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MIKE CASSIDY
Opening up to a new experience L
et’s try something new. With those words, many an adventure (and perhaps a few misadventures) has begun. This month, we are trying something new here at The Good Life — with a goal of creating opportunities for adventures for you, our readers. We are turning six pages of this issue over to veteran travel magazine and online publisher Cary Ordway, who is filling the space with interesting people and places of Central Washington. Here’s what Cary has to say about his advertorial section, beginning on page 19: “After moving back to north central Washington from 14 years living in the San Diego area, I was reminded of how incredibly lucky we are to have so many travel and recreation options right here within a short driving distance. “Having spent the past decade writing about travel both in California and the Pacific Northwest, I can tell you the concentration of activities and fun things to see and do here can compete with any place on the West Coast… “Then I started thinking what a great fit travel and recreation would be with The Good Life magazine – I mean, travel and recreation IS the good life for a lot of people. “I’d been reading the publication for years, always impressed at how fun it was to read about the unusual things people in north central Washington were doing with their lives. “I thought why not take that fun approach to travel and recreation and tell stories that are sometimes just below the surface, or unusual – the “back story” of things like the creation of the
Lake Chelan wine industry, or the incredible story of a 53-year-old man who basically races motorcycles with kids and then happens to be available to advise you on buying your next bike or motorsports vehicle… “I also felt there could be great synergy between this new travel and recreation section in The Good Life and my own travel website, www.northwesttraveladvisor.com. “The stories can be repurposed to reach a wider geographic audience through the website – what a great combination! “My connection to north central Washington goes way back to my school days in Waterville, where my dad owned the newspaper. Later he and I published a newspaper for East Wenatchee. “But probably most people who have been around the Valley for awhile will remember the statewide radio series we did on KPQ radio called Exploring the Northwest, which was the radio equivalent of my publication back then, Adventure Northwest Magazine. “For 10 years, Seattle radio personality Tony Miner and I were heard on KPQ talking about interesting places to visit all over the Pacific Northwest. “In 2003, while living in Southern California, we launched www.californiaweekend.com, which we still operate along with the Pacific Northwest site. The new Central Washington Experience is the perfect complement to our websites and I’m really pleased to be partnering with The Good Life to produce such a fun and interesting new feature.”
Turn a new page and experience The Good Life. — Mike October 2014 | The Good Life
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