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Boost your calorie consumption by 1.6 times: Hit the beach!

“According to a variety of studies, a dash in the sand will boost your calorie consumption by about 1.6 times. Harvard University research indicates that while running a 10-minute mile, the average person burns between 300-400 calories per half hour. … Continue reading →

Who needs wind to fly a kite? Not Long Beach.

The annual Windless Kite Festival brings indoor kite pilots (or choreographers, or dancers, you name it) to Long Beach, Wash., on Jan. 14-15, 2012. Check out the full story in the Seattle Times.

We’ve got spirit, yes we do!

SallyLeeByTheSea.com has a wonderful article on the holiday happenings –and Christmas Spirit– in Ilwaco this season.  From Crab Pot Christmas Tree (and crab pot carols) to the lighted boat parade (led by the US Coastguard) to the indoor Saturday Market, … Continue reading →

Another Round of Razor-Clam Digs OK’d

OLYMPIA – Clam diggers today got a green light to proceed with a two-day razor clam dig Nov. 11-12, 2011 at three ocean beaches. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved the dig after marine toxin tests showed … Continue reading →

Ditch can-shaped cranberries on your holiday tables

There are only 22 days left until Thanksgiving. That means there are 22 days left for you to figure out how you are going to serve your cranberries this year. And no, can-shaped doesn’t count. Cranberries are one of the … Continue reading →

Ilwaco Blues and Seafood Festival Nominated for Muddy Award!

Congratulations to the Blues and Seafood Festival  organizers for their recent Muddy Award nomination. Muddy Awards Named in honor of one of blues music’s most influential forces —McKinley Morganfield, or Muddy Waters — the Cascade Blues Association’s annual Muddy Awards … Continue reading →

Kite Festival Reviewed in The Woodinville Weekly

Deborah Stone gives a nice write up of the fun things to see and do over Kite Festival weekend. She also dives into two restaurant reviews: one on The Depot Restaurant and another on the The Shelburne Inn. Well worth … Continue reading →

Columbia River mouth at Buoy-10 improving, and areas off Ilwaco good for kings and coho

Mark Yuasa‘s Reel Time Fishing Northwest report yesterday is optimistic: It looks like salmon fishing has improved a bunch off Ilwaco in the ocean and at Buoy-10 at the Lower Columbia River mouth. “We started at around 7:30 a.m. and … Continue reading →

The last oyster station in Oysterville

  Michelle Schusterman had a wonderful article published on Matador trips the other day, after attending this year’s Travel & Words Conference for Pacific Northwest travel writers, the theme of which was “sustainable, green travel and tourism”:  On the coast … Continue reading →

Discovery Trail on Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula brims with discoveries (video)

One of the most pleasant urban paths around is the Discovery Trail on Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula. Besides being a paved bike/pedestrian route through the dunes, the trail has been lined with impressive pieces of art for nearly a decade. … Continue reading →