Places to visit near Seattle

osprey nest at Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort

A restful stay at Osprey’s Nest at the Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort in Leavenworth

August 10, 2025

When’s the last time you went to Leavenworth? Even growing up north of the border in Vancouver BC, we knew of this adorable Bavarian town in Eastern Washington and I visited a few times as a kid. The whole places has such fun character and its mountain backdrop is just stunning. I didn’t know of […]

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Glass exhibit outside the Museum of glass in Tacoma

The time I drove a Ferrari in Tacoma

September 3, 2016

A few months ago, the family and I visited Tacoma for a weekend and had a fantastic time.  Although this city is only about an hour’s drive from Seattle there is so much to do that a weekend’s visit there felt like a perfect northwest ‘Staycation’ holiday. We really enjoyed visiting the Tacoma Art Museum […]

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