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Category Archives: Travel
Summer Fitness Trip to Bainbridge Island
Thanks to Christine A. You’ll enjoy visiting popular attractions such as the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Arts and Crafts, Zutto Vintage & Antiques, and more! There are various restaurants in the nearby areas, notably Doc’s Marina Grill, where you … Continue reading
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A mysterious journey into the darkness
By Ann H. Milam Special to The Seattle Times Editor’s note: The Travel Essay is written by our readers about a travel adventure or insight. The train screeches to a sudden jolting stop. “What’s happening?” I exclaim. “We’re nowhere near a … Continue reading
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Gig Harbor Sailor: A Second Solo Circumnavigation Around the World
By Ted Olinger Once you become the first person to circumnavigate the globe alone under your own power — 41,196 miles of rowing solo across the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic oceans, then pedaling a bicycle across and scaling mountains over … Continue reading
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The penguin and the orca
Thanks to Rosemary W.
Essay on foreign travel
Thanks to a friend of Ed M. A Naturalist’s Field Guide on Living in Texas Chapter 95 — International travel in the age of Covid This communication is targeted at all those over 55 years old contemplating international travel in … Continue reading
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Where in the world?
Please send in your off-the-beaten-track photos taken in Northwest that we might visit. Here are a couple of Indianola, a tiny town (one store and a post-office) just beyond the Agate Pass bridge leaving Bainbridge Island. It used to have … Continue reading
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Camping the “old fashioned way”
Thanks to Sybil-Ann
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Sailing the Pacific – twice!
Ed note: Thought you might enjoy a friend’s amazing sailing adventures.
Can’t wait to fly again
Thanks to Mary Jane G.
You can’t go there – forbidden places
Thanks to Dorothy W.
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“No-travel tips” from Rick Steves
Thanks to Mary M.
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Greetings from Brussels!!
Last month you may recall that Spotlight on the Performing Arts sponsored a pre-competition recital by Yvette Kraft on February 29th. What follows is an email from Yvette and her mother Karen Sent to Mary Ann Hagan. Just an update … Continue reading
Pakistan another perspective – free to Skyline residents March 15, 2-5 PM – POSTPONED
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World’s best airport
Thanks to Gordon G for finding this. Hard to believe an airport is a place to hang out, study or even have weddings, but this video makes me want to visit!
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Route 66 – Get your kicks!
From Savingplaces.org: While it’s not the oldest automobile highway in the United States, Route 66—a National Treasure of the National Trust—is likely the most enduring highway in America’s public consciousness. “The Mother Road,” as it’s often called, represents a significant … Continue reading
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Would you choose to live wild and free as a wolf, or have a job with benefits, like a sled dog?
From Aeon: “Swedish-born Sven Engholm owns and operates a dogsledding tour company in the extreme north of Norway, far above the Arctic Circle. In Vargsamtal, this prizewinning elite dogsledder tells the Swedish filmmaker Axel Byrfors how he took a group of … Continue reading
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Video – Port Commissioner speaks at Skyline
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High-rise apartment building on a floating barge
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A beautiful spot in Eastern Washington
Vineyards and roses at Lake Chelan – worth a trip to the many wineries there.
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Two classics, one car
From Gordon Gray: “How about posting this one for inspiration? Came from Margarete Biermanski, herself an inspiration!”
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“Aqui Empieza la Patria”
Ed Note: We’ve all had some unique travel experiences. Please send along pictures and notes for the blog! Standing in Mexico on the Tijuana beach, I look north toward Coronado, Point Loma and San Diego. Having crossed the border at … Continue reading
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William O. Douglas
You must remember William O Douglas! But did you know that he graduated from Yakima High School and went on to Whitman College where he was class president and Phi Beta Kappa before going on to Columbia Law School. How … Continue reading
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The rapid rise of new Seattle: Time-lapse video shot over 3 years captures city’s massive growth
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Anyone been to Easter Island?
Ann Milam asks: Have any Skyline residents visited Easter Island? Please contact her: annmilam1@gmail.com
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