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Seniors Week Lots To Do At Schweitzer

Graham Vink Travel Editor

This is Seniors Week at Schweitzer Mountain Resort, where guests 55 and older can enjoy five nights at Green Gables Lodge, four days of skiing and a variety of other activities, including a wine tasting, “kinder and gentler” downhill race, receptions and a dinner with the 150-member Prime Timers Club.

Also on hand during the week will be skiing legend Otto Lange, one of the original Austrian instructors at Sun Valley, Idaho, who helped energize skiing in the United States. Lange recently finished a biography and will be signing books and giving a talk.

The cost is $275 per person, based on double occupancy. To register, call (800) 831-8810 or (208) 263-9555 and ask for Gail Fendley. And next Saturday, March 9, grandparents accompanied by grandchildren 7 or older are eligible for half-price lift tickets.

Back in time: Move among buffalo herds in a covered wagon, with tours offered by the Woolly Prairie Buffalo Company.

Reservations are required for the daily tours, offered April 1 through Sept. 10 on a private ranch north of Sedro Woolley, Wash. For more information call (800) 524-7660 or (360) 856-0310.

Celebrate daffodils: A parade that is part of the Daffodil Festival will travel through Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner and Orting, Wash., from April 13 to 20. It will include daffodil floats, classic cars, marching bands and drill teams.

For information on the parade or other festival activities, call (206) 627-6176 or the Tacoma-Pierce County Visitor and Convention Bureau at (206) 627-2836.

Mayan ruins: Washington State University is planning two visits to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula to visit Mayan archaeological sites.

The 14-day tours begin May 11 and Oct. 26. Costs range from $1,722 to $2,686 per person.

For more information call WSU Conferences and Institutes at (800) 942-2978.

Kitsap Peninsula: Several weekend getaways for couples and families are offered on the Kitsap Peninsula, only 30 minutes from Seattle by ferry.

Lodging and some meals are included in each package, which range from a golf weekend to sea kayaking, hiking, or a quiet weekend in the country. Prices range from $90 to $249 per couple or family.

Call the Kitsap Peninsula Visitor & Convention Bureau at (360) 698-7411 for a free Escape to the Kitsap Peninsula brochure.

Collectibles: The Yakima Valley Museum is showing private collections, including toy fire engines, lunchboxes, squished coins and 1962 Seattle World’s Fair souvenirs.

The show, “Collecting: The Instinct for Order,” explores who collects what and why. The exhibit will run through April 28.

, DataTimes MEMO: Send information about travel opportunities around the Pacific Northwest to: Travel Editor, Features Department, The Spokesman-Review, P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210.

Send information about travel opportunities around the Pacific Northwest to: Travel Editor, Features Department, The Spokesman-Review, P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210.