Warm and sunny summer days have disappeared. So too, have all those rows of white canopies in open fields, parking lots and closed off side streets that signal an art festival is in full swing. The canopies may be gone, but festivals, though fewer, are not. They have just moved indoors.
Fall and winter are a great time for festival hopping because for one thing they get you out of the house on some less than perfect days, and second, they offer unique gift opportunities for the holidays. A favorite format …

I concluded the first part of this entry suggesting that you check out some of our archived stories for ideas on Fall foliage day trips.  However, I want to add a few more because they are just plain interesting.
On the recent King County Farm Tour, we toured of several farms in Enumclaw and decided to find a scenic route back to Seattle.  Looking at a map, we opted to take SR 169.  However, just miles into this route we saw a sign for the Green River Gorge.  Not wanting to …

Lots of things signal the arrival of Fall here in Puget Sound: less traffic on the weekends, shorter wait times at the ferry terminals, lower gas prices, etc.  But nothing is as loud and clear as the wonder of Fall foliage.
We recently published a list of farm tours for harvest season.  Some of those tours continue through the end of October and just happen to coincide with foliage peaks time.  One lesser traveled route is Highway 9 from Woodinville to SR 542 (Mount Baker Hwy).  This route offers small towns, …

In case you haven’t noticed, a recurring theme in our day tripping is the idea of buying local. Not only is it healthy for the local economy, it instills a great sense of pride.  Whether it’s produce, products or services, you are buying directly from the people that create them.

With that said, this is an especially good time of year for locally grown produce.  Between now and the end of October, your local farmers markets will be bursting at the seams with bounties of fresh produce.  And if that’s not …