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Oregon's Deschutes River Trail is perfect in the fallBEND, Ore. — OK, so the Deschutes River Trail in Central Oregon isn't exactly a secret. Tourists crowd the popular trail in the summertime, making weekend traffic jams commonplace on the scenic path. But fall might be the best time of year to hop on a bike and ride the river trail.
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Bottle Beach gets a makeover
•What: It's now easy to find the once-obscure Bottle Beach State Park.
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Frye Cove Park is a great spot for shellfishing or a picnic
•What: Outing to Frye Cove Park on Eld Inlet.
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Oregon's Melolius River can leave fly anglers feeling perplexed
CAMP SHERMAN, Ore. — Along the Metolius River, just upstream from the Wizard Falls Fish Hatchery, is a fishing spot called the “idiot hole.”
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Riley Creek trail near Mount Adams is a hidden gem
TROUT LAKE — There's no sign, and there's road-shoulder parking for only a couple of cars, at the "trailhead'' for Riley Creek trail on the west side of Mount Adams. Motorists whiz by on the main Randle-Trout Lake road and never know it's there.
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Westport Light State Park shines as day-trip destination
• What: Outing to Westport Light State Park, which is on the Washington coast in Westport.
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Expanded dove season opens Monday
For the first time in three decades, Washington mourning dove hunters won't have to cram their hunting into two weeks.
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Lake Cushman is cool respite from summer heat
Outing to the north shoreline of Lake Cushman along Olympic National Forest Road 24, which eventually leads to Staircase in Olympic National Park.
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Area attractions can offer quiet respite from fireworks
So, the thud and bang of exploding fireworks isn't your idea of fun. Maybe your dog hides in the bathroom when the aerial bombs squeal and detonate overhead -- and is a shivering wreck for days afterward. Maybe you just don't like the idea of an old-fashioned, let's-rock-the-neighborhood Fourth of July.
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Grab a pot and hit Sound or canal for crab season
What: Summer crabbing in South Puget Sound and Hood Canal
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Don’t fish? There’s still plenty to do in WestportWhat: Westport summer outings
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Get a taste of sea kayaking at Point Defiance symposium
•What: Puget Sound Sea Kayak Symposium
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There are a few places to grind your board at area skate parks
•What: Skateboard parks in Olympia and Centralia
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Migration offers chance to see, learn about birds
What: The huge shorebird migration from South America to the Arctic has started, and birds already are stopping at the Bowerman Basin area of Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge. The migration funnels hundreds of thousands of shorebirds to Bowerman Basin and many other spots in and near Grays Harbor. The birds stop in Grays Harbor to feed and rest during the big migration. The mudflats and sand beaches in Grays Harbor are rich with worms, shellfish and crustaceans to fuel the next leg of the birds' migration.
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Spring is in evidence all along Hood Canal
• What: A day trip to Hood Canal, with stops at Potlatch State Park and Dosewallips State Park
