Enterprise/Chris Goodenow |
Web hopping: Olympics just a short hop away
There aren't many places where you can see rain forests, whales, eagles and snowcapped mountain peaks in one short visit -- and it's all just across Puget Sound. [More]
September 6
Watch Vaux's swifts put on a show in Monroe
The swifts swirled around the chimney at Monroe's Frank Wagner Elementary School. From a distance the small birds might have looked like bats, but from where she was sitting, Judy Alles could see individual swifts and hear the constant... [More]
By Sharon Wootton
Herald Columnist | September 6
Web sites for armchair travelers
All travel, no attitude: Are you tired of travel Web sites that want either to sell you a ticket or prove that they're better than the other latest travel social network? Would you be more comfortable just reading about cool travel-related... [More]
September 6
Budget trips: Web sites offer travel deals
Travel for less: If the term "staycation" makes you want to run screaming to the nearest travel agent, here are a couple of Web sites to help you get away for a few days without spending a bundle. [More]
September 6
Photo courtesy of Fort Nisqually Museum |
History comes alive on Fort Nisqually tour
Lighten up: Visitors can step back in time on candlelight tours of Fort Nisqually in October, but first, they need to get tickets. [More]
September 6
Rick Steves |
Enjoy Amsterdam's treasures at a two-wheel pace
Even after 20 years of visits, I always need a day to adjust to the wonders of Amsterdam. So I spend my first day here checking out small changes in the city -- a new handbag museum, a church turned into a mosque, a free ferry ride to an industrial... [More]
By Rick Steves
Herald Columnist | September 6
Unpaid room a glitch between Hotwire, hotel
I'm stuck with a mystery hotel bill, and could use a little help with solving it. [More]
By Christopher Elliott
Herald Columnist | September 6
Travel seminars
Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door hosts free travel classes from 10 to 11:30 a.m. (unless otherwise noted) most Saturdays at the Edmonds Theater, 415 Main St., Edmonds. Italy with Julie Coen, Sept. 6. [More]
September 6
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