I like to drive to Portland by way of Ellensburg, Yakima, and Goldendale, across the Columbia River to The Dalles, and follow I-84 past Hood River to Portland.
The resort has been open for night skiing since the day after Christmas, but Mission Ridge spokesperson Tony Hickok says the schedule will be consistent from now through February.
Dusty's closed down with little warning in October, and by mid-November the Wild Huckleberry announced it would become part of its family of restaurants.
The days of national chain shops like The Warehouse, Licorice Pizza, and Tower Records are long gone. Ironically it’s the mom and pop record shops that have either survived the new way of buying online or listening via Spotify, or have suddenly sprung up due to the new interest in holding and owning physical vinyl. The closest record shop we found was in Ellensburg. We’ll visit this one here in a bit as we go in search of some of the great record stores in Washington.
There are sparkly, well-lit Christmas events happening from Lakewood to Bellingham and all the way to Spokane, including cities in between like Yakima, Ellensburg, Wenatchee, and the Tri Cities!
Every year there’s a list of the hottest Christmas gifts from toys to the latest tech gadgets. And it didn’t surprise me seeing items like Marvel action figures and the Bluey Playhouse, to Google smart speakers/displays and iPads. But one product that I saw on quite a few lists this year, took me by surprise. Well, sorta surprising. Because now that I think about it, I could easily see this on several of my friend’s Christmas list. Heck, I wouldn’t mind unwrapping one of these on Christmas morning.
The resort says 42 new light poles have been added along the Upper Basin run off of the Wenatchee Express chairlift, which creates a vertical drop of 2,250 feet.
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reports that 450 people have tested positive for orthopoxvirus, a family of viruses that include monkeypox.