VANCOUVER ISLAND -- It's common wisdom that you can never guarantee having good weather on vacation. How about bad weather, though?
We were prepared for tradeoffs when we signed up for an off-season vacation in Tofino, B.C., expecting shuttered storefronts and crashing waves that would restrict us to our hotel room. We even splurged on lodgings at the luxe Wickaninnish Inn, in part, because we wanted to feel we were someplace special even if we were trapped indoors.
By Rebekah Denn | March 10, 2005
Short Trips
When it's dark by 4 in the afternoon and the high temperature for the week is supposed to hit only 45, it's time to start thinking inside the box.
To help stimulate that thought processes, Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau officially kicks off its annual downtown hotel Super Saver program tomorrow. A luxurious hotel room at a discounted rate for a night just might be the cheery winter break you were looking for.
By Jeff Larsen | November 6, 2003
The rain started hitting my windshield around Burlington. Small drops at first, then big drops, followed by small drops again and then none at all. As soon as I shut off my wipers, the cycle of precipitation would start all over, reminding me of the unpredictable nature of road trips during Pacific Northwest winters.
By Stuart Eskenazi | January 9, 2003
LA PUSH, Clallam County These rolling waves, soft sand beaches and sunset skies studded with sea stacks have always meant home and solace to the Quileute people, here since time immemorial.
But now, thanks to a major, $1.8 million investment by the Quileute tribe, there is a deluxe home here at the Ocean Park Resort for visitors, too: 15 new cabins, right on the beach.
By Lynda V. Mapes | December 12, 2002
For in-city getaways, my esteemed Travel department colleagues chose some of Seattle's more offbeat places to stay.
Terry scampered off to a trendy Belltown hotel atop a bar and restaurant. Sorry, I wanted to relax, not party with people 20 years younger than myself.
Carol headed to a B&B on Capitol Hill. I can barely stand myself at breakfast, so dining cheek-to-cheek with cheerful strangers is like waking up to a nightmare.
Brian stayed on a converted tugboat on Lake Union. Why pay to stay somewhere cramped that sways in the wind?
By Kristin Jackson | November 25, 2001
PORTLAND -- The Rose City is going back in time to provide a new public-transportation system that makes touring the town even more of a treat -- in a city that was already a carless visitor's dream.
"Look, we have streetcars again," says Kay Dannen, community-relations manager for Portland Streetcar Inc.
By Stanton H. Patty | November 22, 2001
MARROWSTONE ISLAND Under clouds the color of wadded steel wool, a red tugboat strained against a gathering wind blowing north up Admiralty Inlet. From our sheltered vantage point at Fort Flagler State Park, we could make out the headlands of Whidbey Island to the east. Normally, the channel separating the two islands would be busy with marine traffic, but the impending storm kept pleasure craft at moorage.
By Gordon Black | November 1, 2001
