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Pacific Northwest Travel Stories

A collection of the best Pacific Northwest travel stories featured in The Statesider US Travel Newsletter: Idaho | Oregon | Washington
Also see: Alaska, California, Mountain West

Idaho Travel Stories

Pacific Northwest Travel Stories - Idaho

River Adventure: Rafting Idaho’s desert river named for lost Hawaiians is an adventure — and a link to the state’s past. Dove Henry, Idaho Statesman


Oregon Travel Stories

Pacific Northwest Travel Stories - Oregon

Oregon Treasure: Was “The Goonies” based on a true story? Rumors of a treasure from a Spanish galleon shipwrecked on the Oregon coast have persisted for centuries. One woman has made it her mission to track down the truth — not for gold, but for poetry. Leah Sottile, The Atavist

Will Travel for Ice Cream: Is this America’s most dangerous food trail? The crowdsourced Oregon Ice Cream Trail

Riverhood: The Klamath River now has the legal rights of a person. Anna V. Smith, High Country News

Dude, Where’s My Car: Great places for your stoner road trip. (Wait, isn’t everywhere amazing when you’re high?) Don’t drive while baked, kids. Also: Bring snacks. Meghan O’Dea, Willamette Week

Geek Road Trip: Is your ride nicknamed “Car Car Blinks”? Yousa wanna read about this Star Wars–themed road trip. Rob Owen, Seattle Times

Redwood Empire: Want to go to Grunkle Stan’s Mystery Shack? A trip with Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch in search of strange tourist traps. Mike Gencarelli, Media Mikes

Art Crawl: The Oregon Coast has always been an ace road trip for nature, now it’s got a new theme: Art. Sarah Hutchins, PDX Monthly


Washington Travel Stories

Pacific Northwest Travel Stories - Washington

For some people, a free canoe on the side of the road wouldn’t warrant a second glance. Vashon Island resident Jesse Gardner hit the brakes. She needed that canoe, even if she couldn’t understand why at the time — or how on earth she was going to get it home. Read this Statesider story — and catch the audio version too!


In an Octopus’s Garden with Bruce: Just north of Seattle, you can now explore two and a half miles of trails, populated by an amazing array of local wildlife all thanks to one man’s obsession. Also, it’s underwater. Amanda Castleman, Scuba Diving

Seattle Goes Nuts: Every year, a chestnut-lined street becomes a free-for-all harvest (and culture clash). Nicole Brodeur, Seattle Times

Trapped in America: Getting to Point Roberts, Wash., requires two international border crossings. Perhaps that’s why the coronavirus hasn’t made it there. Neither can you. Ruth Fremson, New York Times

Mt. Rainier: The man with the record for the fastest climb of Mount Everest traded his native Nepal for Washington. Now visitors can get a taste of Nepal at the restaurant he and his wife run (plus huckleberry pie, because pie). Naomi Tomky, Cowboys & Indians

Seattle Weird: The northwest city has a long history of weird. Paul Dorpat made it his job to document said weirdness. Katie Wilson, Crosscut

Geek Road Trip: Is your ride nicknamed “Car Car Blinks”? Yousa wanna read about this Star Wars–themed road trip. Rob Owen, Seattle Times

Pet Road Trip: Road-tripping with your dog: it’s a thing, and it’s fun. Stefanie Loh, Seattle Times

Hygiene Department: Who pooped in the park? Is social media leading to a parkland poo-splosion? Terry Wood, Seattle Times

The Craziest Scoop: Nettles. Fiddlehead ferns. Pine nuts. Ash. These outdoorsy Pacific Northwest ice cream flavors are getting wild. Jackie Varriano, Seattle Times

On the Waterfront: In Seattle and other waterfront cities, engineers are devising new ways to encourage marine biodiversity. Tyee Bridge, Hakai Magazine

Outdoorsy & Asian: When Washington outdoorsman Christopher Chalaka looked for a group of like-minded outdoorsy Asian-Pacific Islanders, his search came up empty. So Chakala started Outdoor Asian, now with three active chapters and growing. Manola Secaira, Crosscut

Mochi Madness: Pam Mandel attended a traditional Japanese New Year’s mochi pounding on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Bainbridge was home to a thriving Japanese farming community until the Japanese Exclusion Act of 1942. Pam Mandel, Nerd’s Eye View

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