TravelnWrite

Travel tidbits from the satchel came from this week's emails: * Van couver, British Columbia – Our neighbor to the north is celebratin...

J. Smith photo - (c) 2011 Kirkland, the city just east of Seattle on the eastern shore of Lake Washington, in recent years has been calle...

We love Vegas Happy Hours – it’s that time period in late afternoon or early evening when restaurants and/or bars offer discount appetizers...

  This week's focus is on the Yakima Valley, where I grew up, because  nearly 80% of the United State’s hop crop is grown there. And ...

No matter what end of  The Strip we stay on, a visit to the Conservatory and Botanical Gardens at the Bellagio , 3600 Las Vegas Blvd., is a...

So who in their right minds would go to Vegas in the middle of July?  We would! And did. . .along with thousands of others, young and old,...

* Las Vegas:   Ever wonder what happens to those neon lights that have helped make this place famous when they dim or die?  Some 150 of t...

Years ago this small town at the foot of Lake Chelan was known for its orchards.  Then a decade ago acres of those orchards gave way to vine...