Road Trips

Washington's Long Beach Peninsula Is a Trip Back in Time

Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula Is a Trip Back in Time

Give reality the slip on a charming, delicious and weird weekend adventure

Stay at one of Sou’wester Historic Lodge and Vintage Travel Trailer Resort’s trailers, such as this refurbished 1952 vintage Westcraft

Jenny Cunningham

Washington's State Capital Is the Perfect Jumping-Off Point For a Day Spent Exploring

Washington’s State Capital Is the Perfect Jumping-Off Point For a Day Spent Exploring

Just an hour’s drive south of Seattle, head to Olympia and check out the scenic Thurston Bountiful Byway

This article appears in print in the October 2018 issue, as part of the Scenic Fall Road Trips cover story. Click here to subscribe. The Interstate 5 corridor between Seattle and Olympia can be a disheartening slog through traffic and a visual assault of strip malls and billboards. But not too long after you pass Tacoma, the landscape changes. This…

Chelsea Lin

Traveling the Willamette Valley's Back Roads in Northwest Oregon

Traveling the Willamette Valley’s Back Roads in Northwest Oregon

Making the trip, one milkshake at a time

Stop at Smith Berry Barn for the signature Marionberry Lavender milkshake and fresh marionberries, an Oregon staple.

Danielle Centoni

Road Trip: There's More To Enjoy Than Wine and Vineyards in Prosser

Road Trip: There’s More To Enjoy Than Wine and Vineyards in Prosser

This small town is a wine mecca, but it offers more for the visitor than tasting rooms

Prosser is 190 miles southeast of Seattle, about a three-hour drive

Sarah Edwards

Day Trip: Everett's Jetty Island Is a Low-Key Piece of Paradise

Day Trip: Everett’s Jetty Island Is a Low-Key Piece of Paradise

The simple pleasures of sand and water attract day-trippers to Jetty Island near Everett

This article is part of the cover story for the August 2018 issue. Find more from the story here. Click here to subscribe. It’s just 2 miles long and a quick three-minute foot-ferry ride from the mainland, but Jetty Island, formed over the past century out of accumulated sediment from the dredging of the Snohomish River, packs a full…

Gwendolyn Elliott

A Trip to the Gulf Islands, the San Juans' Canadian Cousins

A Trip to the Gulf Islands, the San Juans’ Canadian Cousins

A Gulf Islands trip delivers a calming adventure with thrills of a different kind

Kayakers paddle in the calm waters along the shores of Canada’s Gulf Islands, cousins to the San Juan Islands

Hilary Meyerson

Road Trip: Whale Watching and Surfing in Westport

Road Trip: Whale Watching and Surfing in Westport

Watch whales, catch some waves and feast on the catch of the day in this coastal town, just a two-and-a half-hour drive from Seattle

Surfers head to Half Moon Bay to catch some powerful waves; charter boats take tourists out for a day of fishing or whale watching; at Loge Westport, you can spend the night and rent outdoor gear

Megan Lamb

It's the Perfect Time of Year to Visit Camano Island

It’s the Perfect Time of Year to Visit Camano Island

We'll help you plan a road trip to this unsung island to the north.

Sink into a hot tub at the the Camano Island Inn

Megan Toal

This Swath of Northern Oregon is a Winter Playground

This Swath of Northern Oregon is a Winter Playground

When temperatures turn cold, the region east of Portland offers numerous outdoor recreation opportunities.

There are myriad reasons to visit Mt. Hood and the Hood River this winter.

Alexandra Haupt

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