Featured image by menglei, via Creative Commons Hungry for crab? Want to dance to classic rock music while helping the sight and hearing impaired? Then mark your calendar for the Lakewood First Lions Club's Fifth Annual Crab Feed on Saturday, January 27, 6 p.m. at the Sharon McGavick Center at Clover Park Technical College, 4500 … Continue reading Eat crab, dance to support sight and hearing programs January 27 in Lakewood, WA

Featured photo credit: Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce In Leavenworth, Washington, the festive lights shine far beyond the Christmas holiday season. They greet the new year and invite locals and visitors to join in a multitude of winter activities at Bavarian Icefest on January 13 and 14. Play games like Frisbee Sweep, Ice Cube Scramble, and … Continue reading Play in the snow at Bavarian Icefest January 13-14 in Leavenworth, WA

Featured photo: Ice carving at Lake Chelan Winterfest in central Washington (photo by Kristen J. Cox; courtesy Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce) Break that cabin fever with some fun in the snow at the Lake Chelan Winterfest this weekend and next in central Washington. Watch sculptors shape 45,000 pounds of ice into works of art. … Continue reading Ice carving, snowga, music, food and drink, and Tsilly at Lake Chelan Winterfest January 12-21

Featured image from a previous Conconully Snow Dog Super Mush (photo by Tom Reichner, courtesy Okanogan County Tourism Council) It's the largest mushing event in Washington State, and it's returning for its seventeenth season January 26-28 in Conconully. Watch dogsled teams from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Canada compete for prizes in three classes: 8-Dog … Continue reading Conconully Snow Dog Super Mush January 26-28 in northcentral Washington

Featured image: A human-dog team competes in a previous Methow Valley Doggy Dash. (photo courtesy Okanogan County Tourism Council) The Methow Valley Doggie Dash is a race unlike any other. Every year, dogs and their human companies gather at the Winthrop Town Trailhead in Winthrop, Washington, to compete for the Golden Poodle Award. This year, … Continue reading Methow Valley Doggie Dash returns to Winthrop, WA, February 18

Featured image: Flies (photo by Sarah Labuda, via Creative Commons) Learn the craft of tying your own fishing flies from some of the region's top experts at Clark-Skamania Flyfishers' annual Introduction to Fly Tying class starting Saturday, January 20, 2-6 p.m. The four-week class includes lectures and demonstrations about fly tying, along with hands-on activities … Continue reading Learn fly tying at a class starting January 20 in Vancouver, WA

Photos from Okanogan County Tourism Council Love a challenge? Brave winter's cold to try your luck at ice fishing on Sidley and Molson Lakes near Molson, a ghost town in northcentral Washington. It's happening at the 2018 Northwest Ice Fishing Festival on Saturday, January 13. The competition runs 8 a.m.-3 p.m., and the grand prize … Continue reading 2018 Northwest Ice Fishing Festival Saturday, January 13, in Molson, WA

Photos courtesy New York Botanical Garden If you're still looking for festive holiday activities to do in the new year, the New York Botanical Garden's Holiday Train Show© continues through Monday, January 15, in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. Watch G-scale model trains chug on two miles of track, passing 150 famous New York landmarks. … Continue reading New York Botanical Garden’s Holiday Train Show© a miniature tour through the city

Photos by Cheryl Landes, all from the Seattle Lantern Light Festival in Puyallup, Washington Dozens of hand-crafted Chinese lanterns are on display at two Lantern Light Festivals in Puyallup (pew-ALL-up), Washington (35 miles south of Seattle), and Tulsa, Oklahoma. These lanterns, some more than 30 feet high and others up to 300 feet long, were … Continue reading Popularity extends Seattle and Tulsa Lantern Light Festival dates this month

Photos courtesy Conconully Chamber of Commerce, Conconully, Washington Looking for something to do that will keep you knee deep in stories for a long time? Then check out the 25th annual Outhouse Races in Conconully, Washington. On Saturday, January 13, show up on Main Street at 11 a.m.-noon to vote for the People's Choice Outhouse … Continue reading These outhouse races in Conconully on January 13 will crack you up