With millions of parklands and thousands of trails, Washington state is an outdoor lover’s paradise. Endless landscapes include rainforests, deserts, alpine meadows, and wetland estuaries to explor...

Some travelers (often those who have not visited Australia) will tell you that you need at least two weeks off to truly enjoy a visit "down under." Confident I could prove them wrong and plan a tri...

Following the end of the ice age, an almost 50 mile long valley opened up in the modern canton of Graubünden, at a height of 5,900 feet above sea level. This valley - the Engadin, is one of the hig...

To the west, the Pacific Ocean. To the east, the Hood Canal. And to the north, the Strait of Juan de Fuca. In the midst of it all, the Olympic Mountains, the anchor of Olympic Peninsula in Washingt...