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Pacific Northwest Tips & articles

Tips & articles

  1. 50 best US presidential sites

    01 February 2012

    Presidents’ Day: that strategic February Monday holiday in the US that’s situated at arm’s length between George Washington’s birthday (February...

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  2. Twilight tourism in the Pacific Northwest

    10 October 2011

    The town was quiet. Tour buses with curly, girly lettering on the side advertising Twilight tours were parked, idle and...

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  3. Beer, coffee, wine and spirits of the Pacific Northwest

    05 April 2011

    Pacific Northwesterners like to say that surviving the long, gray, rainy winters hinges on two things: beer and coffee. But...

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  4. Loving the eccentric Pacific Northwest

    01 April 2011

    The USA’s Pacific Northwest is known for its magnificent landscape, its cities of progressive thought and innovation, its music and...

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  5. Cruising Alaska: a starter guide

    17 February 2011

    While many independent travelers will find the strictures of ‘cruise life’ a bit stifling, there are plenty of reasons to...

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  6. Seattle’s Fremont neighbourhood

    20 January 2011

    ‘De Liberta Quirkas,’ meaning ‘Freedom to be Peculiar,’ is the Fremont neighbourhood motto. This declaration blazons a giant 1950’s cold...

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  7. Cycling Seattle’s Burke-Gilman Trail

    20 January 2011

    Cycling the Burke-Gilman Trail is a whole hog experience of Seattle, not just a shank. For one, it’s an excellent...

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  8. Roadtripping USA: the ultimate how-to

    08 September 2010

    Maybe it’s the economy, maybe it’s the weather, or maybe retro travel is in vogue – whatever the reason, 2010...

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  9. Road trip rules for Labor Day weekend

    31 August 2010

    Labor Day in the US signals two major things – the last-bash of summer travel when, the AAA estimates,...

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  10. Top 15 Pacific Northwest highlights

    04 August 2010

    Where else in America can you wallow in natural hot springs in the morning, take photos of mountains at lunch...

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  11. Top 10 places to run a marathon

    03 August 2010

    If you’ve loved London, nailed New York and sailed through Sydney, then it’s time to look further afield for your...

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  12. Favorite US & UK fairs

    20 July 2010

    Right up there with parades as one of the great simple timeless joys are fairs, state and county, little and...

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