Walking is always free, but Downtown on the Go makes it more interesting with its Walk Tacoma 2013 series that continues through August.
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Next week, Peter Wimberger will load daughter Elena, 22, and son Gus, 18, into the car, drive them to the Mexican border and leave them. By mid-October, give or take a month, the siblings should make it home. The Pacific Crest Trail, at 2,663 miles, is a challenge few people take on all at once. Gus, Elena and her boyfriend, Carter Chaffey, are nothing if not ambitious.
As it turns out, the key to finishing a marathon is the same as overcoming a terrorist attack. “You keep moving forward,” said Mick Allen, a volunteer at Sunday’s Tacoma City Marathon and participant in the past 12 Boston Marathons. “Marathoners do that as well as anybody. Americans do that as well anybody.”
Breaking in a new pair of hiking boots used to take some serious time and effort.
The Mount St. Helens Institute is offering seven field seminars that will allow participants to explore the volcano in different ways.
Registration is underway for the seventh annual Gig Harbor Street Scramble to be held May 25.
Culvert replacement and road work will lead to lengthy weekday road closures in the Blanchard Forest Block in Skagit County.
A grand opening of the Cedar Creek Park Trail Loop will take place Saturday.
MeadoWatch, a citizen science program run by the University of Washington biology department, is recruiting volunteers to help monitor wildflowers at Mount Rainier National Park. The group is looking for about 50 people who enjoy hiking and viewing alpine wildflowers.
The State Parks and Recreation Commission seeks a hunter or angler who uses a boat in his or her sport to serve on the Boating Safety Advisory Council.
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The view of Mount St. Helens from Johnston Ridge Observatory will be as spectacular as ever when the center opens this weekend.
THE LOWDOWN: The BioLite Wood Burning CampStove combines the benefits of a backpacking stove and an off-grid power charger so you can cook a meal while charging your gadgets at a backcountry campsite.
Sunday’s Tacoma City Marathon will mark the start of the heart of the South Sound running season. Thirty-five days and four events will draw more than 11,000 participants.
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