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West Coast Trail A writer and a photographer take on a forty-seven-mile odyssey on the rugged coast of Vancouver Island.
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Go online to see more photos from Pensole Academy.
BUSINESS 17 Green Biz
Nature’s Path Foods was organic and sustainable before it was cool.
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Director and conductor Danail Rachev talks past and future for Eugene Symphony.
CULTURE 21 Chef Spotlight
Sustainable seafood is front and center at Erik Heck’s Yaletown eatery.
22 Musician
Bellingham musician Sam Chue cultivates introspection in latest album.
23 On Stage
Flamenco dancer Marisela Fleites lights up Tacoma’s nights with a click of culture.
Tim LaBarge Salem’s historic train station.
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31 Olympic Power Couple Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton prepare for Rio.
34 Notes from the Adventure Spring skiing at Whistler Blackcomb.
WEEKENDERS 38 Tiptoe Through the Tulips Making the most of a floral foray in Skagit Valley.
40 Salem and Wine Country
A weekend in Willamette Valley wine country.
EXPLORE GUIDE
Where to eat, drink, stay, play and shop.
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25 Event Calendar
Plan your travel around our calendar of music, art, theater, film, sports and festivals.
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ON THE COVER: This photo of flamenco dancer Marisela Fleites (story on p. 23) was taken by Cameron Zegers with the help of producer Kate Miller, with the cone of Tacoma’s Museum of Glass in the background. View Cameron’s work at cameronzegers.com
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WELCOME ABOARD! Thank you for choosing Amtrak Cascades for your travel today. As mayor of Oregon’s second largest city, I know that rail is an essential component of our multi-modal future, and I greatly appreciate your support of train travel as a scenic, eco-friendly, cost-effective and stress-free mode of transportation. I know you will enjoy your trip, and I hope you will share your experience with friends and family and encourage others to travel the Pacific Northwest via train. Please stop in Eugene on your travels. We would welcome your visit. As Oregon works toward a healthy and prosperous future for the Northwest, we know an efficient intercity network that connects easily with local multi-modal systems is essential. It is necessary to ensure that our businesses thrive, to protect our beautiful environment, and to support our treasured quality of life. Many people throughout Oregon and the region are working hard to make this network a reality. Along with John Russell of Portland, I have been pleased to serve as co-chair of the Oregon Passenger Rail Leadership Council, established by the governor to guide the Oregon Passenger Rail project. The group has developed a recommendation to the governor and the Oregon Transportation Commission for a pre-
ferred alignment for intercity passenger rail developments that would improve frequency, on-time service and availability of trains in the 126-mile segment from Eugene-Springfield to Portland. These improvements are essential in meeting passenger needs and building ridership. In 2021, Eugene-Springfield and the state of Oregon will host the International Association of Athletics Foundations’ crown jewel of track and field competitions: the IAAF World Championships. This is the first time this event—one of the top three international sports events (after only the Olympics and the World Cup)—will be held in the United States. We are beginning to plan for an exciting year when we will host thousands of international visitors, and the eyes of the world will be on our state and region. We will certainly want to show the world what a wonderful, livable, forward-looking area we are fortunate to call home. Transportation advancements, including rail, are vital to our efforts and with your support, we will work to achieve as much as possible by 2021 for the best and brightest future for all of us. Oregon is a special place and Amtrak Cascades is a special part of the many services and sights our state offers. Wherever you are going today, I hope you have a fun, relaxing and enjoyable trip. Come visit us in Eugene soon—and plan to come back in 2021! ontrakmag.com
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Dieter Loibner
Writer - Shipwrecked (p. 46)
Dieter Loibner is an award-winning writer and columnist for lifestyle and nautical magazines in the United States and Europe, and frequently collaborates with photographer Kevin Light. He is the author of The Folkboat Story, Sustainable Sailing and the editor of Sailing Big on a Small Sailboat. Loibner holds a Ph. D. in journalism from the University of Vienna, Austria, and lives in Portland, Oregon.
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Kevin Light
Bronte Dod is the digital content producer for OnTrak and 1859 Oregon’s Magazine. She graduated from Willamette University in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in history, focusing on local history and storytelling. She moved to Bend for the skiing, hiking and beer.
Kevin Light is an Olympic Gold medalist rower from the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing. He retired in 2012 to pursue a career in photojournalism centered mainly on athletics. He lives on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, with his wife, Zoe, their 3-year-old daughter, Zara, and a border collie named Blue.
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Leah Nash & Christopher Onstott Photographers - Shoe U. (p. 42)
Both photojournalists for magazines and newspapers around the world, they take a genuine approach to their imagery, using real people having real moments. Whether for advertising, corporate, educational or editorial clients, the goal is colorful, authentic photography.
Phil Nelson
Writer - Musician (p. 22)
Phil Nelson is a writer, musician and drinker of coffee who resides in Portland. He lives with his wife and son, who, at less than a year old, had already learned how to give high fives. Nelson works as a musician playing music for children staying in Portland hospitals and composes with various local projects. He listens for music within his surroundings, searching for rhythm and melody in everything.
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Nature’s Path Foods Inc. BY MICHELLE HOPKINS
LONG BEFORE ORGANIC and sustainable were buzz words, the green philosophy was ingrained in Arran Stephens. A pioneer of the organic foods movement, Stephens took what he learned as a boy growing up on his parents’ berry farm to co-found Nature’s Path Foods in 1985 with his wife, Ratana Stephens. “In the ’30s, my father inherited the family farm, and he used sawdust as mulch … rather unconventional at the time,” said Arran Stephens. “He told me to ‘always leave the soil better than you found it,’ and that is what guides us at Nature’s Path to this day.” Although best known for its organic cereals and breakfast bars, the company has a portfolio of 128 products including salsas and tortilla chips. Based in British Columbia, Nature’s Path operates four facilities, including in Blaine, Washington and Sussex, Wisconsin. At the heart of the company’s business are the farmers, who are improving soil on 105,000 acres of organic farmland. In 2014, Nature’s Path launched a crop-sharing initiative with local farmers by purchasing 6,600 acres between Saskatchewan and Montana. “This way we can increase organic acreage and provide for future generations,” said Stephens. Nature’s Path takes its environmental commitments to the office as well. The company offers several incentives to the 600-plus employees, including Green My Ride (which gives subsidies to people who carpool or take transit to work), an onsite organic garden in which pickings are free, daily meditation sessions at its Richmond office and an annual week-long Living Green Challenge. The most popular perk is a $1,000 reimbursement to those who buy a hybrid or fuel-efficient vehicle. From the onset, Nature’s Path has woven ethical principles into its operations. This year, the company pledges to send zero waste to landfills and plans to be carbon neutral by 2020. “Although we are not there yet, we are making great strides,” said Ratana Stephens.
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Fifty Years of Culture BY VANESSA SALVIA
EUGENE SYMPHONY’S MUSIC director and conductor for the past seven seasons, Danail Rachev, considers himself lucky to lead the organization as it celebrates its fiftieth season. Rachev has spurred such programs as Symphony in the Park at Cuthbert Amphitheater—a free summer concert that reaches upwards of 5,000 people. The Eugene Symphony’s 2016-2017 season will be a yearlong tribute to Rachev, who announced his departure after his contract expires next year.
What is behind Eugene Symphony’s success? Eugene Symphony has proven that it can present great programs that showcase many different styles of music and new music. When I came, it was already set in motion that it was a very important part of the community and, hopefully, I continued what was started. This season’s docket includes the world premiere of a fiftieth anniversary piano concerto commission, a traditional Korean 18
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folk song and well-known classics. Tell me about your commitment to diverse programming and new music. I like presenting variety because our community has quite a variety. This season is a celebration of a community that is very diverse. Showing audiences what else exists in the world is a big part of what we do. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony that everybody knows, even the children, was new music in some moment, and now it’s a crucial part of our repertoire,
a crucial part of what classical music means for people. So we need to create music now that will be a part—an indispensable part—of life 200 years from now. This season’s theme is “Celebrate Our Past and Create Our Future.” What do you hope for Eugene Symphony’s future? I want the symphony to continue being an indispensable part of—not just the art side of—life in the city. The symphony has done things to make sure
that is happening. The free summer concert has 5,000 people outside enjoying classical music. I find this very important for a town. It makes everybody so happy, from little children to their parents, their grandparents. Some of them have never been to a symphony concert and, as musicians, we want to expose people to the power of classical music and how great classical music is.
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ITS MONIKER, WILDTALE, is really an expression of what this restaurant is all about. “We wanted something that defined our philosophy of fun and ‘Tale’ is about the stories of the east coast fishermen,” said WildTale Coastal Grill chef and entrepreneur Erik Heck. The WildTale Coastal Grill in Vancouver, BC, is the fourth restaurant by Heck and chef John Cook, Heck’s business partner. The pair also founded the successful chain of three Flying Pig eateries. Located on the site of the former Glowbal Grill, the space has sentimental value for Heck, who honed his skills in that very kitchen early in his career. Cooking in an open concept kitchen, with exposed brick, blonde wood and spacious feel, Heck conjures seafood from both Canadian coasts. “At WildTale, we serve sustainable seafood that is freshly caught,” he said. “When you cook something right from the ocean, you have happy customers.” WildTale also uses ingredients from its own backyard. At his Yaletown eatery, Heck has taken inspiration from his German-born father, who loved to cook for large crowds. “He taught me the fundamentals,” said Heck. “Dad collected recipes handed down from his mother. Watching him in the kitchen was really where my passion for cooking grew.” The chef takes special care to not overdress food, instead pairing it with ingredients that speak for themselves. “We have built great relationships with local fishermen, farmers and meat producers so we can celebrate the coastal culinary scene as a whole,” he said. Peter Holst
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Sam Chue BY PHIL NELSON
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SAM CHUE is an active member of the Bellingham music scene, contributing to multiple local projects in addition to co-operating Northwest Sound Studio. Chue’s recent solo record, Something About The Weather, strays from his relationship with the community, looking inward. The vocals and guitar are sonically spare, and the lyrics at first seem confessional and private. He’s after a larger story here, rather than simply relaying his own experience. One of Chue’s influences while writing this album was Taoism, through which he seeks “the way”—to live plainly and without selfishness. When Chue talks about touring alone, he talks about discovering himself, becoming his own healer and returning to basics—“discovering the first thing that’s always there for you: yourself.” So while Chue’s music might cultivate introspection, it’s also bound to feel safe and familiar.
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Album Review SOMETHING ABOUT THE WEATHER Something About The Weather is the latest offering from Sam Chue. It’s an intimate affair, weaving warm guitars and lush vocals together into a blanket you could practically wrap around yourself. This collection of songs is a strong step forward for Chue, tapping into the human experience and making something beautiful.
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One To Love Lemolo - Seattle
You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are Pale Noise - Olympia Stopping To Start Leo - Portland
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For the Love of Flamenco BY CORINNE WHITING
COMPLEX, PASSIONATE, difficult, demanding and mesmerizing. These are the words Marisela Fleites uses to describe flamenco—her craft, her pride, her passion. The Spanish art form, a solo dance characterized by hand clapping, percussive footwork and intricate movements, originated with the Gypsies in Andalucia. Flamenco then evolved over centuries, melding the three main cultural traditions of Spain: Christian traditional music, Moorish music and Jewish liturgy. It also takes some of its rhythms from Africans who came to Spain as slaves. “I love the freedom of expressing my emotions that Flamenco allows—the huge physical demand and the connection with so many different cultures behind it,” said Fleites, 56. Growing up in Cuba, Fleites began dancing at the age of 5. She was the first dancer in her family of Spanish immigrants. She has since studied in Cuba, Spain, Mexico, and the United States alongside a long list of masters, including Olga Bustamante, Orlando Vargas, Stella Arauzo, Mari Carmen Guerrero and Estefania Martinez, and many more people whom she considers mentors. Fleites has lived in Washington since she and her husband both got teaching jobs there in 1993. She directs the performing group Tacoma Flamenco and has taught at Lakewood’s Washington Contemporary Ballet Studio since 2001—the studio has become the center of flamenco ontrakmag.com
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teaching and performances south of Seattle. “Teaching allows me to share my passion for [flamenco] with my students, and it contributes to the formation of a community of people united in the love of art,” she said. To Fleites’ delight, flamenco is catching on in her Pacific Northwest community, with the region becoming a recurrent stop for flamenco masters, shows, groups and classes. The Ianus Foundation in Olympia promotes and supports flamenco, connecting all the regional efforts. Several other organizations and classes are spread around Seattle and Kirkland.
For those wanting to get in on the action themselves, Fleites recommends signing up for classes at Washington Contemporary Ballet, and arriving with, “commitment, discipline, a good understanding of rhythm and good body coordination.” Others can enjoy live shows like those at Pizzeria La Gitana in Olympia, on the third Saturday of each month. Here Fleites’ current and former students perform alongside musicians such as guitarist John Bussoletti and flamenco singer Samir Osorio. These soul-fueled performances evoke a range of emotions—sometimes raw, often intense, always captivating. SPRING 2016 |
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OREGON GARDEN BREWFEST Oregon Garden, Silverton June 17-19
CINCO DE MAYO FIESTA Tom McCall Waterfront Park May 5-8
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WHISKEYTOWN FESTIVAL NW Portland May 13-15
oregongarden.org One-hundred-and-thirty-six beers and ciders from around Oregon will be on tap at this brew festival. Kids are welcome at the event on Father’s Day.
MCMENAMINS UFO FESTIVAL Hotel Oregon, McMinnville May 12-15 $20-$75
Portland Rose Festival
ufofest.com Now in its 17th year, the UFO Festival in McMinnville celebrates and explores the paranormal near a famous UFO sighting site.
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CLACKAMAS COUNTY LAVENDER FESTIVAL Oregon Lavender Farm June 25-26
May 22-June 7 rosefestival.org
THE PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL is the unofficial summer kick-off in Oregon. For two weeks, the Portland waterfront transforms into a carnival, with rides and attractions available for the entire family to enjoy. The theme of the festival this year is “Excessive Celebration.” With dragonboat races, a golf tournament and the annual rose show, the 100-year-old festival will offer plenty of entertainment. The culmination of the entire affair is the Grand Floral Parade, which showcases the craftsmanship and artistry of Portland and serves as the coronation of Portland’s newest Rose Queen.
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PORTLAND NORTH WILLAMETTE WINE TRAIL WEEKEND Tualatin Valley April 9-10 $10-$45
EUGENE SATURDAY FARMER’S MARKET Downtown Eugene Begins April 2 FREE
WILDFLOWER AND MUSIC FESTIVAL Mount Pisgah Arboretum May 15, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m FREE
eugenesaturdaymarket.org The return of spring means the return of farm-fresh produce and artisanal goods at local farmers’ markets.
mountpisgaharboretum.com Hundreds of wildflowers will be on display and for sale at this annual festival. There will also be live music, food booths, and an arts and crafts fair.
THE GREAT GATSBY Hult Center for the Performing Arts April 9-10
PREFONTAINE CLASSIC Hayward Field May 27-28
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eugeneballet.org The Eugene Ballet Company presents a colorful interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel through motion.
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preclassic.runnerspace.com Top athletes from around the world will compete in Eugene—also known as TrackTown U.S.A—for this annual track and field event.
SALEM WOODEN SHOE TULIP FESTIVAL Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm, Woodburn March 20-May 3 FREE
woodenshoe.com The annual tulip festival features acres of tulips. Don’t miss the authentic Dutch food that will also be available.
nwvintners.org Twenty wineries will be open for tastings and tours for this weekend, showcasing Oregon’s wine and vintners. BRIDGE TO BREWS Widmer Brewing Company April 10 $8-$64
terrapinevents.com Enjoy a beer-tasting festival in downtown Portland after running an 8k, 10k or half-marathon race over the Fremont Bridge.
MOTHER’S DAY BIRDING AND WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL Silver Falls State Park, Silverton May 9-10, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
CERAMIC SHOWCASE Veterans Memorial Coliseum April 29–May 1
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ceramicshowcase.com The annual Ceramic Showcase is one of the largest artisan pottery exhibitions in the country.
friendsofsilverfalls.net Celebrate Mother’s Day at Silver Falls, with guided hikes and family activities all weekend.
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cincodemayo.org One of the largest multicultural festivals in Oregon, Cinco de Mayo Fiesta will have authentic food and activities for the entire family.
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whiskeytownusa.com A traveling town devoted to whiskey will set up in Portland for a few days. Find food and entertainment while you sip whiskey-inspired beverages. BRIDGETOWN COMEDY FESTIVAL Downtown Portland June 1-5 PRICES TBA
bridgetowncomedy.com For more than a decade, the best comedians in the Northwest have come to Portland to perform at this festival. NATIVE FASHION NOW Portland Art Museum June 4–September 4 FREE-$20
portlandartmuseum.org The exhibit showcases American Indian fashion and visual artists from the last fifty years. PORTLAND BEER WEEK Various Locations June 9-19 $25
pdxbeerweek.com The name is a bit of a misnomer, since this Portland beer festival celebrating the city’s craft beer culture lasts for ten days. PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL BEER FESTIVAL Holladay Park June 24-26 FREE ENTRANCE, TASTING TICKETS $1 EACH
portland-beerfest.com Once you’ve had your fill of Oregon craft beers, head to the international beer festival, where you’ll taste hard-to-find brews from around the world.
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tail? Try them all at this festival. CHERRY BLOSSOM AND JAPANESE CULTURAL FESTIVAL Seattle Center April 22-24 FREE
cherryblossomfest.org The theme of this year’s festival focuses on milestones in Japanese-American history. The weekend celebrates Japanese heritage and history in the Pacific Northwest. FREE STATE PARKS DAYS Washington State Parks April 22, May 8, June 4, June 11 FREE
discoverpass.wa.gov Washington has 140 state parks to explore, and there are four days this spring where you can explore for free.
Northwest Folklife Festival Seattle Center May 27-30 FREE
SEATTLE MARITIME FESTIVAL Pier 66 May 14
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BRINGING TOGETHER MUSIC, DANCE, and art at the Seattle Center over Memorial Day Weekend, Northwest Folklife Festival celebrates the diversity of cultures from native to novel in the Pacific Northwest. Performances have included West African drumming, Irish cloggers and local hip-hop artists. Since it was founded in 1972, the festival has attracted hundreds of thousands of people each year to explore the art, music and traditions of the region.
SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Downtown Seattle May 19-June 12 TICKETS START AT $15
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OLYMPIA ARTS WALK Downtown Olympia April 22-23
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bloomstobrews.com Tulips and lilacs will be in full bloom when you run through this flat course to a brewery festival. CRAFT BEER AND WINEFEST Esther Short Park June 10-12 $10-$25
thecraftwinefest.com Combine all your favorite alcoholic beverages: sip craft beers, swirl local wines and then head to the bloody mary bar that will also be on site.
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olympiawa.gov More than 100 businesses in Olympia will feature the newest artwork from Pacific Northwest artists. OLYMPIC AIR SHOW Olympia Regional Airport June 18-19 $15
olympicairshow.com Modern and heritage aircraft will be on display at the Olympia Regional Airport. Hosted by the
Olympic Flight Museum, the air show will feature performances for two days.
TACOMA NORTHWEST NATIVE CELEBRATION Tacoma Art Museum May 15 FREE
tacomaartmuseum.org The annual community festival includes a contemporary American Indian fashion show and art exhibits, as well as live performances.
SEATTLE TASTE WASHINGTON Seattle March 31-April 3 PRICES VARY
tastewashington.org Taste Washington is one of the largest events of its kind. There will be hundreds of wines to sip and specialty culinary creations to try—all from the Pacific Northwest. NORTHWEST TEQUILA FEST Fremont Foundry April 22-23 $49-$99
nwtequilafest.com How do you like your tequila? Straight? On the rocks? In a cock-
siff.net The Seattle International Film Festival has been showcasing the work of independent filmmakers form around the world for more than forty years.
EVERETT SORTICULTURE GARDEN ARTS FESTIVAL Legion Memorial Park June 10-12 FREE
everettwa.gov Find spring inspiration for your garden. All the art on display and available to purchase is handmade, and can be displayed in your garden year-round.
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Strung Together Beads, Peop le, and History A new exhibition celebrating beads and beadwork from around the world ON VIEW BEGINNING APRIL 8, 2016 1680 East 15th Avenue, Eugene natural-history.uoregon.edu 541-346-3024
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Come to a place we think is a little slice of heaven. Camp Sherman, the hidden gem of Central Oregon, is waiting to greet you and your family. The majestic Metolius River flows under a tall canopy of Ponderous Pines, Larch, Fir and Cedar trees. Fly-fishing, camping, hiking, mountain biking and wildlife viewing are favorite pastimes. For more information on lodging and our area visit MetoliusRiver.com
Vancouver, BC EVENTS CALENDAR
VANCOUVER SUN RUN Downtown Vancouver April 17 $22-$65
vancouversun.com For more than thirty years, the Vancouver Sun Run has brought thousands of runners of all ages together for a race through downtown Vancouver.
Vancouver Craft Beer Week PNE Fairgrounds June 3-5 $30-$85
vancouvercraftbeerweek.com A UNITED STATES CRAFT BREWERY section will host American craft beers never before tasted in Canada, along with hundreds of Canadian craft brews. Since moving the festival to the PNE Fairgrounds last year, the Vancouver Craft Beer Week has even more space to highlight the continuously growing craft beer culture of the Pacific Northwest. This year, the festival docket has a full line-up of music to enjoy while you sip.
VANCOUVER CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL March 24-April 17 FREE
vcbf.ca The pink cherry blossoms will be in full bloom during this festival. Join bike or walking tours to learn more about the cultural history of the cherry blossom tree. The Vancouver Metropolitan String Quartet will also perform an afternoon concert. ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET PRESENTS GOING HOME STAR Queen Elizabeth Theatre April 7-9 $30-$100
rwb.org Critics describe the ballet as one of the company’s most innovative and inspiring performances. CANADA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL April 8-9 $7-$50
canadafilmfestival.com The annual film festival showcases independent feature, documentary and short films from around the world. THE JUNGLE BOOK April 16-May 1 $18-$35
carouseltheatre.ca The classic book and movie comes to the Waterfront Theatre. This family performance is produced by the Carousel Theatre for Young People.
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AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS Vogue Theatre May 8 $43-$58
davidsedarislive.com Witty and captivating writer David Sedaris stops in Vancouver during his tour for a night of poignant humor. ALABAMA SHAKES Deer Lake Park May 28 Soulful rock band Alabama Shakes is on tour with its sophomore album, Sound and Color. It’s a show not to be missed. ART! VANCOUVER Vancouver Convention Centre May 26-29 $8-$100
artvancouver.net Art! Vancouver hosts artists and galleries from around the world for a weekend to explore the newest creations in contemporary art. VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL Granville Island May 30-June 5 $12-$68
childrensfestival.ca Children and families will enjoy this festival, with live performances and opportunities for kids to play and create art.
There will be food to enjoy while you watch the Dragon Boats race through the water at Creekside Park, False Creek and Concord Pacific Place. TD VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL Multiple Venues June 24-July 3 coastaljazz.ca This jazz and blues festival is hosted by a non-profit group that has brought Vancouver artists onto the international music scene since 1985. BC HIGHLAND GAMES & SCOTTISH FESTIVAL June 17-18 FREE-$15
bchighlandgames.com This is the 85th annual festival, which has bagpiping and highland dancing competitions to watch as well as whiskey tasting, a beer garden and activities for kids to try as well. EAT! VANCOUVER FOOD AND DRINKING FESTIVAL Downtown Vancouver eat-vancouver.com This eight-day event gives you the opportunity to spread out your meals of the latest culinary creations from B.C.’s innovative chefs. STANLEY PARK HOP-ON HOPOFF TOUR Year Round $25-$42
The historic trolley rides have 33 stops around the city for you to explore at your leisure, including Chinatown, Gastown and Granville Island.
VANCOUVER DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL June 17-20 FREE
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Olympic Power Couple BY SOPHIA McDONALD
PHOTOS BY TERRY MANIER
THE 2016 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 5-21. More than 10,000 athletes from 206 countries will compete in 306 events, from gymnastics and swimming to rugby and golf (the latter two will be featured at the Olympics for the first time). Two well-known Northwest residents will represent the United States and Canada during the games. Oregon native Ashton Eaton won gold in the decathlon during the 2012 Olympics. He set a world record for the decathlon at the USA Track & Field Olympic Team Trials several months earlier, earning him the reputation as “world’s greatest athlete.” Brianne Theisen-Eaton, who grew up in Saskatchewan and now lives in Oregon, is the Canadian record holder in the heptathlon. She took gold at the World Indoor Championships in March and in 2015 at the Hypo Meeting in Austria. Eaton and Theisen-Eaton were married in 2013 and are training together for this summer’s Olympic trials. “Training season usually starts in October or November,” said Eaton. “But what we do starts mattering a year before the Olympics, so everything we did last year in that training phase and competition-wise was important for this year.” The couple will train six days a week in the months leading up to the trials. “There are two aspects to ontrakmag.com
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our training: the technical aspect and fitness,” Eaton said. “Monday, Wednesday and Friday are the days we do things that heavily involve legs. So events like the shot put, hurdles and high jump. That’s technically based. The fitness aspect involves weight training and running.” “We practice the same events the same days, although Ashton has three more events than I do,” said Theisen-Eaton. “Our coach [Harry Marra] makes the outline and we do all the same workouts together.” These workouts consume about twenty hours a week. Some days Eaton and Theisen-Eaton work out in two separate two-hour blocks during one day. On lighter days, they spend a few hours on the track and a few hours on related activities. “Twice a week we get physiotherapy, which is mak32
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ing sure bodies are functioning correctly,” said Eaton. “If there’s anything that could develop into an injury, the physiotherapist addresses that.” When Eaton and Theisen-Eaton are at home in Eugene, they typically train at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field (site of the USA Track & Field Olympic Team Trials, held July 1-10). “But we travel 265 days a year,” said Theisen-Eaton. “We spend a lot of time in Santa Barbara or at other meets. Sometimes we’re up in Portland.” Their busy travel and life schedules mean the track is often their best opportunity to see each other. “Although we train together almost every day, our away-frompractice schedules never seem to match up,” said Theisen-Eaton. Good thing the Olympics will bring them together in Brazil. ontrakmag.com
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Spring Skiing Seeking powder and base-layer weather BY ANNA BIRD
Tourism Whistler / Mike Crane A bluebird day provides a crisp view of Black Tusk at Whistler Blackcomb.
IT WAS ON OUR SECOND run of the day at Whistler Blackcomb when I realized I was wearing two too many layers. My partner, Kevin, and I were riding up Solar Coaster Express, leaning back in the chair with our eyes closed against the sun and a bead of sweat rolled down the side of my face. I didn’t say anything to Kevin in order to avoid the I-told-you-so moment and quietly pulled off my hat then unzipped my jacket a little, 34
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thankful for a cool breeze. When we were getting ready to leave our hotel in Vancouver that morning, I was sure I needed to dress in full winter gear even though it was March. It was my first time spring skiing. Spring skiing can be hitor-miss in the Pacific Northwest, but the farther north you go, the better chances you’ll have of getting a longer ski season with fresh powder. There is a squadron
of loyal powder hounds who actually see spring as the best time for skiing, even if it is unpredictable and a little slushy. There are virtually no lift lines, longer days, lazy après-ski patio hangouts and base-layer weather. Whistler Blackcomb offers some of the best options for spring skiing—it holds the World Ski and Snowboard Festival there every April—so I thought it would be the perfect place to see what the
fuss was about. We hopped aboard Amtrak Cascades in Portland and relaxed for the journey to Vancouver. We have become keen on car-less vacations—it seems to add to the adventure and is a convenient way to get to some of our favorite ski resorts in Washington and Canada. From Tacoma to Crystal Mountain, Seattle to Stevens Pass, Bellingham to Mt. Baker and Vancouver to ontrakmag.com
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Outdoors Whistler, each ski area is accessible by shuttle or rideshare. Skis and snowboards ride the train for free. Early the next morning, we caught the Pacific Coach Lines shuttle and sleepily gazed out the window for the two-hour drive along the scenic Sea to Sky Highway. I was relieved to see some blue sky and a little snow after the rainy train ride to Vancouver. Snow was sparse in the village, though, there was plenty on the top twothirds of the mountain. Because there are more than 8,000 acres of terrain across two mountains, 200 marked runs, thirty-seven lifts and sixteen alpine bowls, we had no idea where to start. Kevin is more of a
thrill-seeker, and I’m more of a cruiser, so we decided to head to the top of Whistler Peak—he could drop in to the Whistler Bowl and I could head down Peak to Creek Upper, then divert on Highway 86 before meeting up at Big Red Express. It was an ideal experience. The views riding up to the top of Whistler were unbelievable, and the trip down was exhilarating. When I saw Kevin at the Big Red Express, he had a red face with a huge smile—and no jacket. We decided to stick together after that and headed to Harmony Ridge for a few more turns before lunch. By midday we were hungry but wanted to stay on the mountain so we could get back out as soon as
possible. Dusty’s Bar & BBQ at the base of the Creekside Gondola is considered the original Whistler watering hole. Inside, it is bright and inviting with the appearance of a classic ski lodge. With blue skies and relatively warm weather, we opted for the patio. We quickly inhaled the BBQ “Warrior” burger and a bucket of potato wedges before enjoying a beer and heading up to Blackcomb. Whistler Blackcomb is truly a surreal spring skiing experience. As Kevin and I sipped on the legendary sake margaritas at Sushi Village that night, we planned a trip to Mt. Baker later that month. For my first time spring skiing, I caught the bug.
Car-less Spring Skiing in the PNW Vancouver, BC to Whistler Blackcomb 75 miles whistlerblackcomb.com Transportation: Pacific Coach Lines 888.403.4727
Bellingham to Mt. Baker 52 miles baker.us Transportation: The Baker Bus bakerbus.org
Seattle to Stevens Pass 80 miles stevenspass.com Transportation: Stevens Pass Shuttle stevenspassshuttle.com
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There’s an emphasis on local beer, wine and foodstuffs at this eclectic eatery. Try the Dungeness crab dip. 510 Commercial Ave., Anacortes 360.588.0653
La Conner Brewing Company
Sip award-winning beers while eating wood-fired pizzas at this local pub. On a nice day, its patio is the place to be. 117 S 1st St., La Conner 360.466.1415
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Tiptoe through the Tulips BY CHARYN PFEUFFER
THROUGHOUT APRIL, hundreds of acres of fields within a fifteen-mile triangle in Washington come alive with bright primary colors. Bordered by the north fork of the Skagit River, Highway 20
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and the Swinomish Channel, the technicolor display reveals itself in color blocks. Visitors can soak up miles and miles of vibrant blooms at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, a monthlong spring tradition. Like other widely-attended Seattle area events (think Sounders games and Glassybaby sample sales), it’s best to go armed with a plan. Otherwise, you’ll spend half a Saturday stuck in gridlock on an I-5 off-ramp. Timing is everything. Go first thing in the morning
or later in the evening. Your photos will thank you, since mid-day lighting isn’t the prettiest for flowers. Traffic becomes tangible after 11 a.m. on weekends. If you can swing a weekday visit—do it. It’s well worth using a vacation day to enjoy the festival without the weekend masses. There are several organized tours (visitskagitvalley.com), and biking and carpooling are also options. Leave Fido at home—pets aren’t allowed in the gardens. Fashion probably isn’t top
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Ying Chen Visitors are treated to an aerial and terrestrial display at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.
of mind for a tulip festival, but boots are a must in the often muddy fields. April averages fourteen days of rain in the Puget Sound area. The floral affair is designed as a driving tour—farms and fields are scattered throughout Skagit Valley. Make RoozenGaarde your first stop. The Roozen family (which means “roses” in Dutch) first started growing tulips in Holland in the mid-1770s. Gardening enthusiasts can order from more than 150 varieties of bulbs, then grab a field tour map. Set aside some time to explore the four-acre display garden, which includes an ontrakmag.com
authentic Dutch windmill. Admission is five-dollars per person and includes parking. Children 5 and younger are free. Tulip Town is a requisite stop with a one-dollar admission. The show garden here alternates color every ten rows or so, making it a multi-hued spectacle. Between RoozenGaarde and Tulip Town, the farms plant more than one million bulbs. Be sure to check out other events and activities taking place in the area during the
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festival, including many art shows, Anacortes Spring Wine Festival and the Kiwanis Salmon Barbecue. For more information on the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, visit tulipfestival. org. The event takes place
April 1-30, with events in Mount Vernon, Burlington, Sedro-Woolley, La Conner, Edison and Anacortes. You can request an Official Tulip Festival brochure in advance on the website.
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Salem and Wine Country BY BRONTE DOD PHOTOS BY TIM LABARGE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON in Willamette Valley wine country, we found our oasis in cheese. My friend and I had just finished a tasting at the second winery on our agenda when we realized our rookie mistake—we hadn’t eaten lunch. We were running on crackers for the past hour of wine tasting Through our hunger-fog, we saw a sign with some combination of the words “cheese,” “tasting” and “today.”
In 1979 an Oregon pinot noir placed in the top 10 at the Paris Wine Olympics, catapulting Oregon wine into the international spotlight.
Our designated driver made a quick left turn onto the gravel road lined with dairy cows. Inside the small building, we gorged ourselves on creamy, savory cheese—grateful for the sustenance before our final tasting. Less than a year out of college, we were wine-tasting rookies. Traveling to one of the best wine regions in the country for the weekend was our chance to change that. Our weekend started Friday night at Maven, a
The Willamette Valley shares the 45th parallel with France, which explains the similarity in wines.
new downtown restaurant in Salem a block away from our accommodations at the Grand Hotel and a five-minute taxi from the city’s renovated, historic train depot. The menu is simple, relying on local and in-season ingredients. I chose the burger with a sundried tomato spread. My friend had the hazelnut and Italian sausage risotto. Our plates ended up in the middle of the table as we kept trading bites. For a nightcap, we stopped
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Weekender at Archive, a new coffee shop and bar in town that feels more like Southeast Portland, with a rustic wooden bar and bartenders in plaid shirts with man-bun hairstyles. The punch is a must. Served in old-fashioned crystal tea cups, it’s an ever-changing, housemade concoction that is dangerously good.
The Willamette Valley is a mecca for winemakers. Sharing the 45th parallel with France, the valley produces world-class wines, most notably pinot noir. A surge of Oregon rieslings, a white wine perfected by German winemakers, is under way in the region. We decided to visit three
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP Jogging through Bush’s Pasture Park. Breakfast at Word of Mouth. Bethel Heights Vineyard.
We woke up early the next morning to map out our wine-tasting tour. After breakfast at the Grand, the sun was out and the sky was blue—a rarity in the wet Willamette Valley winter. We decided to take advantage of the weather and walk around Bush’s Pasture Park, a large, forested area near downtown. By eleven o’clock, when the sky turned grey again, we were ready to start our wine tour. ontrakmag.com
wineries on Saturday and one on Sunday. To keep driving to a minimum for the shortstraw driver, we decided to limit our foray to the Eola-Amity Hills AVA. The first stop was Bethel Heights, a winery from the second wave of the Oregon wine movement owned by the Casteel family, since it was founded in 1977. The winery has a modern tasting room and is opening a second on the same site
this summer. We sampled a chardonnay, pinot blanc and three pinot noirs, learning about the differences of the wines from grapes grown just feet from each other. Our next stop was a smaller winery. Bryn Mawr was founded in 2009 by California transplants Kathy and Jon Lauer, who moved to the valley to start the winery. While Bryn Mawr is following suit in the region with its pinot noir, we also tasted its tempranillo, a full-bodied red with spice. Leaving Bryn Mawr, we realized how hungry we were. We began to regret not picking up a baguette and cheese along the way when Willamette Valley Cheese Co. appeared off Highway 221. The cheese was a godsend. The fromagerie has dozens of varieties, from traditional aged asiago to ambitious chipotle cheddar and jalapeno havarti. As we were in wine country, we also tasted the pinot noir gouda, which was a perfect pairing for the day. Satiated, we made our way to Brooks Winery on a recommendation from Bryn Mawr. The winery was recently renovated and has a stunning tasting room with an expansive wall of windows overlooking the vineyards. We went big, tasting thirteen wines at Brooks, and had a tour from “wineteller” Gerry Rasch. He shared the remarkable story of the Brooks family—how Pascal became the owner of Brooks at 8 years old when his father, Jimi, unexpectedly died. A decade later, Brooks has contin-
ued its devotion to organic and biodynamic farming. For two young twentysomethings, wine country got the best of us. That night we had big plans to go dancing in downtown Salem, but fell asleep early in our hotel room. We didn’t let morning get the best of us and jumped in line at Word of Mouth, a brunch spot so popular that you’re likely to wait at least an hour for a table. While we waited, we went to the Governor’s Cup for coffee then strolled through The Book Bin. I had been to Word of Mouth before, and knew that its bloody marys are the perfect blend of spicy and savory. But seated at last, when our server asked what we’d like to drink we blurted, “Water.” The restaurant, a five-minute stroll east of the state capitol, is charming, quaint and serves generous portions. Rumor has it that the owners snubbed publicity from the Food Network to preserve its namesake. On our way out of town that afternoon, we decided to skip another wine tasting for two new exhibits at the Hallie Ford Museum on Willamette University’s campus. The museum is worth taking a couple of hours to explore the large collection of Pacific Northwest art. We both left Salem and Willamette Valley wine country with a bottle of wine in our suitcase, vowing to open one on each of our birthdays to remember our first foray into real wine. Learning from our mistakes, however, we’ll pair this wine with an appropriate amount of cheese and bread. SPRING 2016 |
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SHOE U. BY JEFFREY MARTIN PHOTOS BY NASHCO
IF JAMES BLEAKLEY WERE BEING sensible, he never would have left Toronto. Not then, anyway. Not so soon after quitting his mind-numbing gig and its one-and-a-half-hour commute each way in stop-and-go traffic. And certainly not mere days after his father, who’d been a logger for twenty years and served as the family’s primary source of income, was laid off. The timing couldn’t have been worse. Bleakley, 22, had recently spent a transformative month at Pensole Footwear Design Academy in Portland, ingesting all that the short-term, intensive—and free—curriculum had to offer. Now another opportunity had popped up at the Academy, this time for an Adidas invent class, so he was heading back to Portland. He wondered, though, with his family facing adversity, was he being selfish? “I knew that Pensole was where I was going to make things happen,” said Bleakley. “Although money was going to be an issue, I had to fight through and make it happen.” Even with free education, travel expenses would quickly add up. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Students collect inspiration on a collaborative wall. A special box collects student sketches. Students work together closely on design projects. Designs are transferred into 3D form.
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“Still, I had to do it for myself and my family. I knew this was where I had to be,” he said. Bleakley means Pensole, but also this city, with its quirky yet creative ethos in the Pacific Northwest, home to the largest brands in the sneaker industry. Bleakley is hungry, a characteristic that D’Wayne Edwards, the ex-Nike and Jordan Brand designer who founded the academy in 2010, wants in prospective students. The sneaker industry isn’t for the meek. It is a revenue machine: Nike reported $30 billion in returns in 2015; Adidas expected at least half of that. Under Armour anticipates $7 billion in annual revenue by 2018, almost twice this year’s expected figure. The Portland Metro area is home to this cluster of titans, currently ranked first, third, and fourth in domestic sales, respectively. Nike was founded in Beaverton; Adidas set up its North America headquarters in Portland; and Under Armour expanded its footwear division in the Rose City, as well. Competition—for consumers and design talent—is fierce. “You’re only as good as the talent you can bring into your company,” said Paul Gaudio, Adidas’ global creative director. “We’re constantly on a quest for young, creative people who can help us shape the future.”
This is where Pensole has been invaluable. In Edwards’ classroom, talent trumps all. It’s a true meritocracy, a finishing school the founder wishes had been available when he got his start in the industry. Who you know won’t help you gain entry, but it’s imperative once instruction begins. The program gives students the opportunity to network as they receive hands-on experience. The creative ability is only part of the gig. Influence is the other. Each student is expected to cultivate a sphere of influence within the industry while at Pensole. It all starts with alumni. Step inside the nondescript building near the Chinatown gate in Old Town and a wall of shoe boxes is striking— each bearing the logo of popular and lesser-known footwear brands. Every box represents a former Pensole student who is working in the industry. Edwards said there are currently 140 boxes, spanning thirty-nine companies and thirty countries, then made a verbal note-toself to add the ones he hasn’t put up yet. Edwards’ story has become lore—black kid from Inglewood, California, wins a Reebok design competition at age 17, is hired at L.A. Gear at 19 and becomes the youngest professional footwear deSPRING 2016 |
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signer in modern day, joins Nike a few years later, becomes design director at 30, achieves a lifelong dream by designing the incomparable Air Jordan (iterations XX1 and XX2). Most of this story is covered in an epilogue in Shane Snow’s book, Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success. What elevates his personal story is what Edwards has done since he stepped away from the day-to-day grind. As the founder of, perhaps, the only institution in the country dedicated to footwear design, his second act is almost more indelible than the first. “This isn’t about me,” Edwards said more than once. He hopes students remember him mostly for changing the way people get their start in the industry. There are no bachelor’s degrees in footwear design and only about six schools have classes focused on footwear design. Furthermore, Pensole is free. Bleakley has heard the benefits spiel from Edwards twice and has taken note. The first time Bleakley attended Pensole, he had been a recent college graduate who needed experience. “In those thirty days, I felt like I learned more 44
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than I learned in my entire degree in four years, which is crazy,” said Bleakley. Bleakley returned to Pensole in December 2015 for an opportunity to take part in an Adidas Invent class that spanned eleven days. There was no chance he’d miss it. He even quit his job designing shoes for emerging markets to attend—to revisit the feeling of inspiration that he had at his first Pensole experience. But then his father lost his job, nearly derailing everything. “This is the hub,” said Bleakley. “This is where you have to be. Portland is where it’s all happening … And this is the only place in the world like this. The fact that Pensole partners with the industry, it gives you real-life direction … These large, multi-million dollar companies— we get to see how they function. You don’t get this anywhere else.” For Adidas’ Gaudio, the growth of the industry in the Pacific Northwest is still hard to fathom. “With Nike and Adidas being here, it was inevitable,” he said. “Talent attracts talent. Opportunity attracts talent. It just builds. It’s amazing what has happened.” For more photos, visit ontrakmag.com/pensole
ABOVE Design notes on a pair of concept shoes. OPPOSITE D'Wayne Edwards founded the Academy after a successful career at Nike.
In his early days with Adidas, Gaudio had to troll the East Coast for talent. Relocating to Portland was often a deal-breaker. “Guys would come from New York and say, ‘I have to live in Portland, Oregon—are you crazy?’” he recalled. “Now it’s actually a destination … It was a much sleepier destination thirty years ago.” The same could be said to describe the now-booming footwear industry. At Adidas’ North America headquarters recently, bustle was de rigueur in Gaudio’s office, where Bleakley and his classmates proffered their various projects, while a leadership team from Adidas, including the global creative director, gave pointed critiques. While such a scenario might have been considered daunting to some of the students before they arrived at Pensole, they were mostly unflappable once the presentations began. Reflecting on that day, Edwards smiled. “They’re hungry, man.” ontrakmag.com
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Shipwrecked Braving the West Coast Trail and delving into history BY DIETER LOIBNER PHOTOS BY KEVIN LIGHT
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WHEN PHOTOGRAPHER KEVIN Light and I were asked to do a story on shipwrecks, we were handed the keys to the candy store. All we were told was to “pack some gear and go for a hike.” Okay, simple enough. In early September, we hit the West Coast Trail, a seventy-five kilometer backpacking trail along the southwestern edge of Vancouver Island from Pachena Bay south to the mouth of the Gordon River at San Juan Bay. We had early luck with low tides at sunset, which is ideal for shooting bits and pieces of shipwrecks in the surf zone. Starting from the northern end of the West Coast Trail in the afternoon, we hit Pachena Point at dusk and the first accessible wreck site. This was a heavily corroded steam boiler in a tide pool, with tentacles of bull kelp reaching out from within. The wreck probably dates back to 1893 when the steamer Michigan and a rescue ship foundered on this remote and unforgiving coast. Smaller and more valuable pieces of these wrecks were salvaged long ago. The remnants, today, are sculptures of rust, eventually eroding to nothing. Between dark forest and white water While the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island in British Columbia is a formidable place to witness the finite nature of human effort, it’s also one of the most legendary hikes in North America. It’s only forty-seven miles long, but you can easily spend a week or more on this
journey that meanders through a dripping rain forest with giant old-growth cedars, serves up knee-deep mud puddles that seriously test boots and gaiters, crosses streams on cable car that have to be pulled by hand and forces hikers to scale dozens of rock formations with the help of achingly steep wooden ladders. By contrast, there is the quiet, dark forest and the crashing surf on the bright, wide-open landscape of the ocean beaches with vistas of the mist-shrouded mountains of the Olympic Peninsula across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Wildlife abounds: eagles, otters, cougars and bears, orcas, grey whales and sea lions. In addition to wildlife, about 3,000 people hit the trail annually. It’s an international crowd and a colorful cast of characters. There are the "wrestlers"— mud-splattered, red-faced and sweating profusely, they attack the terrain as if to settle a grudge. There are the "ballerinas"—always clean, always smiling, smelling like rosewater. Muck puddles part for them like the Red Sea before Moses. The cleverest among them even employ their own porters. But for all the beauty, it’s still no walk in the park. Especially early in the season (May 1 to September 30), the going can be tough. Torrential rains often transform unimposing streams into raging rivers and inundate the trail, even segments that are fortified with elevated wooden walkways. In these conditions the safest bet is to hunker down and
wait. On a coastline that sees up to 130 inches of rain every year, hiking can be a water sport. Nonetheless, that’s one of the reasons why there is one adjective that best describes the experience—epic. A history of horror The trail parallels a portion of the socalled Graveyard of the Pacific. Along forty miles of this trail, there are vestiges of forty different ships that came to grief in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Tragedies all, but none more so than the loss of the steamer Valencia, which ran aground in foul weather during a stormy night in January of 1906. As she broke apart in the heavy surf, more than 120 people died just a stone’s throw from shore, including her captain and all women and children aboard. It was a catastrophe with consequences, resulting in the establishment of the Dominion Lifesaving Trail, which was hacked out of the brush to facilitate an escape route for survivors of shipwrecks. It followed an ancient trade and travel path that had been used for centuries by the Huu-ay-aht, Ditidaht and Pacheedaht First Nations. Following that same route was a telegraph wire that connected the lighthouses at Cape Beale and Carmanah Point with Victoria. As technology improved, navigation became more accurate and shipwrecks increasingly rare. The path was rededicated as a hiking trail in 1973 as part of the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.
West Coast Trail Basics First rule of business: Make arrangements and reservations early. How to get there Unfortunately, the Juan de Fuca Water Taxi canceled its three-hour boat ride that connected both trailheads and gave passengers a chance to survey the scenery from the water. Operator Brian Gisborne knew all the wreck spots and as a marine researcher, he was on a first-name basis with all the whales along the route. Still, there are numerous other options to reach the trailheads, either by private car, by boat or by a bus with the West Coast Trail Express that connects all access points to downtown Victoria. 48
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Where to stay An affordable place to stay in Victoria is the hostel-like Ocean Island Inn downtown, which is across the street from a bus stop for the West Coast Trail Express. Other options are cabin rentals in Port Renfrew and Bamfield, which are close to the trailheads, but pricey. Reservation service January 11th - September 28th, 2016 7 days a week. 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., PST 877.737.3783 reservation.pc.gc.ca
Fees (CDN) $24.50 Reservation Overnight use fee $127.50 Gordon River ferry $16 Nitinat Narrows ferry $16 Water Taxi Nitinat Narrows $62.50 Nitinat Village one way Additional materials Detailed hike information can be obtained on the website of the Pacific Rim National Park Service that also offers printable maps, brochures and guides. ontrakmag.com
Don’t Miss A stop at Tsusiat Falls, fifteen miles from the Pachena Bay trailhead, is a must. Swimming in a natural pool of fresh water on the beach and a spectacular waterfall with a campground nearby doesn’t get any better than this. If shipwrecks are of interest, a tide table will help you find the remnants and avoid dangerous camp spots on the beach that look safe but might get swamped overnight when the tide rolls in. We enjoyed talking to a trail crew of the local First Nations, who shared some of its long and proud history, and sang a song about Captain James Cook’s arrival. Cook anchored his vessels in Nootka Sound on March 30, 1778, bringing with him iron nails for trade and the precursors of the disruptive change that was to follow.
Portions of the West Coast Trail cross rickety boardwalks.
If you go Park management allows sixty people on the trail every day (reservations mandatory, see sidebar), thirty starting from each end. At any given time, there are several hundred people strung out along those forty-seven miles. Hiking with a companion or in a small group (limit ten persons) is wise, especially in case of an emergency, because outside help can take up to twenty-four hours to arrive. Hiking the trail north to south is easier, because there are fewer ladders to scale early on, when the pack is heavy. Less ambitious folks can do a day hike from the northern trailhead to the Pachena Point Lighthouse, a round trip of thirteen miles or opt for half of the beast with a start or finish at Nitinat Narrows. No matter when or how far you intend to hike, you need to make reservations early (see sidebar), pay the requisite fee and attend an orientation prior to the hike. Backpacking gear and attire are a must, especially good boots and gaiters, along with rain protection. ontrakmag.com
Some backcountry experience, basic fitness and a tolerance for muck and dampness are helpful. Pack at least one extra day’s-worth of food and bring a good water purification system. There are campgrounds with bear boxes and sawdust toilets. Off-trail camping is permitted and at times preferable, but food and toiletries must be hung in trees to dissuade enterprising bears. Light and I felt tired in the end, but that was to be expected after spending so much time in this kind of candy store. We steered clear of the wild things, “suffered” through just fifteen minutes of drizzle and saw enough shipwrecks to last us for a while. Finishing the stroll at the Gordon River ferry, we stopped at the seventy-five-kilometer marker for a celebratory photograph and to pay our respects to one of the most interesting hikes on this planet. The West Coast Trail is as challenging as those at higher altitude, but rewards in ways other trails simply can’t compare.
About four miles south of the halfway mark, climb up to Carmanah Point Lighthouse to get a spectacular view and talk to Jerry Etzkorn, who has been the resident lighthouse keeper for three decades. Ask if you may use his powerful binoculars to observe the orcas and grey whales offshore. If freeze-dried backpacker cuisine has lost its luster, there’s Chez Monique, a burger shack on the beach south of Carmanah Point. Another option is Doug, the ferry operator, who takes hikers across Nitinat Narrows. On the dock, he serves fresh crabs and salmon with hot potatoes. Fresh meals come for a price, of course. Coming from the north, after forty-and-a-half miles, there is an option to take a shortcut through the woods or take the more arduous route along the rugged shoreline, strewn with boulders that need to be climbed. The reward is a passage under the sea arch at Owen Point. It’s grand and well worth the effort, but the tide has to be lower than six feet for safe passage.
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP Washed up and rusted out, the remains of Defiance rest on a deserted beach. A painted hand drum used by members of the First Nations who maintain the trail. The patina of time paints the steel hull of a wrecked boat. Crab pot floats that wash up along these shores are inscribed by hikers. OPPOSITE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP Off-trail camping on the beach with tents well above the high-water line. Looking the part: Jerry Etzkorn, the warden of the Carmanah Point Lighthouse. Corey Howard listens to the sound of a hand drum that he warmed above a stove burner.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP Sign post at Carmanah Point. An old anchor on a rocky ledge below the trail. Light's selfie taken on the cable car while crossing Camper Creek. Even with a name like that, a stranded vessel will fall prey to the elements. OPPOSITE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP In memory: More than 120 people died on this spot where the steamer Valencia stranded and broke up in a gale in 1906; the old photo shows part of the wreck. Cargo pulley at Carmanah Lighthouse, used to haul supplies up from the dock on the shore. If it's too rough, goods are delivered by chopper to the heli pad on the right.
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Christos Pizzeria & Lounge $$, Pizza
0.3 MILE FROM STATION
1.6 MILES FROM STATION
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503.371.2892 christospizzasalem.com
Tacovore $$, Mexican
Gamberetti’s Italian Restaurant $$, Italian
0.8 MILE FROM STATION
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541.343.1230 tararinthai.com
ALBANY
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0.8 MILE FROM STATION
1.4 MILES FROM STATION
541.686.1313 laperlapizzeria.com
541.928.1931 calapooiabrewing.com
Marché $$, French
Frankie’s Restaurant $$, American, Steakhouse
0.3 MILE FROM STATION
1.3 MILES FROM STATION
541.342.3612 marcherestaurant.com
541.248.3671 frankies-oregon.com
McMenamins High Street Brewery & Café $$, Brewpub
Sybaris Bistro $$$, New American
0.8 MILE FROM STATION
541.345.4905 mcmenamins.com
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0.8 MILE FROM STATION
541.928.8157 sybarisbistro.com
SALEM
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ACME Cafe $$, American (New)
374 FEET FROM STATION
2.4 MILES FROM STATION
541.485.4444 oesrestaurant.com
503.798.4736 acmecafe.net
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503.588.9463 wvv.com
OREGON CITY
0.5 MILE FROM STATION
1.1 MILES FROM STATION
503.241.1600 ovenandshaker.com
503.226.4646 caffemingonw.com
The Palm Court $$$, American
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0.5 MILE FROM STATION
12 MILES FROM STATION
The Parish $$, Seafood, Southern
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Willamette Valley Vineyards $$, Winery Turner
0.5 MILE FROM STATION
Oven and Shaker $$, Pizza, Italian
503.399.7446 gamberettis.com
503.378.7515 wildpearcatering.com
Le Bouchon $$$, French
PORTLAND
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
1.5 MILES FROM STATION
503.206.3097 laurelhurstmarket.com
503.248.2193 bouchon-portland.com
0.7 MILE FROM STATION
Wild Pear $$, Cafe
2.6 MILES FROM STATION
866.472.8614 rstuartandco.com
Caffe Mingo $$, Italian
McMenamins High Street, Eugene
Laurelhurst Market $$$, Steakhouse
The Garden Bar $$, Vegetarian MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
gardenbarpdx.com Gloria’s Secret Café $$, Latin American Beaverton
503.228.2000 bensonhotel.com
0.5 MILE FROM STATION
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503.221.4518 ruthschris.com Serratto Restaurant & Bar $$, Italian, Mediterranean, Modern European 1 MILE FROM STATION
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503.268.2124
503.640.3131 syun-izakaya.com
Imperial Restaurant $$, American
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8.1 MILES FROM STATION
0.6 MILE FROM STATION
503.228.7222 imperialpdx.com
226 FEET FROM STATION
503.223.0070 wilfsrestaurant.com
Adelsheim Vineyard $$$, Winery Newberg 29 MILES FROM STATION
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503.224.0543 northrupstation.com Jupiter Hotel 1.4 MILES FROM STATION
503.230.9200 jupiterhotel.com McMenamins Edgefield Troutdale 13.6 MILES FROM STATION
503.669.8610 mcmenamins.com McMenamins Grand Lodge Forest Grove 25.4 MILES FROM STATION
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877.229.9995 thenines.com McMenamins Edgefield, Troutdale
EUGENE
Inn at the 5th
Best Western New Oregon Motel
541.743.4099 innat5th.com
2 MILES FROM STATION
541.683.3669 book.bestwestern.com C’est La Vie Inn 1.5 MILES FROM STATION
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541.343.1119 campbellhouse.com Courtyard Eugene Springfield 4.6 MILES FROM STATION
541.726.2121 marriott.com Excelsior Inn 1.2 MILES FROM STATION
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Oval Door Bed & Breakfast Inn 0.7 MILES FROM STATION
541.683.3160 ovaldoor.com Phoenix Inn Suites 1 MILE FROM STATION
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541.743.1000 valleyriverinn.com
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45.2 MILES FROM STATION
SALEM
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The Grand Hotel
Ace Hotel
0.8 MILE FROM STATION
0.7 MILES FROM STATION
503.540.7800 grandhotelsalem.com
503.228.2277 acehotel.com
Hampton Inn & Suites
The Benson, a Coast Hotel
2.4 MILES FROM STATION
0.5 MILE FROM STATION
503.362.1300 hamptoninn3.hilton.com
503.228.2000 coasthotels.com
Red Lion
Caravan: The Tiny House Hotel
2.6 MILES FROM STATION
503.370.7888 redlion.com
OREGON CITY
4.3 MILES FROM STATION
503.802.5800 riversedgehotel.com Shift Vacation Rentals 3.3 MILES FROM STATION
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503.489.7645 tierrasoulpdx.com
Embassy Suites Portland Washington Square Tigard
0.9 MILES FROM STATION
11.3 MILES FROM STATION
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800.547.1406 timberlinelodge.com
Grand Hotel at Bridgeport Tigard
Friendly Bike Guest House
The Westin
11.7 MILES FROM STATION
503.968.5757 grandhotelbridgeport.com Lakeshore Inn Lake Oswego
Phoenix Inn Suites
503.636.9679 thelakeshoreinn.com
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503.288.5225 tinyhousehotel.com
River’s Edge Hotel & Spa
Best Western Plus Rivershore Hotel
541.928.2053 comfortsuites.com 2.3 MILES FROM STATION
2.3 MILES FROM STATION
503.622.3101 theresort.com
6.2 MILES FROM STATION
2.1 MILES FROM STATION
503.799.2615 friendlybikeguesthouse.com
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503.235.2100 hoteleastlund.com
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541.704.0109 albanyantiquemall.com
Cascade Raptor Center
Gallery Calapooia
5.7 MILES FROM STATION
0.6 MILE FROM STATION
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Oregon Coast Aquarium Newport
0.3 MILE FROM STATION
65 MILES FROM STATION
541.484.5307 eugenecascadescoast.org
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Fifth Street Public Market
SALEM
0.3 MILE FROM STATION
541.484.0380 5stmarket.com Heritage Dry Goods 0.3 MILE FROM STATION
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Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum + Waterpark McMinnville 24.3 MILES FROM STATION
503.434.4185 evergreenmuseum.org
Hult Center for the Performing Arts
Historic Elsinore Theatre
0.2 MILE FROM STATION
503.375.3574 elsinoretheatre.com
541.682.5087 hultcenter.org Museum of Natural & Cultural History 1.7 MILES FROM STATION
541.346.3024 natural-history.uoregon.edu Oakway Center 1.3 MILES FROM STATION
541.485.4711 oakwaycenter.com
0.8 MILE FROM STATION
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503.399.9676 salemcenter.com
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503.968.1704 bridgeport-village.com
Clackamas Repertory Theater 3.8 MILES FROM STATION
503.594.6047 clackamasrep.org End of the Oregon Trail 1.2 MILES FROM STATION
503.657.9336 historicoregoncity.org
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503.567.1015 boysfort.com
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Pittock Mansion
0.4 MILE FROM STATION
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503.241.5696 mabelandzora.com
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Garnish Apparel
McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
Portland Art Museum
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503.954.2292 garnishapparel.com
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503.542.3149 ellingtonhandbags.com
1 MILE FROM STATION
503.226.2811 portlandartmuseum.org
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0.7 MILE FROM STATION
0.7 MILE FROM STATION
503.223.6649 mercantileportland.com
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Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort Mt. Hood
Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks & Minerals Hillsboro
75 MILES FROM STATION
17.1 MILES FROM STATION
503.337.2222 skihood.com
503.647.2418 ricenorthwestmuseum.org
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Twist
1.9 MILES FROM STATION
503.797.4000 omsi.edu Oregon Zoo 3.4 MILES FROM STATION
503.226.1561 oregonzoo.org
1.4 MILES FROM STATION
503.224.0334 twistonline.com US Outdoor Store 0.7 MILE FROM STATION
503.223.5937 usoutdoor.com
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Washington Square Tigard
0.5 MILE FROM STATION
8.6 MILES FROM STATION
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13.1 MILES FROM STATION
206.241.5744 sharpsroasthouse.com TanakaSan $$, Asian Fusion 1.8 MILES FROM STATION
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206.552.8215 westwardseattle.com
EDMONDS Rivertop Bar & Grill $$, American Wenatchee 133 MILES FROM STATION
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425.483.3123 maltbycafe.com
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TUKWILA
Farrar’s Bistro $$, American
Fish Tale Brew Pub $$, Brewpub
Miyabi Sushi $$, Japanese
6.7 MILES FROM STATION
7.8 MILES FROM STATION
1.4 MILES FROM STATION
360.571.7005 farrarsbistro.com
360.943.3650 fishbrewing.com
206.575.6815 miyabisushi.com
McMenamins East Vancouver $$, Brewpub
The Mark $$, Italian
SEATTLE
9.8 MILES FROM STATION
360.254.3950 mcmenamins.com
KELSO/LONGVIEW The Office 842 $$, Coffee, Cocktails, Tapas 1.1 MILES FROM STATION
360.442.4647 theoffice842.com
CENTRALIA McMenamins Olympic Club Pub $$, Brewpub 0.1 MILE FROM STATION
360.736.5164 mcmenamins.com
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360.754.4414 themarkolympia.com
TACOMA Asado $$$, Argentine 4.8 MILES FROM STATION
253.272.7770 asadotacoma.com Odd Otter Brewery $, Brewery 2.7 MILES FROM STATION
253.327.1680 oddotterbrewing.com Pacific Grill $$, American, Seafood 1.4 MILES FROM STATION
253.627.3535 pacificgrilltacoma.com
Assaggio Ristorante $$$, Italian 1.3 MILES FROM STATION
206.441.1399 assaggioseattle.com Eastside Bar & Grill $$, American Bellevue 11.6 MILES FROM STATION
425.455.9444 coasthotels.com Frolik Kitchen & Cocktails $$, American, Breakfast 1.1 MILES FROM STATION
206.971.8015 frolik.motifseattle.com John Howie Steak $$$$, American, Steakhouse Bellevue 10 MILES FROM STATION
425.440.0880 johnhowiesteak.com
Little Water Cantina $$, Mexican 4 MILES FROM STATION
206.397.4940 littlewatercantina.com Loulay Kitchen & Bar $$, French, Breakfast 1.1 MILES FROM STATION
206.402.4588 thechefinthehat.com Revel $$, Asian Fusion, Korean 5.9 MILES FROM STATION
206.547.2040 revelseattle.com Salumi Artisan Cured Meats $$, Meat Shop 0.2 MILE FROM STATION
206.621.8772 salumicuredmeats.com Seastar Restaurant & Raw Bar $$$, American, Seafood Bellevue 10.7 MILES FROM STATION
425.456.0010 seastarrestaurant.com
Anthony’s HomePort $$, Seafood 1726 W. Marine View Drive 2.4 MILES FROM STATION
425.252.3333 anthonys.com
STANWOOD Stanwood Grill $$, American 289 FEET FROM STATION
360.629.5253 stanwoodgrill.com
MOUNT VERNON Skagit River Brewery $$, Brewpub 0.2 MILE FROM STATION
360.336.2884 skagitbrew.com
BELLINGHAM Leaf & Ladle $$, Soup, Sandwiches 3.1 MILES FROM STATION
360.319.9718 facebook.com/leafandladle
Sharps Roasthouse $$, American, BBQ Sea Tac
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TACOMA
Heathman Lodge
Hotel Murano
6.6 MILES FROM STATION
1.5 MILES FROM STATION
360.254.3100 heathmanlodge.com
253.238.8000 hotelmuranotacoma.com
KELSO/LONGVIEW
Silver Cloud Inn - Tacoma Waterfront
Monticello Hotel 2.1 MILES FROM STATION
360.425.9900 themonticello.net
CENTRALIA
3.9 MILES FROM STATION
253.272.1300 silvercloud.com
TUKWILA
Coast Gateway Hotel SeaTac 13.8 MILES FROM STATION
206.248.8200 coasthotels.com Greenlake Guesthouse 7.1 MILES FROM STATION
206.729.8700 greenlakeguesthouse.com Hotel 1000 0.7 MILE FROM STATION
206.957.1000 hotel1000seattle.com
Centralia Square Hotel
Cedarbrook Lodge SeaTac
0.3 MILE FROM STATION
4.3 MILES FROM STATION
360.807.1212 centraliasquare.com
206.901.9268 cedarbrooklodge.com
206.448.8600 hotelandra.com
McMenamins - Olympic Club Hotel & Theater
Springhill Suites Renton
Hyatt Regency Bellevue Bellevue
0.1 MILE FROM STATION
1.8 MILES FROM STATION
360.736.5164 mcmenamins.com
425.226.4100 marriott.com
OLYMPIA/LACEY
SEATTLE
The Governor, a Coast Hotel
Alexis Hotel
7.9 MILES FROM STATION
360.352.7700 coasthotels.com Red Lion Hotel
Hotel Andra 1.4 MILES FROM STATION
9.9 MILES FROM STATION
425.462.1234 bellevue.hyatt.com The Inn at El Gaucho 1.6 MILES FROM STATION
0.8 MILE FROM STATION
206.728.1133 elgaucho.com
206.624.4844 alexishotel.com
Inn at the Market
Belltown Inn
206.448.0631 innatthemarket.com
1.5 MILES FROM STATION
1.2 MILES FROM STATION
206.529.3700 belltown-inn.com
The Maxwell Hotel
Little Creek Casino Resort
Coast Bellevue Hotel Bellevue
206.286.0629 themaxwellhotel.com
20.6 MILES FROM STATION
11.6 MILES FROM STATION
800.667.7711 little-creek.com
425.455.9444 coasthotels.com
The Moore Hotel
8 MILES FROM STATION
360.943.4000 redlion.com
McMenamins - Olympic Club Hotel, Centralia
2.5 MILES FROM STATION
1.3 MILES FROM STATION
206.448.4851 moorehotel.com
The Paramount Hotel 1.3 MILES FROM STATION
206.292.9500 paramounthotelseattle.com Seattle Sheraton 1.2 MILES FROM STATION
STANWOOD Cedar Bluff Cottage 5.2 MILES FROM STATION
360.445.3333 cedarbluffcottage.com
206.621.9000 sheratonseattle.com
Hotel Stanwood
Sorrento Hotel
360.629.2888 stanwoodhotelsaloon.com
1.1 MILES FROM STATION
1.4 MILES FROM STATION
206.622.6400 hotelsorrento.com
MOUNT VERNON
EDMONDS
Best Western Plus Skagit Valley Inn
Best Western Plus Edmonds Harbor Inn 0.2 MILE FROM STATION
1.9 MILES FROM STATION
360.428.5678 book.bestwestern.com
425.771.5021 book.bestwestern.com
Tulip Inn
Coast Wenatchee Center Hotel Wenatchee
800.599.5696 tulipinn.net
133 MILES FROM STATION
1.8 MILES FROM STATION
BELLINGHAM
509.662.1234 coasthotels.com
Chrysalis Inn & Spa
EVERETT
360.756.1005 thechrysalisinn.com
Holiday Inn Downtown Everett
Fairhaven Village Inn
0.4 MILE FROM STATION
360.733.1311 fairhavenvillageinn.com
425.339.2000 ihg.com Inn at Port Gardner 2.4 MILES FROM STATION
425.252.6779 innatportgardner.com
0.8 MILE FROM STATION
0.3 MILE FROM STATION
Hotel Bellwether 4 MILES FROM STATION
360.392.3100 hotelbellwether.com
Cedarbrook Lodge, SeaTac
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VANCOUVER
OLYMPIA/LACEY
Clark County Historical Museum
Capitol Tours
1 MILE FROM STATION
360.993.5679 cchmuseum.org
7.5 MILES FROM STATION
360.902.8880 des.wa.gov
Kiggins Theatre
Little Creek Casino Resort Shelton
0.8 MILE FROM STATION
20.6 MILES FROM STATION
360.816.0352 kigginstheatre.net
800.667.7711 little-creek.com
Visit Vancouver USA
Rhythm & Rye
Washington State History Museum 1.8 MILES FROM STATION
253.272.3500 washingtonhistory.org
Northwest Outdoor Center 3.7 MILES FROM STATION
206.281.9694 nwoc.com Olympic Sculpture Park 2 MILES FROM STATION
TUKWILA Museum of Flight 5.7 MILES FROM STATION
206.654.3100 seattleartmuseum.org
206.764.5720 museumofflight.org
Pike Place Market
0.8 MILE FROM STATION
7.8 MILES FROM STATION
SEATTLE
360.816.6230 visitvancouverusa.com
360.705.0760 facebook.com/rhythmandrye
Seattle Aquarium
Bellevue Arts Museum Bellevue
KELSO/LONGVIEW
TACOMA
Cowlitz County Tourism Visit Mount St. Helens 360.577.3137 visitmtsthelens.com
LeMay—America’s Car Museum
Kelso Theater Pub 0.1 MILE FROM STATION
360.414.9451 ktpub.com
CENTRALIA
0.7 MILE FROM STATION
253.779.8490 americascarmuseum.org Museum of Glass 0.9 MILE FROM STATION
253.284.4750 museumofglass.org
10.7 MILES FROM STATION
1.4 MILES FROM STATION
pikeplacemarket.org 1 MILE FROM STATION
206.386.4300 seattleaquarium.org
EDMONDS Cascadia Art Museum 0.3 MILE FROM STATION
425.336.4809 cascadiaartmuseum.org Edmonds Center for the Arts 0.6 MILE FROM STATION
425.275.4485 edmondscenterforthearts.com Visit Edmonds 0.5 MILE FROM STATION
1.877.775.6935 visitedmonds.com
EVERETT
425.519.0770 bellevuearts.org
Seattle Art Museum
Chihuly Garden & Glass
206.654.3100 seattleartmuseum.org
206.753.4940 chihulygardenandglass.com
Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour Mukilteo
Seattle Space Needle
8 MILES FROM STATION
Experience Music Project Museum
spaceneedle.com
0.8 MILE FROM STATION
2.5 MILES FROM STATION
2 MILES FROM STATION
206.770.2700 empmuseum.org
Centralia Factory Outlets
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
2.8 MILES FROM STATION
7.4 MILES FROM STATION
360.736.3327 centraliafactoryoutlet.com
253.591.5337 pdza.org
Centralia Fox Theatre
Tacoma Art Museum
206.324.1126 mohai.org
0.2 MILE FROM STATION
1.2 MILES FROM STATION
360.623.1103 centraliafoxtheatre.com
253.272.4258 tacomaartmuseum.org
Neptune Theatre
Museum of History and Industry 2.7 MILES FROM STATION
2 MILES FROM STATION
Stevens Pass Skykomish 85 MILES FROM STATION
206.812.4510 stevenspass.com Woodland Park Zoo 5.3 MILES FROM STATION
206.548.2500 zoo.org
4.2 MILES FROM STATION
206.682.1414 stgpresents.org
1.800.464.1476 futureofflight.org XFINITY Arena at Everett 0.5 MILE FROM STATION
425.322.2600 xfinityarenaeverett.com
STANWOOD Stanwood Cinemas 1.5 MILES FROM STATION
360.629.0514 farawayentertainment.com
MOUNT VERNON Downtown Mount Vernon 360.336.3801 mountvernondowntown.org
BELLINGHAM Bellingham Railway Museum 3.1 MILES FROM STATION
360.393.7540 bellinghamrailway museum.org The Green Frog 2.8 MILES FROM STATION
888.968.8783 acoustictavern.com Mount Baker Theatre 3.2 MILES FROM STATION
360.734.6080 mountbakertheatre.com Mt. Baker Ski Area 52 MILES FROM STATION
360.734.6771 mtbaker.us
Salish Cliffs Golf Club at Little Creek Casino Resort, Shelton
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novopizzeria.com The Oakwood Canadian Bistro $$, Gastropub, Canadian 5.6 KM FROM STATION
604.558.1965 theoakwood.ca Octopus’ Garden $$$, Japanese, Sushi 4.5 KM FROM STATION
604.734.8971 octopusgardensada.com Opus Bar $$, Cocktails, Small Plates, Breakfast 2.2 KM FROM STATION
604.642.2107 opushotel.com Salt Tasting Room $$, Wine, Tapas, Small Plates 1.5 KM FROM STATION
604.633.1912 salttastingroom.com Sal y Limon $, Mexican The Liberty Distillery, Vancouver | David Donaldson
2.4 KM FROM STATION
604.677.4247 salylimon.ca Ask for Luigi $$, Italian 1.4 KM FROM STATION
604.428.2544 askforluigi.com Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie $$$, Chinese 850 METERS FROM STATION
604.688.0876 bao-bei.ca Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar $$$, Seafood, Steakhouse
Forty Ninth Parallel Café & Lucky’s Doughnuts $, Coffee, Donuts
2.3 KM FROM STATION
1.8 KM FROM STATION
604.688.7466 cioppinosyaletown.com
604.872.4901 49thparallelroasters.com luckysdoughnuts.com
Cuchillo $$, Latin American 1.2 KM FROM STATION
604.559.7585 cuchillo.ca The Diamond $$, Mexican
Jules $$, French 1.7 KM FROM STATION
604.669.0033 julesbistro.ca The Keefer Bar $$$, Cocktails, Asian Small Plates
2.6 KM FROM STATION
1.5 KM FROM STATION
604.642.2900 boulevardvancouver.ca
604.568.8272 di6mond.com
Burdock & Co. $$, French, Tapas
Fable Kitchen $$, Canadian
604.688.1961 thekeeferbar.com
1.5 KM FROM STATION
4.4 KM FROM STATION
604.879.0077 burdockandco.com
604.732.1322 fablekitchen.ca
Kintaro Ramen $, Asian
Chambar $$$, Belgian, Breakfast
The Fat Badger $$, British
1.4 KM FROM STATION
3.4 KM FROM STATION
604.879.7119 chambar.com
604.336.5577 fatbadger.ca
Cinara $$$, Modern European
The Flying Pig $$, Canadian Multiple Locations theflyingpigvan.com
1.7 KM FROM STATION
604.428.9694 cinara.ca
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3.8 KM FROM STATION
604.682.7568
The Liberty Distillery $$, Distillery, Cocktails 3 KM FROM STATION
604.558.1998 thelibertydistillery.com
Savary Island Pie Company $$, Bakery, Coffee 10.6 KM FROM STATION
604.926.4021 savaryislandpiecompany.com
Marutama Ramen $$, Asian
Wildebeest $$$, Gastropub, Canadian
3.6 KM FROM STATION
1.5 KM FROM STATION
604.688.8837 marutamaramen.com
604.687.6880 wildebeest.ca
Matchstick Coffee Roasters $, Cafe
Yaletown Brewing Co. $$, Brewpub
650 METERS FROM STATION
2.1 KM FROM STATION
604.558.0639 matchstickcoffee.com
604.681.2739 mjg.ca
Novo Pizzeria & Wine Bar $$, Italian, Wine
Zeitoon Restaurant $$, Middle Eastern
4 KM FROM STATION
4.8 KM FROM STATION
Bao Bei, Vancouver
Kirin $$, Seafood, Dim Sum Multiple locations kirinrestaurants.com L’Abattoir $$$, French, Canadian 1.4 KM FROM STATION
604.568.1701 labattoir.ca
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Auberge Vancouver Hotel
Executive Hotel LeSoleil
The Kingston Hotel
2.6 KM FROM STATION
2.2 KM FROM STATION
2.1 KM FROM STATION
604.678.8899 aubergevancouver.com
604.632.3000 hotellesoleil.com
604.684.9024 kingstonhotelvancouver.com
Barclay House
Executive Hotel Vintage Park
The Landis Hotel & Suites
3.5 KM FROM STATION
604.605.1351 barclayhouse.com Bee & Thistle Guest House 3.3 KM FROM STATION
604.669.0715 beeandthistle.ca The Burrard 2.9 KM FROM STATION
604.681.2331 theburrard.com Coast Coal Harbour Hotel 2.7 KM FROM STATION
604.697.0202 coasthotels.com Coast Plaza Hotel & Suites 4.2 KM FROM STATION
604.688.7711 coasthotels.com Coast Vancouver Airport Hotel 9.3 KM FROM STATION
604.263.1555 coasthotels.com English Bay Inn 5 KM FROM STATION
604.683.8002 englishbayinn.com
Fairmont Chateau Whistler
2.9 KM FROM STATION
1.800.570.3932 executivehotels.net Fairmont Chateau Whistler 124 KM FROM STATION
604.938.8000 fairmont.com Georgian Court Hotel 1.5 KM FROM STATION
604.682.5555 georgiancourthotel vancouver.com Granville House B&B 6.3 KM FROM STATION
604.739.9002 granvillebb.com Granville Island Hotel 4.4 KM FROM STATION
604.683.7373 granvilleislandhotel.com Hotel at the Waldorf 3.1 KM FROM STATION
604.253.7141 hotelatthewaldorf.ca Hotel Blue Horizon 2.9 KM FROM STATION
604.688.1411 bluehorizonhotel.com
Coast Plaza Hotel & Suites, Vancouver
3 KM FROM STATION
604.681.3555 landissuitesvancouver.com L’Hermitage Hotel 2 KM FROM STATION
778.327.4100 lhermitagevancouver.com The Listel Hotel 3.1 KM FROM STATION
604.684.7092 thelistelhotel.com Loden Hotel 3.4 KM FROM STATION
877.225.6336 theloden.com Moda Hotel 2.2 KM FROM STATION
604.683.4251 modahotel.ca OPUS Vancouver 2.2 KM FROM STATION
604.642.6787 opushotel.com
Patricia Hotel 1.2 KM FROM STATION
2.8 KM FROM STATION
604.255.4301 patriciahotel.ca
604.662.8111 panpacific.com
Pinnacle Hotel Vanoucver Harbourfront
Pan Pacific Vancouver
The Riviera on Robson Suites Hotel 3.2 KM FROM STATION
604.685.1301 rivieravancouver.com Rosewood Hotel Georgia
3.1 KM FROM STATION
2.1 KM FROM STATION
604.689.9211 pinnacleharbourfronthotel.com
604.682.5566 rosewoodhotels.com St. Clair Hotel - Hostel 1.8 KM FROM STATION
604.648.3713 stclairvancouver.com Summit Lodge & Spa Whistler Whistler 132 KM FROM STATION
604.932.2778 summitlodge.com The Sylvia Hotel 4.3 KM FROM STATION
604.681.9321 sylviahotel.com Victorian Hotel 1.7 KM FROM STATION
604.681.6369 victorianhotel.ca Wedgewood Hotel & Spa 2.4 KM FROM STATION
604.689.7777 wedgewoodhotel.com
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Eat + Stay + Play Bau-Xi Gallery Contemporary Fine Art
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Museum of Vancouver
Robson Street
Vancouver Art Gallery
4.8 KM FROM STATION
2.8 KM FROM STATION
4.3 KM FROM STATION
1.2 KM FROM STATION
2.3 KM FROM STATION
604.736.4431 museumofvancouver.ca
604.669.8132 robsonstreet.ca
604.733.7011 bau-xi.com
604.662.3207 vancouverchinesegarden.com
604.662.4700 vanartgallery.bc.ca
Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Granville Island
The Orpheum
Rockwood Adventures
Vancouver Aquarium
2.8 KM FROM STATION
7.4 KM FROM STATION
14.2 KM FROM STATION
4.1 KM FROM STATION
6.3 KM FROM STATION
604.665.3050 vancouver.ca
604.913.1621 rockwoodadventures.com
604.827.4955 beatymuseum.ubc.ca
604.666.6655 granvilleisland.com
604.659.3474 vanaqua.org
Bloedel Floral Conservatory
Greater Vancouver Zoo
Peak 2 Peak Gondola Whistler
Rogers Arena
Vancouver Maritime Museum
5.9 KM FROM STATION
53.3 KM FROM STATION
124 KM FROM STATION
604.257.8584 vancouver.ca
604.856.6825 gvzoo.com
1.888.403.4727 whistlerblackcomb.com
Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
Grotto Spa at Tigh-Na-Mara Parksville
Pirate Adventures
Science World at TELUS World of Science
4.1 KM FROM STATION
400 METERS FROM STATION
10.7 KM FROM STATION
111 KM FROM STATION
604.985.7474 capbridge.com
250.248.1838 grottospa.com
604.754.7535 pirateadventures.ca
604.443.7440 scienceworld.ca
Craigdarroch Castle Victoria
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
115 KM FROM STATION
4.9 KM FROM STATION
250.592.5323 thecastle.ca
604.738.7827 spacecentre.ca
Squamish Lil’Wat Cultural Centre Whistler 1.866.441.7522
Cypress Mountain
Museum of Anthropology
20.1 KM FROM STATION
13 KM FROM STATION
604.926.5612 cypressmountain.com
604.822.5087 moa.ubc.ca
1.6 KM FROM STATION
604.665.3050 vancouver.ca River Rock Casino Resort Richmond 12.2 KM FROM STATION
877.473.8900 riverrock.com
2 KM FROM STATION
604.899.7400 rogersarena.com
4.8 KM FROM STATION
604.257.8300 vancouvermaritime museum.com Vancouver Symphony Orchestra 2.1 KM FROM STATION
360.735.7278 vancouversymphony.ca Whistler Blackcomb Whistler
124 KM FROM STATION
124 KM FROM STATION
slcc.ca
1.800.766.0449 whistlerblackcomb.com
Stanley Park 5 KM FROM STATION
604.681.6728 vancouver.ca
Capilano Suspension Bridge Park, Vancouver
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AMTRAK CASCADES STOPS Vancouver, BC
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NONFICTION CONTINUES ITS REACH with engaging storytelling by delving into woodsy creatures, average seeds, dense wilderness and stalked beavers. Select one of these books as a companion on your next train journey. Children & Other Wild Animals by Brian Doyle (Portland) In this humorous and reflective collection of essays, author Brian Doyle talks about badgers, otters, newts, sturgeon, Charles Darwin and sons and daughters. Doyle brings together poignant observations to draw parallels between animals and the human mammals among us. Children & Other Wild Animals is a 2016 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award winner. Triumph of Seeds by Thor Hanson (San Juan Island) Author and conservation biologist Thor Hanson unravels a fascinating wonder of the ordinary existence of seeds. From Costa Rica to Hanson’s own backyard, and from coffee to cotton, this entertaining read explores the natural and cultural history of seeds, examining how they have dominated the plant kingdom and shaped economies and diets.
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Swallowed by the Great Land by Seth Kantner (Alaska) Seth Kantner creates vivid imagery of life in the Alaskan Tundra in this collection of nonfiction short stories. Having grown up in a sod igloo along the Kobuk River in Alaska’s Arctic, Kantner illuminates the unique way of life amidst an expansive wilderness and a warming arctic. Once They Were Hats by Frances Backhouse (Vancouver BC) With a delightful blend of history, natural history, science and narrative, Frances Backhouse examines the 15,000-year-old relationship between humans and beavers. The once ubiquitous yet humble mammals influenced habitats from coast to coast, and from the Rio Grande to the northern tundra, until European fur traders arrived. Backhouse looks at the beaver’s existence predating and postdating the lucrative business of beaver-lined hats.
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