Washington’s Olympic National Park

The Olympic Peninsula, with the National Park as its centerpiece, offers rugged beaches, moss-and-fern-filled forests, lacy clouds drifting over the mountain tops, and 600 miles of diversified trails.

Washington’s North Cascades National Park

In many ways the North Cascades National Park in Washington is most hospitable to the hiker in search of wild nature without a human presence.

Washington’s Mt. St. Helens Volcano

Prior to May 18, 1980, Mt. St. Helens was celebrated for its symmetry. Then it blew its top, and today visitors flock to see the devastation it created.

Washington State’s Mount Rainier National Park

The white presence of Mt. Rainier is so familiar to Seattleites that they call it The Mountain.

Water Activities of Seattle, Washington

The encounter with orcas was a final choice moment in my quest to discover the water-rich side of Seattle and the nearby San Juans.

Perennial Appeal of Seattle, Washington

A Museum of Flight at Boeing Field, a maturing Northwest Cuisine restaurant scene, and the green splendor of the Olympic National Park epitomize Seattle’s many perennial appeals for the traveler.