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• Vancouver USA Marathon and Half Marathon (p. 17) •Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center (p. 22) •Vancouver Old Apple Tree Festival (p. 26) •Windsurfing and kiteboarding (p. 30) •Maryhill Winery Concerts (p. 38)
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homemade waffle cone at Granny’s Gedunk 4 Ice Cream Parlor, or dig into a plate of regional cuisine at Clark and 1 BATTLE GROUND antique malls. At Lewie’s, a new waterSituated between Van1927-era Liberty Thefront restaurant in the couver and Woodland, atre, movie buffs pair a Old Saloon building. 5 WHITE SALMON Battle Ground was hoppy Dragonfly Black named for an anticiRye IPA from Camas’s or soak in therapeutic While orchards, alpaca pated battle in 1855 own Mill City Brew Werks mineral water at Bonnfarms, and logging mills between U.S. soldiers with their indie flicks. eville Hot Springs Resort dot White Salmon— 3 NORTH BONNEVILLE & Spa. and the Klickitat tribe. population 2,260—it’s 4 STEVENSON The battle never actually From 1976 to 1978, the town’s easy access occured, but the name the entire town of This riverfront town to the Gorge and the stuck. Today this town North Bonneville—400 tucks into the Gorge’s Gifford Pinchot National draws skaters and locals residents at the time— basalt cliffs, where Forest that makes it a to its 27,500-square-foot relocated to make way everything from Native haven for outdoor enthuskate park and annual for a new powerhouse. American petroglyphs siasts. Rafters charge Harvest Days festival Today this community is to laid-back eateries is through the White every July. a popular stop on High- open for exploration. Salmon River’s rapids, 2 CAMAS way 14 for windsurfing Drop by the impressive windsurfers and paraMaple trees shade the on the Columbia River Columbia Gorge Intersailers go with the flow, sidewalks in this former and an abundance of pretive Center Museum and hikers explore the mill town, nestled on the hikes (hint: keep an eye to trace the history chilly Ice Caves carved banks of the Columbia out for carved-wood of the region, keep from ancient lava flows. 6 MARYHILL River, where shoppers sasquatches along the a lookout for nesting stroll the charming trails). Watch salmon waterfowl at Rock Creek No need to do a doubledowntown to peruse hopping up the BonnCove, stop for a scoop of take. Tiny Maryhill—just boutiques, galleries, and eville Lock and Dam, Umpqua ice cream in a 58 Washingtonians call
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this place home—does indeed sport a life-size replica of Stonehenge. Fashioned after the original neolithic monument, the modern-day version is made from concrete, wood, and crumpled tin and was dedicated in 1918 as a World War I memorial. 7 GOLDENDALE Situated on a plateau 13 miles north of the Columbia River, Goldendale was once just a watering hole for Oregon Trail pioneers. Today turkey and deer hunters survey the public lands along the Klickitat River, and fishermen cast their lines for king, coho, steelhead, and rainbow trout. Goldendale Observatory State Park, with one of the nation’s largest public telescopes, is a must for stargazers. —ANGELA CABOTAJE
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