plate of tacos I’m eating costs less than $4. Or that a local walked up to our table and offered his services as a hiking guide, free, simply for fun. It’s the honest-to-God niceness of everyone in the postage-stamp town of Superior, gateway to
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Authentic Southwest
With adobe buildings, dusty streets, and its setting in a mesquite-and-cottonwood bosque along the Santa Cruz River, Tubac has to be Arizonas most Southwestern town.In November, youll find clear days, smoke curling from chimneys, and doorways festooned with red-chile ristras. Check names off yo
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Five great breakfast joints in Salt Lake City
Blue Plate Diner. The essential corner breakfast joint, complete with Formica, stainless steel, and interesting locals. The smoked salmon Benedict delights, but dont overlook the fruit-topped Belgian waffles, breakfast burritos, and omelets. $. 2041 South 2100 East; 801/463-1151.Eggs in the Cit
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Enjoy sun
Southern Californias Catalina Island, with its remarkable variety of landscapes, views, activities, and fleeting, beguiling moments, is one of the most romantic spots in the West. You can shop, snack, and dangle your toes in the sea in the charming harbor town of Avalon; bounce over the rugged
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Visit fat
If you build it, and it is a network of mountain-bike trails in the remotest red rock country of western Colorado, will anybody actually come?Troy Rarick asked himself this question in 1994 as he stood on Aspen Avenue in Fruita, Colorado, en route to a new job as a bike-shop manager in Moab, Ut
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Pike Place Market guide
It has more than 500 shops and restaurants and farmers and craftspeople; its 103-year-old buildings stretch over eight city blocks; and 10 million people visit it in Seattle each year. With winter a distant memory, and spring finally (finally!) here, May kicks off prime Pike Place Market time—w
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The best town in Gold Country
In this election year, we cast our ballot: Sutter Creek is the best town in the Gold Country.Yeah, there are other strong candidates, like Murphys and Nevada City. But consider what you encounter when you turn off State 49 and take the bypass into Sutter Creek. Set in a tidy green dell - Sutter
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The city of Oz
Culver City is cool. Who knew? While other Southern California cities ― such as Santa Monica and Pasadena ― have earned major attention for their restored historic districts, Culver City has engaged in a stealthy campaign of civic improvement, transforming its downtown into a first-rate spot to
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Meander through Pescadero, California
The stretch of shoreline between Pescadero and San Gregorio seems like the land that time forgot - until you step into a gas station for an outstanding taco or gather heirloom seeds at an updated country store.Septembers clear days are the perfect reason to take a meandering drive connecting oc
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Day trip to Sebastopol
Why go in summer: Coast-cooled weather and a drive-worthy farmers market at its peak.Some locals call it: The PoolPopulation: 7,484Dress code: So casual, even tie-dyes on view.Ground zero: The Town Plaza is where the action is ― especially on a summer Sunday. Watch as the entire community comes
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Five great Cuban sandwiches
OAKLANDLa Taza de Café. Though too small, the Cubanos ($8.50) are excellent. The all-tapas menu is mostly Cuban but draws from other Latin American countries and Spain. Live music nightly gets patrons dancing. Closed Mon-Tue. 5761 Thornhill Dr.; www.latazadecafe.com or 510/339-7400.SAN FRANCISC
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The road not taken, maybe
You have choices when youre in Juneau, Alaska, and you want to
hit the road. You can drive south 5 miles and turn around. You can
drive a few blocks east up Mt. Roberts and turn around, or west
across the bridge to Douglas Island and turn around. For an epic
journey, you can take the Glacier Hi
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North Cascades Institute
SEDRO WOOLLEY, WA. Saul Weisberg watches the sun slip behind Pyramid Peak in Washingtons North Cascades National Park. This is our neighborhood, he says, and our classroom.Weisberg is executive director of North Cascades Institute. (Hes pictured between the institutes Don Burgess and Tracie Joh
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Celebrate in Fort Collins, Colorado
In terms of bragging rights, Fort Collins has plenty to crow about. In 2006, Money magazine named the collegiate community just one hour north of Denver as the countrys best place to live.Disneylands Main Street, U.S.A. was modeled after Fort Collinss historic Old Town, which is packed with sho
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Northwest day trip: Treasures of Sherwood
City dwellers longing to feel a budding sense of spring make weekend plans to visit the town of Sherwood, Oregon, in the month of April. The communitys big shade trees start leafing out, and dogwoods, lilacs, and hawthorns planted a century ago begin bursting with color and scent.Back in 1885,
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Where to sleep in Sausalito
Casa Madrona Hotel & Spa. Rooms in the new section are
large, luxurious, and contemporary; hillside casitas and rooms in
the old mansion retain their Victorian style. A few rooms have big
decks overlooking the bay. The day spa is open to the public. An
upscale Italian restaurant will soon
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L.A.s front porch
Santa Monica
travel planner: activities, restaurants, and hotels
Lounging on the veranda of the art deco landmark Georgian Hotel,
Im watching women with large sunglasses stroll down Santa Monicas
palm-lined Ocean Avenue when I overhear a screenwriter eagerly
pitching her idea for a movie. This
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Rio Grande weekend in New Mexico
Travel
planner: what to do and where to stay
Fly into Albuquerque and for all the stark drama of the Sandia
Mountains and the surrounding high desert, the most striking
feature from the air is the verdant, serpentine course of the Rio
Grande.
While the river physically divides the city, i
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Washingtons playful port town
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To say that Port Townsend marches to a different drummer is
an understatement. During the fall, when the festival season is in
high gear and locals let down their hair, the 8,200 residents of
this Victorian seaport on Washingtons Olympic Peninsula seem to
march t
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