Paradise Inn will open for the season May 22.
The Capital Bicycling Club of Olympia has started a new ride for cyclists who want to learn more about road cycling. The weekly rides will offer a primer on hand signals, basic safety skills and being seen on the road by motorists.
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Hike Mount Rainier’s Wonderland Trail and you’ll see all manner of loads strapped to hikers’ backs.
The return of spring chinook jacks counted at Bonneville Dam is on a near-record pace. Through Thursday, a total of 18,032 had been counted at the dam. The record, since at least 1960, was 18,119 fish in 2009. That year, nearly 82,000 jacks were counted through June 15, the end of the spring chinook count at the dam, said Joe Hymer of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The 13th annual Tukwila Backyard Wildlife Festival is a free event to educate and inspire people to welcome wildlife into their backyards, gardens and communities.
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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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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