Outdoors

Capital City Marathon puts the focus on finishers

There’s nothing cheap about running a full or half marathon. You’ll dig deep to give of your mind, your time and your body. You’ll shell out $60-$100 or maybe more just to get in.

Cinema buffs look for frames of reference

LONE PINE, Calif. — As howling winds tore through the eastern Sierra, Dan Gillespie and his wife Carol trudged along a narrow gravel path, their eyes alternating between photos they carried and the contours of a cove guarded by granite walls.

Blast zone still main attraction as Mount St. Helens center reopens

The view of Mount St. Helens from Johnston Ridge Observatory will be as spectacular as ever when the center opens this weekend.

Get inspired by arid landscapes, desert cultures

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Striped balloons dot a bright blue sky. Red rocks silhouette a lone dead tree. A white ladder leans on a brown adobe dwelling.

Explore Mount St. Helens through field seminars

The Mount St. Helens Institute is offering seven field seminars that will allow participants to explore the volcano in different ways.

Weekend Getaway: May Day Classic

For years, the routes on the May Day Classic bicycle ride from Federal Way to Mount Rainier were named after Hostess snacks.

On the Road: Packwood Mountain Festival

The 11th annual event is a celebration of mountain culture, heritage, crafts and customs. There will be demonstrations and workshops on folk dancing, flint knapping and wood carving. The festival is presented by the White Pass Country Historical Society.

Put the top down and see the world

Few things celebrate the end of winter like a great drive and enjoying the beach. Whether you can put the top down or not, members and editors of travel website VirtualTourist.com are sure you’ll enjoy any of their top 10 coastal drives.

Clammers dig bumper harvest

The good news for clammers this year is that four out of five areas in the 58 miles of razor clam habitat the state Department of Fish & Wildlife manages are doing extremely well, with the best densities seen in 16 years at Twin Harbors and Mocrocks.

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