Sharon Wootton writes regularly about outdoor activities, including hiking and bird watching.
Carriage Museum: a ride to the past As status symbols go, the Bugatti Veyron ($1.7 million), Ferrari Enzo ($1 million) or even the Lamborghini Murcielago (only $279,900) work well in the 21st century. [More] November 21 Ice crystals in sky form a huge ring around the moon Folklore, stories and songs often use the moon as a metaphor, a lesson or just a description: a pale moon rises, as dark as the moonless night, beneath a crescent moon, howling at the moon, witches and the moon, man in the moon, Blue... [More] November 14
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You may be safer birding in orange Hunting is a topic I rarely address, yet it comes to mind each fall when bird hunters and birdwatchers have the same targets. [More] November 7
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Warren Miller’s ‘Dynasty’ is a winner I’ve been known to criticize a few Warren Miller films but “Dynasty” is not among them. [More] October 31 Dippers are fascinating, swimming songbirds Moving to Western Washington from Maryland a few decades ago opened up a different ecosystem for me, although it was a give-and-take situation. [More] October 24 Skiers, it’s time to get in shape I’m sure skiers and snowboarders have started their preseason exercise routine to make sure those recalcitrant muscles are ready for the slopes. Right. [More] October 17 A 30-mile stretch packed with unexpected sights Wonder if Lewis and Clark were nearly blown off their feet in 1806 as they stood at Alpowa Summit, gazing across the windswept plateau that would someday turn into wheat country. [More] October 10 Larches put on a glorious show One of my favorite hikes is to Blue Lake, a popular alpine lake near Washington Pass, off the North Cascades Highway. Calling it a picture-perfect lake meets the trite standard, but it does show up in many hiking and photography-heavy... [More] September 26