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Golden Gate enjoys diamond anniversary with help of engineers
May 27, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 SAN FRANCISCO – The Golden Gate Bridge was heralded as an engineering marvel when it opened in 1937. It was the world’s longest suspension span and had been built across …
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A museum with something for everyone in Victoria, B.C.
May 27, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 Royal BC Museum This don’t-miss museum, the city’s biggest, has a world-class First Nations gallery (with ceremonial masks, totem poles and more artifacts of British Columbia’s native groups); natural history …
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Old World charm, vibrant culture converge in eclectic Maine
May 20, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 PORTLAND, Maine – I was in Portland all of 10 minutes when its soul rolled by on two wheels: a gentleman pedaling through downtown on a penny-farthing – one of …
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Most of Portland’s visual arts scene is within 20-block radius
May 13, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 PORTLAND — With a new Mark Rothko retrospective (and some even more eye-catching surprises) at the Portland Art Museum, Portland has plenty of visual-arts stimulation to offer – as well …
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Joshua Tree area offers hiking, eats, saloons, hot springs
May 6, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 It’s a dry heat – a boulder-studded, wind-raked Mojave heat in which rock stars lie low, artists think big, Marines train, weird plants jut toward the sun like beseeching biblical …
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Plenty of factors to weigh when flying with children
May 6, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 When it comes to family vacations, flying with children is likely one of the largest logistical dragons you’ll slay. From toddler tantrums and teen boredom to infant ear pain and …
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Travel smart with your cellphone
April 29, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 Smartphones can be handy tools for travelers. They can also be costly if you travel abroad and don’t take precautions. I have heard of people racking up thousands of dollars …
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‘Hangover Heaven’ on Vegas Strip to help weary partiers bounce back
April 29, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 LAS VEGAS – He had a Las Vegas wedding to attend, but Bryan Dalia was hung over from some marathon partying the night before. “I did two bachelor parties, back-to-back,” … 1
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Alaska bound: Iditarod Trail source love-hate relationship with snowmobiles
April 29, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C10 After snowmobiling 1,414 miles along the Iditarod Trail, Bob Jones said life is especially sweet back home in Kettle Falls. “I’m a free man,” he said. “I sold my snowmobiles … 1
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Jim Crow Museum aims to provoke thought
April 22, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 BIG RAPIDS, Mich. – The objects displayed in Michigan’s newest museum range from the ordinary, such as simple ashtrays and fishing lures, to the grotesque – a full-size replica of … 2
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Paddling, biking, fishing in Alaska has couple wanting more
April 22, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C10 Time is the issue that keeps most outdoor vacations from blooming into full-fledged adventures, especially in Alaska. How could any vacationer from Spokane do justice to a place that large?
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Modern wonders meet ancient treasures in this Japanese city
April 22, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 KYOTO, Japan – Kyoto is a place that embodies everything I love about Japan: Serene ancient beauty mixed with already-tomorrow modernity. Many visitors arrive on the platypus-nosed Nozomi bullet train …
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Bustling Bend is awash in beer, thanks to thirsty outdoors lovers
April 15, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 BEND, Ore. – It was when the 20-something guest-of-honor in a beer-saturated bachelor party aboard the Cycle Pub mooned a passing limo that Bend really proved that, if anything, it’s …
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With 7 national parks nearby, paradise always within reach
April 8, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 Within a day’s drive of Spokane, there are seven national parks – Rainier, Olympic and North Cascades in Washington, Glacier in Montana, Crater Lake in Oregon, and Grand Teton and …
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San Antonio’s historic missions and beautiful River Walk demand visit
April 1, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 SAN ANTONIO – This city is known for the Alamo and the River Walk, and rightly so, but don’t stop there. The small downtown is packed with interesting sites, and …
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Project to turn Kensington Palace into destination for tourists
March 25, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 LONDON – It’s the past home of Queen Victoria and Princess Diana, the future residence of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge – and, it’s hoped, a stop on …
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Belfast banks on new Titanic exhibit to lure tourists
March 18, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 BELFAST, Northern Ireland – To most of the world, the name Titanic means tragedy, spiced with romance, sacrifice and luxury. But in Belfast, where it was built, the doomed ship …
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Cars Land set to open at Disneyland on June 15
March 11, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 Lightning McQueen and friends are about to get the green light at Disneyland. The park announced Wednesday that Cars Land, based on the Disney-Pixar “Cars” movies, is the headliner of …
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Enjoy quick, affordable weekend getaway to Iceland
March 4, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 SEATTLE – You have a three-day weekend coming up and you want to get away for a little shopping and nightlife, or maybe just a change of scenery. So how …
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Visit to Cuba is permissible, and fairly easy to do
February 26, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 CHICAGO – During her recent two-week trip to Cuba, Linda Rivers of Hayward, Calif., visited museums, walked along beaches, sipped rum and watched a professional baseball game. Just don’t call … 2
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Gregoire after more tourist cash
February 26, 2012 in City on Page B3 WASHINGTON – When she leaves the executive mansion as Washington state’s 22nd governor next January, Democrat Chris Gregoire wants to unwind by taking a month to visit some national parks … 2
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Expanding cruise liner traffic has Venice concerned
February 12, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 VENICE, Italy – It’s a matter of perspective. From aboard a 12-deck cruise liner, the sight of St. Mark’s Square, the Doge’s Palace and Bridge of Sighs gliding past from …
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8-hour layover proved just long enough for quick tour of Paris
February 12, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 PARIS – My wife and I ran in a 20k in Paris, marveled at outdoor urinals, strolled Boulevard Saint-Germain, enjoyed $15 hot dogs (not including wine) and generally fell in …
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Nordic skiing in Bitterroots is nice combination of hot and cold
December 18, 2011 in Features, Idaho, Travel on Page D10 POWELL, Idaho — After a day on cross-country skis in the Bitterroot Range along the Idaho-Montana border, the dinner of spaghetti with elk meat was just the thing. We had …
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While German celebrations differ, shopping is still king
December 11, 2011 in Features, Travel on Page D8 STUTTGART, Germany – Getting into the Christmas spirit is easy in Stuttgart, Germany, since it has one of the biggest and most famous Christmas markets in Europe. But the spirit …
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Grab a cozy, affordable front-row seat along Cannon Beach
November 13, 2011 in Travel on Page D10 CANNON BEACH, Ore. – If someone were to write a book about the weather in Cannon Beach, it would be part mystery, part thriller, part summer romance. A fleece vest …
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Vancouver, B.C., has plenty of cultural offerings
November 6, 2011 in Travel on Page D10 Vancouver, B.C., in the summer has a civic calendar crowded with open-air arts festivals. In the autumn, the weather shifts and the cultural action moves indoors, but there’s still plenty …
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Town known for Aplets and Cotlets sees bump in tourism
October 30, 2011 in Features, Travel on Page D8 CASHMERE, Wash. – Stroll along the streets in the Central Washington town of Cashmere, and it won’t be long before you pick up the scent of sugar and fruit coming …
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Dangers aside, traveling alone satisfying for many women
October 23, 2011 in Travel on Page D8 Three years ago I embarked on my first solo travel experience, a nine-day reporting trip to Samoa. I was 23, fresh out of college and eager to see what the …
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Island’s garden sanctuary offers escape to calmness, solitude
October 9, 2011 in Travel on Page D8 SEATTLE – The pitter-patter of my sneakers on the gravel entryway was the most pronounced sound at the Bloedel Reserve. That’s when I realized I had stepped into a sanctuary …
