Vampire series brings Washington town back from the dead - Chicago Tribune (Hoh rain forest)
FORKS, Wash. “We think Bella’s bedroom is up there,” Mike Gurling says, pointing to a second-story window. “When you read the book, this is the perfect image of how you picture Bella’s house to be.” Gurling is in the driver’s seat of a big blue van
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Petroleum-propelled people communing with nature - Seattle Times
In Washington state, we consume the world’s petroleum and offer it none of our own. But this state once had an oil rush a small one and the beginnings of a boomtown called Oil City. It was on the Olympic Peninsula at the mouth of the Hoh
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Olympic National Park trails reopen for spring hikers - Everett Herald
Skiers and boarders are still trekking to the mountains, giving thanks to the spring-skiing snow gods. But most non-snowriders have turned their attention to lower elevations with hopes of hiking there, and eventually nearer the peaks. Let’s start
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