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Red Apple Flyers Field Exciting Radio-Controlled Aircraft Demonstrations! For more information contact the East Wenatchee Events Office at 509-886-6108 or visit www.east-wenatchee.com
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he Wenatchee Valley is the Apple Capital of the World. Here you’ll find restaurants, shopping, outdoors sports, entertainment and lots of places to stay. You’ll find a charming downtown right next to gorgeous riverfront parks — including the big, new Pybus Public Market with its shops and farmers market — and a 10-mile paved trail that is the envy of the Pacific Northwest. There are fruit stands in
nearby orchards of apples, pears and cherries. In the warm months, there are water sports and outdoors adventures. In winter, Mission Ridge Ski & Board Resort ofers deep powder, short lines, lessons and challenging runs just 11.5 miles from the city. The Wenatchee Valley is part of a growing wine region, with many area wineries producing award-winning vintages. Tasting rooms are
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Skiers and snowboarders take the lift to hit the slopes on opening day at Mission Ridge Ski & Board Resort.
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Above, Heidi Bussell finds her smore a bit sticky at Winterfest at Centennial Park in downtown Wenatchee. At right, members of the Wenatchee Youth Circus practice flips in Walla Walla Point Park as a crowd gathers for the Fourth of July celebration. From left are Chris Brown, Wenatchee, Cole Tipton, Ellensburg, Alex Cvitkovic, and William Tuthill both of Wenatchee.
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Katie Dolan, holding her son, Dash, hikes in the Saddle Rock area along with friend Elisabeth Tilstra. throughout the valley. On Wenatchee Avenue, there are antiques stores, speciality shops and interesting restaurants. On First Street, near the Wenatchee Convention Center and Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee, there’s a pedestrian bridge to parks along the Columbia River and the Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail. You’ll find restaurants, hotels,
stores and services along North Wenatchee Avenue. East Wenatchee has the Wenatchee Valley Mall, stores and restaurants.
LOOP TRAIL The Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail is where to go to get away from it all without leaving the city. You can bike the wide, friendly
paved trail in about an hour. Always protected from traffic, the trail crosses the Columbia River twice and the Wenatchee River once. It passes through groomed parks on the Wenatchee side and shrubbesteppe on the east side. You’ll see wildlife, kids and adults, bikes, joggers and a gorgeous view of the Wenatchee foothills.
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WENATCHEE DAY HIKE If you have a few minutes or an afternoon, stretch your legs on trails in the Wenatchee foothills. (Trail guide info: justgetout.net/wenatchee) The well-marked paths will give you great views of the city, Columbia River and surrounding hills and mountains.
CHUG ALONG Round and round we roll — woo! woo! — as engineers on the Wenatchee Riverfront Railway’s mini-train toot their own horns. And rightly so. The 10-inch gauge railway has to be some of the cheapest fun (kids $2) in Wenatchee as it makes tracks on tracks laid in Riverfront Park near the Columbia River. Train bufs affiliated with the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center keep it chugging on a spare schedule of only 15 days a year, and its infrequent operation is deďŹ nitely part of its must-ride appeal. Plus, the diminutive railway has a cute little train station with a real caboose to clamber over.
FIRST FRIDAYS Wenatchee First Fridays ArtsWalk is a great way to have fun downtown checking out the work of artists in shops, galleries and restaurants. The afternoon-early evening lineup
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A ray of sunshine hits the fall foliage along the Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail at the foot of Fifth Street. changes each month, so there’s always something new to see and experience. Sculpture, painting, music ... and much more. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. the ďŹ rst Friday of each month. For info and a list of artists and businesses for the current month’s lineup: Wenatchee First Fridays on Facebook or at their blog: http://tinyurl.com/ bbvbb2q
BLUE LAGOON Talk all you want about your favorite swimming holes in mountain lakes and lowland creeks. (Yeah, yeah, they’re all
glorious.) Truth is, few dipping spots are as easy to reach and, some would say, more fun than the swimming lagoon at Wenatchee’s Walla Walla Point Park. Perfect for kids, the 225-foot long oat-lined area (with beach) is a wading and dog-paddler´s paradise. Parking lot nearby. Restrooms nearby. Snack stand open nearby during softball games. Plus, the slowly moving water, fed by the Columbia River, warms by midday to ... well, not toasty but comfortable. That means the lagoon’s only goosebumps will be on the geese at water’s edge, not your kids. Honk.
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Logan Faulkner, of Beverton, Ore., plays in the Rotary Park splash pad in Wenatchee on Western Avenue.
One of the more stylish participants in the annual Jr. Ridge to River Relay race held at Walla Walla Point Park in Wenatchee.
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Young squirts love Wenatchee’s Rotary Park Splash Pad because it does just that — squirts and splashes. Locally, a more squeal-inducing water experience simply isn’t available at the rock-bottom price of free. About half the size of a basketball court, the Splash Pad is dotted with spray nozzles, shower heads, water cannons and other kinds of slooshing devices. Sure, wear a swimsuit if you like, but many folks, urged by summery heat, take the leap in shorts, T-shirts and big grins. Hint: Watch out for nerdy teens on the water cannons who’ve been trained on video war games. They’re crackerjack shots.
Bomber Bowl, one of the most popular runs at Mission Ridge Ski & Board Resort, gets its name from the 1944 crash of a B-24 bomber. It crashed about 500 feet below the summit, killing all six crewmen. A monument — a wing of the plane and marker — are mounted at the site.
CLICKETY-CLACK That big hulking choo-choo at the center of Locomotive Park should definitely chug to the top of your whistle-stop tour of Wenatchee´s must-see sights. The Great Northern 1147 steam locomotive, 110 years old this year, and its accompanying tender car weigh 129 tons,
stretch nearly 70 feet long and lug a boxcar-full of history. It woo-woo´ed through the Leavenworth-Wenatchee areas up till the mid-1940s, when diesel engines replaced steam, and even ran the WenatcheeOroville route for awhile. Legend says Ol´ 1147 set a record on that route by hauling the longest train ever for its class. Now, the Wenatchee Riverfront Railway group and other community organizations help keep it ontrack as a favorite attraction.
PAINT BY NUMBERS North of Wenatchee, Entiat High School graduates paint their class year on Numeral Mountain, just across the Entiat River from town. The tradition began in the 1920s.
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Brad Schmidt, Leavenworth, heads up the Columbia River on his paddle board from Kirby Billingsley Hydro Park near East Wenatchee.
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Here’s all the dirt, just three words, on how to raise the most lush and colorful gardens possible in our arid area — Community Education Garden. Dig it? Designed and planted by our local WSU Master Gardeners, the oneand-a-half acre plot at the Washington State University Tree Fruit Research Center (Springwater and Western avenues) features flowers, grasses, trees and various turfs that actually thrive on climatic extremes of hot summers, cold winters and, for some of us, lukewarm cultivation skills. The project’s goal is nothing short of providing you the know-how for a colorful garden year-round, say the Masters themselves. Visit soon — it’s bloomin’ terrific.
Grab a blanket and a picnic and head to Ohme Garden, an alpine retreat overlooking the Columbia River on the north edge of Wenatchee. You’ll find paths, lots of shade from highcountry trees transplanted to the scenic spot. The ridgetop oasis, maturing for 82 years into an alpine wonderland, ofers multiple water features — ponds, streams, waterfalls — surrounded by towering firs and cedars. Heck, it’s so shady in some groves that frequent visitors often bring sweaters (even in July) to ward of the noontime chill. Our favorite: the Sylvan Pool, where handcrafted stone benches deliver additional cool comfort. And don’t forget, flower lovers, that out in the sunny meadows alpine blooms last well into summer.
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Aaron Fahey of East Wenatchee throws a disc at the basket while playing disc golf at Rotary Park in Wenatchee.
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Clouds moving over the Wenatchee Valley provide a backdrop for the twin birds atop the monument at Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Park on Fancher Heights. The park and basalt spire honor aviators Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, who completed the first non-stop flight over the Pacific Ocean in 1931 and crash-landed at nearby Fancher Field.
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ast Wenatchee, on the east bank of the Columbia River, has the only indoor shopping mall in the region, Wenatchee Valley Mall. You’ll find Macy’s, Ross, Sears and more than 40 other stores and restaurants, including Olive Garden. Many more stores and fast food spots are nearby. The eastside also has beautiful views (the best in the Wenatchee area) of the Cascade Mountains, from Mission Ridge Ski & Board
Resort to the Wenatchee Foothills and beyond. Get close to the Columbia River on the paved Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail. Try the 19th Street Trailhead, near to town, for easy access to the shady Porter’s Pond Nature Area. For a quick thrill, catch the trail at 9th Street and walk on the trail’s Pipeline Bridge over the Columbia River. East Wenatchee’s role in aviation history was made
when the Miss Veedol made the first nonstop trans-Pacific flight from the sandy shores of Sabishiro Beach in Misawa, Japan, to the sandy hills above East Wenatchee in 1931. The city commemorates the historical flight with a thriving sister-city relationship with Misawa and an annual festival — Wings & Wheels — when you can see a lovingly restored Miss Veedol replica fly again. Every October.
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THRILLS FROM ABOVE If the Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail has a thrill spot — a point where hikers and bikers say, “Whoa, mama, this is cool!” — it´s gotta be the 103-year-old Pedestrian Pipeline Bridge. It´s just plain fun to be held aloft on the 1,000-foot-long steel truss span, the very first road bridge across the Columbia River. Sure, the wagons and Model-Ts have been replaced with swoop-helmeted cyclists and young moms pushing giant strollers. But the big irrigation pipe — a fixture on the bridge since its construction — still carries water to 4,000 acres of East Wenatchee fruit trees.
ANCIENT REMNANTS
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Clovis stone and bone tools were discovered near East Wenatchee and are more than 11,000 years old.
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Ice Age floods shaped much of what you see in the valley, with some of the ancient deluges rising to 1,100 feet. And there were a lot of floods. Maybe 90 or so.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE Publicly owned dams on the Columbia River provide the cheapest power in the United States, about a third of Seattle’s rates and a fifth of California’s.
A FRIENDLY OASIS The Bridge of Friendship Japanese Garden in East Wenatchee is so creatively designed — shade, breezes, flowing water — that visitors can find cool relief even on the hottest summer evenings. This eight-year-old pocket park is tucked only a dozen steps from the busy intersection of 9th Street N.E. and Eastmont
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Ron Marotta of East Wenatchee gets in some cross country skiing at Eastmont Community Park in East Wenatchee. Avenue, yet provides the unexpected paradox of stillness amid visual variety. No lie. Follow the park’s short trail to its cedar bridge, rest under its cover, listen to its waterfall’s gurgle, and you’ll agree this urban patch of perfection is a landscaping gem.
Wenatchee Valley
MUSEUM & Cultural Center Experience the unique heritage of the Wenatchee Valley through exhibitions on the thriving fruit industry, thousands of years old Clovis Points, Native American culture and petroglyphs, regional transportation and aviation history. Run the HO gauge train layout of the Great Northern Railway across the Cascades; track the route of the first non-stop transpacific flight and see apples fly through the air on our 1920s era apple sorter. Wenatchee Valley Museum has programs on the history, arts, sciences and rich diversity of the region. These include enrichment classes for kids, silent movies with live organ accompaniment, monthly First Friday exhibit openings with extended hours, docent tours and more. Just inside the doors, the Museum Store has a great selection of books, jewelry, old-fashioned toys, original fruit labels and gift items.
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Pam Cooke of Orondo buys peaches from Octavio Torres at Feil Fruit Stand on Baker Flats north of East Wenatchee.
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his is, of course, apple country. But pears and cherries are big business here, too. Washington produces twothirds of all fresh apples consumed in the U.S., 60 percent of all cherries and 45 percent of all pears
North Central Washington accounts for about 40 percent of the $3.5 billion in warehouse tree fruit sales statewide NCW fruit heads to every U.S. state, as well as to 60 countries, including Mexico, Canada, India, Saudi Arabia, China and Indonesia.
NCW FRUITSTANDS â—† Stemilt Bountiful Fruit Store: 3615 Highway 97A, just north of Wenatchee; (509) 6637848. â—† Blueberry Hills Farm: 1315 Washington St, Manson; (509) 687-2379.
The Wenatchee World Visitor Guide | 2013 ◆ Farmhouse Table Produce Market: 10 N. Mission St., Wenatchee; (509) 888-3010. ◆ Nicholson’s Orchard Fresh: Campbell Road and Highway 97, Peshastin; (509) 548-9152. ◆ Okanogan Estate and Vineyard & Gift Shop: 1205 Main St./Highway 97, Oroville; (509) 476-2736. ◆ Taber’s Taste of Summer: 33349 Highway 97, Oroville; (509) 476-3646. ◆ White Trail Produce: 10024 Road U NW, Quincy; (509) 787-1543. ◆ Mike’s Meat & Farmers Market: 1202 N. Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee; (509) 6672141. ◆ Smithson Ranch Farmfresh Vegetables & Fruits: 7500 Highway 97 Peshastin, 7/10 mile from the junction of Highways 2 and 97; (509) 548-7553. ◆ Stutzman Ranch: 2208 Easy St., Monitor, 1 mile east on Easy Street from Monitor stoplight on Highway 2/97; (509) 667-1664. ◆ Eagle Rock Fruit Stand.: 4911 Selfs Rd, Cashmere, WA 98815 1.5 miles west of Monitor, 1.6 miles east of Cashmere, north side of Highway 2/97; (509) 264-4890. ◆ Smallwood’s Harvest: 10461 Stemm Road, Peshastin. On Highway 2, three miles east of Leavenworth; (509) 548-4196. ◆ Southern Roots Vegetable Stand: Clarke Orchards, three miles southeast of Leavenworth on North Road; (509) 548-3581. ◆ Prey’s Fruit Barn: 11007 Highway 2, Peshastin, 1.5 miles east of Leavenworth on south side of Highway 2; (509) 5485771. ◆ Miller Orchards Fruit Stand: 7206 Highway 97, 1.1 mile up Highway 97 from the junction with Highway 2; (509) 548-7865.
◆ Orchard Run: 1.7 miles
south on Highway 97 from junction with Highway 2; (509) 782-2522. ◆ Nicholson’s Orchard Fresh Fruit: On Highway 97, two miles south of junction with Highway 2; (509) 5489152. ◆ Western Avenue Fruit Stand: 1701 N. Western Ave., Wenatchee; (509) 679-6160. ◆ First Fruits Produce Market: 13023 Highway 2, East Wenatchee. On Highway 2/97, about 2 1/2 miles north of Sunset Highway and the Odabashian Bridge in East Wenatchee; (509) 884-3000. ◆ B&B: 13041 Highway 2, East Wenatchee. On Highway 2/97, about 2.6 miles from Sunset Highway and the Odabashian Bridge in East Wenatchee; (509) 884-2522. ◆ Feil Orchards: 13073 Highway 2, East Wenatchee. Highway 2/97, 2 1/2 miles north of the Odabashian Bridge; (509) 884-7570. ◆ Estes Fruit Stand: 13656 Highway 2, East Wenatchee. Four miles north of Lincoln
Rock State Park on Highway 97; (509) 886-8830. ◆ Orondo Fruit Stand: On Highway 2/97, less than a halfmile from the Waterville turnoff; (509) 784-1451. ◆ Brandt Orchards: Less than a half-mile from the Highway 2 and 97 split and the Waterville turnoff; (509) 784-1848. ◆ Orondo Cider Works: 1 Edgewater Drive, Orondo. On Highway 97, five miles from Daroga State Park, 10 miles south of the Beebe Bridge; (509) 784-1029. ◆ Lone Pine Fruit and Espresso: 23041 Highway 97, Orondo. Four miles south of Beebe Bridge on Highway 97; (509) 682-1514. ◆ Sunshine Farm Market: 37 Highway 97A, Chelan; (509) 682-1350. ◆ Trader John’s: 14360 Highway 97A, Entiat; (509) 784-1430. ◆ Homestead Fruit Stand: 7920 Highway 97A, Wenatchee. On Highway 97A, about four miles from Rocky Reach; (509) 665-8243.
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Pipitone Farms employee Glory MacKenna stocks a tray of organic peaches for sale at the Wenatchee Valley Farmers Market.
Fruit for sale at Feil Fruit Stand on Baker Flats north of East Wenatchee.
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Sarah Dempsey and her husband, Shon, Wenatchee, smell samples of brewing coffee at the Barista Jam hosted by Caffé Mela in Wenatchee. Below are two competing concoctions from the competition.
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Blue Star Coffee Roaster in Twisp was selected one of the top 32 coffee roasters in the western U.S. and Canada. It won “America’s Best Coffee Roaster” competition at Coffee Fest in Seattle in 2012. ◆ Blue Star Coffee Roasters, Highway 20 and Twisp Airport Road, Twisp, 509-997-2583, bluestarcoffeeroasters.com
◆ Caffé Mela, 17 North Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee, 509-888-0374, caffemela.com ◆ Backcountry Coffee Roasters, 6 Horizon Flat Road #4, Winthrop, 509-996-3371, backcountrycoffee.com ◆ J5 Coffee, 207-G Mission St., Cashmere, 509-741-7707, j5coffee.com ◆ Conconully Coffee Co., 509-826-5181, conconullycoffee. com
◆ Alpine Coffee Roasters, 894 Highway 2, Leavenworth, (509) 548-3313, alpinecoffeeroasters.com ◆ Blue Spirits Coffee Roasting, 324 Minneapolis Beach Road, Chelan, 206-310-3945, bluespiritscoffee.com
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Jim McDonnell and his daughter Vivian, Wenatchee, play at Walla Walla Point Park in Wenatchee.
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in downtown Wenatchee The latest addition is Country Boys BBQ , which brings to its new Orondo Avenue location the almost cult-like following it’s built over the years at its Cashmere home. And more are on the way,
including India House in the former Smokeblossom location and a few restaurants in the Pybus Public Market opening in May. For wine lovers, the addition of The Wine Thief across
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New taste in town Wenatchee welcomes Pybus P
ybus Public Market will open May 11 at the foot of Orondo Avenue on the Columbia River in the historic Pybus building, a former steel fabrication plant. This is the first year for the waterfront market. It is home to shops and restaurants and the popular Wenatchee Val-
ley Farmers Market. Look for the market’s big red neon sign anywhere along Orondo Avenue from the Chelan County Courthouse to Wenatchee Avenue, in downtown Wenatchee.
STRETCH YOUR LEGS Start at Pybus Market and
walk north about 350 yards on the paved Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail, past a boat launch, pole-top osprey nest, public art scultures and great views of the Columbia River. Take the Riverwalk Crossing pedestrian bridge to Wenatchee Avenue and First Street, about 400 yards. The Performing Arts
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WHAT’S IN THE MARKET The main Saturday farmers market opens May 11 and a Wednesday market opens at the same location on June 26. The outside markets run through October. Info: 663-8712 or wenatcheefarmersmarket.com ◆ Almond Blossom Roasted Nuts ◆ Anjou at the Airstream (Rivets): coffee, pastries,
road food â—† Auvil Fruit Company: fruit and related items â—† chĂĄ: ďŹ ne teas and accessories â—† D’Olivo: oils and vinegars â—† Full Bloom Flowers and Plants â—† Jones of Washington Winery: wine tasting â—† Mike’s Meat & Seafood â—† Pybus Bistro: French bistro serving lunch and dinner â—† Riverside Design: metal art works â—† Royal Produce â—† Ruby Marz Bakery: breakfast, lunch, espresso, baked goods â—† South: Latin restaurant â—† The Sweet Spot: nostalgic candy, games and ice cream â—† Visconti’s at Pybus: cured meats, gelato, brick oven pizza â—† Wenatchee Valley Farmers Market: country store
Public Market Center of Wenatchee plaza offers seating, a big fountain, and more public art. Head south two blocks on Wenatchee Avenue past the historic Owl Soda Fountain, more shops and antique shops and restaurants to Orondo Avenue. Head east about 400 yards back to Pybus Market.
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Above, the Art on the Avenues sculpture Humpback Whale. At left, rain droplets cover PED. Both are pieces in the sculpture garden at Riverfront Park. Lower left, is Guppo the Clown, a tribute to local legend Paul Pugh. The sculpture is located in downtown Wenatchee.
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Above, the annual Back-to-school Clothing Giveaway is held at the First Presbyterian Church’s parking lot in Wenatchee. The event is spearheaded by Serve Wenatchee Valley. At right, Mariya Kostenko of Wenatchee has lunch with her daughter Aliyah Garcia at Walla Walla Point Park. Below, Don Mooney, Wenatchee, stretches on the Riverwalk Crossing, the bridge which ties the Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail to Wenatchee’s downtown district.
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own Toyota Center in Wenatchee is North Central Washington’s biggest indoor stage. The arena, next door to riverfront Walla Walla Point Park, hosts Wenatchee Wild hockey, trade shows, concerts and ice shows, and has a full-size community ice rink. ◆ April 20: Touch a Truck ◆ May 3-4: G.S. Long Bull Riding Blowout ◆ June 21-23: Regional Figure Skating competition Check towntoyotacenter. com for the latest events.
PUBLIC SKATING The community ice rink at the Town Toyota Center is a popular gathering spot for people of all ages. Public skating time — 1 to 3 p.m. daily and 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays — draws ice lovers of all ages.
TRY CURLING The Wenatchee Curling Club hosts “Learn to Curl” sessions as well as weekly league play. You can find club members doing their thing most Sunday evenings at the Town Toyota Center from 5 to 7:30 p.m. through March. Find more information at wenatcheecurlingclub.com.
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the arena crowd at Town Toyota Center Public ice skating, a Wenatchee Wild hockey game, center, and a roller derby match, opposite, are just a sampling of the events at Town Toyota Center in Wenatchee.
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The Wenatchee AppleSox baseball team celebrates after winning the league championship series last year.
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he Wenatchee AppleSox will open their 14th season at home on June 5 against the Corvallis Knights in a rematch of the 2012 West Coast League championship series. Wenatchee’s 58-game season will include 31 home games.
Two expansion franchises, the Victoria HarbourCats and the Medford Rogues, have been added to the WCL. In addition to WCL play, the AppleSox will have four nonleague games — a pair of series against the Everett Merchants and San Francisco Seals.
The AppleSox won their fifth WCL championship in 2012, their third title in four years. The Wenatchee AppleSox play at Wenatchee Valley College’s Paul Thomas Sr. Field, on Fifth Street at Wenatchee Valley College. Adult tickets: $6. Info: applesox.com
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2013 AppleSox schedule JUNE ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆
5, vs. Corvallis 7:05 p.m. 6, vs. Corvallis 7:05 p.m. 7, vs. Corvallis 7:05 p.m. 8, vs. Everett* 7:05 p.m. 9, vs. Everett* 1:05 p.m. 12, at Bellingham 7:05 p.m. 13, at Bellingham 7:05 p.m. 14, at Bellingham 7:05 p.m. 15, vs. Klamath Falls 7:05 p.m. 16, vs. Klamath Falls 6:05 p.m. 17, vs. Klamath Falls 7:05 p.m. 18, at Walla Walla 7:05 p.m. 19, at Walla Walla 7:05 p.m. 20, at Walla Walla 7:05 p.m. 21, vs. Kitsap 7:05 p.m. 22, vs. Kitsap 7:05 p.m. 23, vs. Kitsap 7:05 p.m. 24, at Medford 6:35 p.m. 25, at Medford 6:35 p.m. 26, at Medford 7:05 p.m. 27, at Klamath Falls 6:35 p.m. 28, at Klamath Falls 6:35 p.m. 29, at Klamath Falls 6:35 p.m.
JULY 2, at Victoria 7:05 p.m. 3, at Victoria 7:05 p.m. 4, at Victoria 7:05 p.m. 5, at Kitsap 7:35 p.m. 6, at Kitsap 6:35 p.m. 7, at Kitsap 1:35 p.m. ◆ 8, at Corvallis 6:40 p.m. ◆ 9, at Corvallis 6:40 p.m. ◆ 10, at Corvallis 6:40 p.m. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆
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13, vs. Medford 7:05 p.m. 14, vs. Medford 6:05 p.m. 15, vs. Medford 7:05 p.m. 16, vs. Kelowna 7:05 p.m. 17, vs. Kelowna 7:05 p.m. 18, vs. Kelowna 7:05 p.m. 19, at Victoria 7:05 p.m. 20, at Victoria 7:05 p.m. 21, at Victoria 7:05 p.m. 24, vs. Bellingham 7:05 p.m. 25, vs. Bellingham 7:05 p.m. 26, vs. Bellingham 7:05 p.m. 27, at Bend 6:35 p.m. 28, at Bend 6:35 p.m. 29, at Bend 6:35 p.m. 30, vs. Walla Walla 7:05 p.m. 31, vs. Walla Walla 7:05 p.m.
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AUGUST ◆ 1, vs. Walla Walla
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Around we go Wenatchee Valley Super Oval schedule APRIL 20 ◆ Open Practice
APRIL 26 ◆ P.A.S.S. Practice
APRIL 27 ◆ PASS Super Late Model
Apple Blossom 200 ◆ Pro 4 Alliance 75 laps ◆ Wesco Sprint Cars
40 laps ◆ Jerry’s Auto Supply Pure
Stocks 35 laps
MAY 18 ◆ WVSO Super Late
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Car races at the Wenatchee Valley Super Oval near East Wenatchee.
Models 50 laps ◆ Dick’s Heating & Air
JUNE 15
Conditioning Thundercars 35 laps ◆ Mini Supers 35 laps ◆ KKRV Youth Hornets 25 laps ◆ Pro4 Trucks 40 laps
◆ PASS Super Late Model
JUNE 1 ◆ Westcoast Street Stocks
75 laps ◆ Dick’s Heating & Air Conditioning Thunder Cars 35 laps ◆ Jerry’s Auto Supply Pure Stocks 35 laps ◆ KKRV Youth Hornets 25 laps
JUNE 14 ◆ PASS Practice
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Columbia River 150 Pro 4 Alliance 75 laps Wesco Sprint Cars 40 laps CAN-AM Thunder Challenge 75 laps Pure Stocks 35 laps
JUNE 28
Invitational 40 laps ◆ Mini Supers 35 laps ◆ Dick’s Heating & Air
Conditioning Thunder Cars 35 laps ◆ Jerry’s Auto Supply Pure Stocks 35 Laps ◆ KKRV Youth Hornets 25 Laps
JULY 13 ◆ Westcoast Street Stock
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JUNE 29 ◆ Westcoast Vintage
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Modifieds 40 laps ◆ Early Stock Can-Am
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Series 75 laps WVSO Super Late Models 50 laps Dick’s Heating & Air Conditioning Thunder Cars 35 laps, Jerry’s Auto Supply Pure Stocks 35 Laps KKRV Youth Hornets
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JULY 27 ◆ North American Big Rigs ◆ Mini Supers 35 laps ◆ Jerry’s Auto Supply Pure
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AUGUST 9 ◆ PASS Super Late Models
Qualifying and Qualifying Race ◆ Wesco Sprint Cars Qualifying and Qualifying Race ◆ Legends Main ◆ KKRV Youth Hornets 25 laps
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AUGUST 10 ◆ PASS Super Late Model ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆
Wenatchee Valley 300 Pro 4 Alliance 75 Laps Wesco Sprints 50 laps Legends Regional Race 50 Laps Jerry’s Auto Supply Pure Stocks 35 Laps
AUGUST 24 ◆ Freestyle Motocross
◆ Pro4 Trucks 40 laps ◆ Dick’s Heating & Air
Conditioning Thunder Cars ◆ Mini Supers ◆ Jerry’s Auto Supply Pure Stocks ◆ KKRV Youth Hornets
SEPTEMBER 21 ◆ WVSO Super Late Model
Championship 50 Laps ◆ Mini Supers
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irst of all, the view from the top is simply breathtaking. You can see the Columbia River Valley stretch away to the north, the mighty Cascade Range and Mount Rainier to the west, and a large swath of
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Central Washington to the east and south. And after you’ve taken in the view, the real thrill begins. Mission Ridge Ski & Board Resort has some of the best downhill skiing terrain in the state. And with its expanded
snowmaking system, it’s also one of the first resorts to open. Just a short 12 miles from Wenatchee and only three hours from most major cities in Washington, Mission Ridge is a snow enthusiast’s dream come true.
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TAKE A HIKE Mission Ridge-PipelineSquilchuck-Clara Lake Loop: Take the wide, paved road to the Mission Ridge Ski and Board Resort, just 11.5 miles from Wenatchee. The hike’s 6,000 foot high point at Lake Clara offers great views. It’s a great hike any time of year, but particularly gorgeous in October when the larches change color. Get to the trail from the Mission Ridge ski area parking lot. The loop is about 7 miles with about 1,050 feet of elevation gain, but several variations are possible for shorter or longer hikes. No pass required.
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Ridge On the hill, you’ll have plenty of room to roam, with 2,000 acres of groomed runs and open slopes. There are generous, gentle and slower-paced runs for children, beginners, families and infrequent skiers and riders.
Josh West flies off a jump at Mission Ridge’s Black Out Rail Jam.
Higher up, the mountain offers a challenge for the most demanding skiers and snowboarders. Many hotels and lodging properties throughout North Central Washington provide discounted lift tickets, too.
Some people know they’ve ďŹ nally found their sport when they hear about Mission Ridge’s annual Downhill Dummy Race. “Sign me up,â€? they blurt. But here’s the thing ‌ the race is only for real dummies — the stiff, stuffed, glassy-eyed kind. (Oh wait, you do ďŹ t right in.) Participants handcraft their dummies, or wildly dress up a mannequin, and then bolt them to skis or snowboards and let ‘em slide to the ďŹ nish line. The most elaborate concoctions are life-sized papier machĂŠ likenesses of baseball players or movie stars, or scarecrow-like characters riding a giant salmon or squeezed into an airplane.
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Tracks haven Alpine Skiing MISSION RIDGE SKI & BOARD RESORT ◆ Location: 12 miles southwest of Wenatchee; Elevation: 4,550-6,820 feet; Lifts: One high-speed quad, three double chairs, two rope tows; Operating hours: Day skiing Thursday-Monday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m, night skiing 4 to 9 p.m. on Saturdays in January and February.; Information: 663-6543; 663-3200 (snow line); missionridge.com
STEVENS PASS SKI AREA ◆ Location: 37 miles west of Leavenworth on Highway 2; Elevation: 4,061-5,845 feet; Lifts: Two high-speed quads, one fixed quad, three triple chairs, three double chairs, plus two World photo/Don Seabrook surface conveyor lifts; Operating hours: Day skiing 9 a.m. to Helen Lietz, Peshastin, cross country skis at the Leavenworth Fish Hatchery trail. 4 p.m., night skiing 3 to 8 or 10 p.m. when conditions permit.; Information: (206) 812-4510; son. Open daily, weather perof Chelan; Elevation: 3,000(206) 634-1645 (snow line); ste- 3,900 feet; Lifts: One poma, mitting, during the Christmas venspass.com holidays, but closed Dec. 25. three rope tows; Operating Open Wednesdays in January hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on LEAVENWORTH and February. Open on Martin weekends and holidays; the BADGER MOUNTAIN ◆ Location: Three trails ski area has a day lodge, eatery Luther King Jr. holiday in JanuSKI HILL within three miles of town, ary and the entire week for and tubing hill; Information: ◆ Location: Four miles plus tubing and rope tows; Presidents Weekend Holiday 682-4002; echovalley.org southwest of Waterville; Lifts: Trails: Ski Hill — One mile in February; Information: 557One B-tow, one T-bar, and north of town on Ski Hill 3401; skitheloup.com two rope tows; Operating LOUP LOUP SKI BOWL Drive, 7K groomed and all 5K hours: Saturdays, Sundays and trails lit. Also a tubing park ◆ Location: On Highway 20 holidays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; SITZMARK SKI AREA with a tube lift and alpine skibetween Twisp and Okanogan Information: 745-8273; nwwin◆ Location: 21 miles northing with two rope tows are Elevation: 4,120-5,360 feet; tersportsman.com/BadgerMt/ east of Tonasket in Okanogan offered at Ski Hill. Golf course Lifts: One quad chair, one platindex.htm County; Elevation: 4,300-4,950 and Waterfront Park — Total ter surface tow, one rope tow; feet; Lifts: Two: One double Operating hours: Open 9 a.m. chair, one rope tow; Operating 11K, both groomed. Icicle ECHO VALLEY SKI AREA to 4 p.m. on Friday, Saturday hours: Thursdays, weekends River — Three miles south of and holidays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. town near fish hatchery, 8K and Sunday most of the sea◆ Location: 10 miles north
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LAKE WENATCHEE ◆ Location: 5 miles north of Coles Corner, off of Highway 207 North; Trails: Three areas make up the Lake Wenatchee system — South Park and North Park (about 18 kilometers of trails combined) and Nason Ridge (25 kilometers). South Park and North Park are gentle and ideal for classic skiing. Nason Ridge is more challenging and groomed for both classic and skate skiing.; Open: Daily, snow permitting; Information: (509) 763-3101, stateparks. com/lake_wenatchee.html
KAHLER GLEN ◆ Location: 4 miles north
of Coles Corner, off of Highway 207 North; Trails: There are several miles of groomed trails on Kahler Glen’s golf course. The golf course trails also connect with the larger Lake Wenatchee system.
Also, many wilderness trail routes in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Open: Daily; transportation departs from Highway 2 parking lot at various prearranged times.; Information: (509) 763-3044; scottishlakes.com
The lodge at the Leavenworth Ski Hill was built in the 1930s. Open: Daily, snow permitting. This is a private facility. However, Kahler Glen has a pro shop where people can rent equipment; Information: (509) 763-4025; kahlerglen.com
STEVENS PASS NORDIC CENTER ◆ Location: Five miles east of Stevens Pass summit on Highway 2; Trails: More than 24 kilometers of tracked trails, including a skating lane. It also has 3.5 kilometers of snowshoe trails and interpretive snowshoe walks. Open: Thursdays-Sundays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Information: (206) 812-4510; (206) 634-1645 or (425) 353-4400 (conditions); stevenspass.com/Stevens/nordic/nordic.aspx
SCOTTISH LAKES ◆ Location: 17 miles west of Leavenworth off Highway 2 Trails: 35 miles of backcountry trails at 5,000-foot elevation in the Chiwaukum Mountains.
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ECHO RIDGE ◆ Location: On north side of Lake Chelan, about 10 miles from Chelan; Trails: Just over 25 miles of trails, with stretches for both skate and classic track skiing. More than half of trails are easy. About 70 percent were built exclusively for cross-country skiing and are looped on a series of ridge tops with scenic views. There are three miles of classictype ski trails. The club has a 20-foot-diameter yurt warming hut. Lower Echo Ridge is at 3,600 feet elevation, and Upper Echo Ridge is about
37 100 feet higher; Open: Trails are open 24 hours. National Forest ski area is groomed by Lake Chelan Nordic Club. Normal grooming occurs on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights, except for holiday periods; Information: 670-8467, (800) 4-CHELAN, lakechelannordic.org
METHOW VALLEY ◆ Location: Okanogan County; Trails: The Rendezvous, Mazama and Sun Mountain systems offer a combined 166 kilometers of world-class groomed trails. Depending on your skill and fitness level and your location on the trail system, you can enjoy innto-inn and hut-to-hut skiing; Open: Daily; Lodging: Methow Valley Central Reservations, (800) 422-3048; Information: (509) 996-3287; (800) 682-5787 (conditions); mvsta.com
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Events roundup CHELAN COUNTY â—† March 22: Icicle Arts
Expressions of Time Reopening of Leavenworth History Museum, Leavenworth; (509) 548-2278 or (509) 548-5807; iciclearts.org or leavenworth.org; twitter.com/iciclearts â—† April 6: Apple Capital
Spring Duathlon, Wenatchee; rideviciouscycle.com (509) 754-6361 â—† April 18-21: Northwest
Crank Cycling Festival, Wenatchee; northwestcrank. com â—† April 20: Walk MS, Wenatchee, 2 or 5 miles, Walla Walla Point Park; 800344-4867 or (509) 482-2022; nationalmssociety.org or walkms.org
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Eastmont High School cheerleader Kelsee Jackson on the parade route during the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival Grand Parade.
â—† April 20: Wenatchee Marathon, Performing Arts Plaza; (509) 662-2066 or (509) 860-5863; wenatcheemarathon. com â—† April 20: Ale Fest, Leavenworth FestHalle; (509) 5485807; leavenworthalefest.com or leavenworth.org
â—† April 20: Earth Day Fair, River Walk Park Chelan; (509) 687-9497, 877-440-7933, 800424-3526; cometothelake.com â—† April 20-21, 28-29: Chelan Nouveau Spring Wine Release, Lake Chelan area. Wineries of the Lake Chelan Wine Growers Association celebrate new releases; 877-440-7933, 800-424-3526 or (509) 6823503; lakechelanwinevalley. com, cometothelake.com or lakechelan.com, twitter.com/ LakeChelanAVA â—† April 25-May 5: Washington State Apple Blossom Festival, Wenatchee; (509) 662-3616; appleblossom.org â—† April 27-28: Miniature Railroad Run, Wenatchee at Riverfront Park; (509) 8886240 â—† April 28: Warrior Challenge (Jr. Ridge 2 River Relay), Walla Walla Point Park, Wenatchee; r2r.org
or (509) 662-3616; appleblossom.org or wvmedical.com â—† May 4-5: Miniature Railroad Run, Wenatchee at Riverfront Park; (509) 888-6240 â—† May 10-12: Leavenworth Maifest, (509) 548-5807; leavenworth.org â—† May 10-11: Manson Apple Blossom Festival, 877-440-7933, 800-424-3526 or (509) 6823503; cometothelake.com or lakechelan.com â—† May 16-19: Leavenworth Spring Bird Festival, (509) 548-7584, (509) 548-0181 or (509) 548-5807; leavenworthspringbirdfest.com, barnbeachreserve.org or leavenworth.org â—† May 17-19: Icicle Arts Birdfest Art Gallery Reception, Leavenworth; (509) 548-2278 or (509) 548-5807; iciclearts. org or leavenworth.org; twitter. com/iciclearts
â—† May 18-19: Spring Barrel Tasting, Wineries of the Lake â—† May 3-Oct. 20: Village Chelan Valley host tours and Art in the Park, weekends, tastings; 877-440-7933, 800Leavenworth; (509) 548-5809; 424-3526 or (509) 682-3503; villageartinthepark.org lakechelanwinevalley.com, cometothelake.com or lakeâ—† May 4: Apple Blossom Run, Wenatchee, (509) 663-8711 chelan.com
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◆ May 25: Miniature Railroad Run, Wenatchee at Riverfront Park; (509) 888-6240
◆ June 22: Chelan Century Challenge, bike ride consists of three loops, each between 30 miles and 40 miles; (509) 682-4699; chelancenturychallenge.com or centuryride.com
◆ June 1: Wine Walk, Leavenworth; (509) 433-1054 or (509) 548-5807; visitwashingtonfarms.com or leavenworth. org
◆ June 22: Chelan Cycle de Vine, bike tour of vineyards and wineries; (509) 682-4699; chelancycledevine.com or cycledevine.com
◆ June 1: Wenatchee Sunrise Rotary Apple Century Bike Ride, Walla Walla Point Park to Lake, Wenatchee through Leavenworth; (509) 663-1112; applebikeride.com
◆ June 22: Miniature Railroad Run, Wenatchee at Riverfront Park; (509) 888-6240
◆ June 1: Bavarian Bike & Brews Festival, Leavenworth; (509) 548-5615 or (509) 5485807; dasradhaus.com or leavenworth.org ◆ June 1: Miniature Railroad Run, Wenatchee at Riverfront Park; (509) 888-6240 ◆ June 7-8: CruiZin’ Chelan, car show and cruise, downtown Chelan; 877-4407933, 800-424-3526 or (509) 682-3503; cometothelake.com or lakechelan.com ◆ June 14-16: Wenatchee
Valley Street Rods Apple Run Car Show, Parks and Recreation Department, East Wenatchee; cascadeloop.com ◆ June 14-16: Wenatchee
River Bluegrass Festival, Chelan County Expo Center, Cashmere; (509) 548-1230, (509) 782-7404 or (509) 5485807; cashmerecofeehouse. com, cashmerechamber.com or leavenworth.org
◆ June 23-29: Icicle Creek Summer Symphony, Leavenworth; 877-265-6026 or (509) 548-6347; icicle.org; twitter. com/ICMCmusic ◆ June 29-30: Founders’ Days Festival, Cashmere; (509) 782-7404; cashmerechamber. com ◆ June 27: Great Leavenworth Wine & Food Festival, FestHalle and downtown; (509) 782-0708 or (509) 5485807; columbiacascadewines. com or leavenworth.org ◆ June 29: Lake Entiat
Summerfest, Lake Entiat City Park; (509) 293-4374; entiatchamber.com ◆ June 29-30: International Dance Festival, Leavenworth; (509) 548-5807; leavenworthinternationalfestival.com or leavenworth.org
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Don Stillman of Wenatchee gets the recliner seat of honor while sitting with friends along the parade route during the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival Grand Parade. (509) 888-3284 ◆ July 4: Kinderfest, downtown Leavenworth; (509) 5485807; leavenworth.org
(509) 667-0904, 877-4407933, 800-424-3526 or (509) 682-3503; bachfest.org, cometothelake.com or lakechelan. com
◆ July 4: Miniature Railroad Run, Wenatchee at Riverfront Park; (509) 888-6240
◆ June 16: Miniature Railroad Run, Wenatchee at Riverfront Park; (509) 888-6240
◆ July through September: Leavenworth Summer Theater, 2012 season features “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “Footloose” and “The Sound of Music.” Box office opens May 31. (509) 548-2000; leavenworthsummertheater.org
◆ July 7-28: Icicle Creek Chamber Music Institute, Leavenworth; 877-265-6026 or (509) 548-6347; icicle.org; twitter.com/ICMCmusic
◆ July 13: Lake Chelan Poker Run, Lake Chelan Boating Club; (509) 679-4417, (509) 668-2379, 877-440-7933, 800424-3526 or (509) 682-3503; lcpokerrun.com, lcboatingclub.com, cometothelake.com or lakechelan.com
◆ June 20-23 International Accordion Celebration, Leavenworth; (509) 548-5807;
◆ July 4: Independence Day Celebration, Wenatchee at Walla Walla Point Park;
◆ July 12-20: Lake Chelan Bach Fest, concerts at venues around Chelan and Manson;
◆ July 13: Miniature Railroad Run, Wenatchee at Riverfront Park; (509) 888-6240
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front Park; (509) 888-6240 ◆ Aug. 4-10: Icicle Creek Young Pianists’ Festival, Leavenworth; 877-265-6026 or (509) 548-6347; icicle.org; twitter.com/ICMCmusic
â—† July 19-21: Chelan Man
Multisport Weekend, Chelan at Lakeside Park; (509) 6695753, 877-440-7933, 800-4243526 or (509) 682-3503; chelanman.com, cometothelake.com or lakechelan.com
â—† Aug. 16-18: Chelan Fine
Arts Festival, Chelan at Riverwalk Park; (509) 682-9781, 877440-7933; lakechelanartscouncil.com, cometothelake.com or lakechelan.com â—† Aug. 16-18: Slam-N-Jam 3
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Artist Theatre Camp, Leavenworth; 877-265-6026 or (509) 548-6347; icicle.org; twitter. com/ICMCmusic â—† Aug. 2-3: PWRA Rodeo Lake Chelan, at the rodeo grounds; 877-440-7933, 800-4243526 or (509) 682-3503; rodeolakechelan.com, cometothelake. com orlakechelan.com â—† Aug. 3: Miniature Rail-
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on 3 Basketball Tournament, Chelan at Don Morse City Park; (509) 670-0180, 877-4407933, 800-424-3526 or (509) 682-3503; cometothelake.com or lakechelan.com â—† Aug 17: Miniature Railroad Run, Wenatchee at Riverfront Park; (509) 888-6240 â—† Aug 24: Beach Art Festival, Cama Beach, Lake Chelan; (360) 387-1550; parks.wa.gov
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â—† Aug. 30-31: Wild and Scenic Music Festival (bluegrass), Leavenworth; 877-265-6026 or (509) 548-6347; icicle.org; twitter.com/ICMCmusic â—† Aug 31: Miniature Railroad Run, Wenatchee at Riverfront Park; (509) 888-6240 â—† Aug. TBD: Leavenworth Wine Tasting Festival, Sleeping lady Mountain Resort; 800-574-2123, (509) 548-6344, (509) 433-1054 or (509) 5485807, visitwashingtonfarms. com, sleepinglady.com or leavenworth.org â—† Sept. 4-8: Leavenworth Quilt Show, (509) 548-5311, (509) 548-5807; quiltersheaven.com or leavenworth. org â—† Sept. 5-8: Chelan County Fair, Cashmere; (509) 7823232; chelancountyfair.com â—† Sept. 7: Lake Chelan
Shore to Shore, full and half marathon, 10K run; 877-4407933, 800-424-3526 or (509) 682-3503; runlakechelan.com, cometothelake.com or lakechelan.com â—† Sept. 7-8: Lake Chelan Sailing Regatta, 877-440-7933, 800-424-3526 or (509) 6823503; sailchelan.com, cometothelake.com or lakechelan. com â—† Sept. 14: Miniature Railroad Run, Wenatchee at Riverfront Park; (509) 888-6240 â—† Sept. 19-21: Wenatchee River Salmon Festival, Leavenworth; (509) 548-6662 or (509) 548-5807; salmonfest.org or leavenworth.org â—† September 20: Icicle Arts Watershed Art Show, Leavenworth; (509) 548-2278 or (509) 548-5807; iciclearts.org or leavenworth.org; twitter.com/ iciclearts
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◆ Sept. 21: Taste of the Harvest, downtown Wenatchee; (509) 662-0059; wenatcheedowntown.org; twitter.com/wendowntown ◆ Sept. 21-22: Lake Chelan Hydro Fest, Chelan Waterfront Park & Marina; (509) 679-7166, 877-440-7933, 800-424-3526 or (509) 682-3503; cometothelake. com or lakechelan.com ◆ Sept. 27: Oh Boy! Oberto R/C Unlimiteds Championship Series, Chelan at Riverwalk Park, 1/8-scale unlimited hydroplanes compete; 877440-7933, 800-424-3526 or (509) 682-3503; rcunlimiteds. org, cometothelake.com or lakechelan.com ◆ Sept. 27-29: Washington State Autumn Leaf Festival, Leavenworth; (509) 548-5807; autumnleafestival.com or leavenworth.org ◆ Oct. 4-5, 11-12 & 18-19: Oktoberfest, Leavenworth; (509) 548-7021 or (509) 5485807; leavenworthoktoberfest. com or leavenworth.org ◆ Oct. 4-6: Mahogany & Merlot Vintage Boat Event, Chelan Waterfront Park & Marina; (509) 885-6025, (425) 999-2920, 877-440-7933, 800424-3526 or (509) 682-3503; cometothelake.com or lakechelan.com ◆ Oct. 4-6: Cider & Donut Days, Orondo Cider Works; (509) 784-1029; orondociderworks.com ◆ Oct. 5: Oktoberfest Marathon, Leavenworth, full and half marathon; (509) 548-5807;leavenworthmarathon.com ◆ Oct.5-6 & 12-13: Lake Chelan Crush, Chelan. Experience the winemaking process at Lake Chelan Valley wineries; (509) 682-0814, 877-4407933, 800-424-3526 or (509) 682-3503; lakechelanwinevalley.com, cometothelake.com
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The Classy Chassis Parade revs down Grant Road in East Wenatchee.
or lakechelan.com; twitter. com/LakeChelanAVA need date: Autumn Crush, wineries of the Columbia Cascade Winery Association host tours, tastings and grape crushing; (509) 782-0708; columbiacascadewines.com ◆ Oct. 6-7: Apple Days,
Cashmere Pioneer Village and Museum; (509) 782-3230 or (509) 782-7404; cashmeremuseum.org or cashmerechamber.com ◆ Oct. 19: Chelan Chase, Chelan at Riverwalk Park, 5K run/walk to benefit the Lake Chelan Community Hospital Mammography Department and Chelan-Douglas Relay for Life; 877-440-7933, 800-4243526 or (509) 682-3503; chelanchase.com, cometothelake. com or lakechelan.com ◆ Oct. 19-20: Women’s
Halloween Costume Fly-In, Chelan Falls Park; (206) 3871682; nwparagliding.com ◆ Oct. 31: Miniature Railroad Run, Wenatchee at Riverfront Park; (509) 888-6240 ◆ Nov. 29-Dec. 1: Fall
Barrel Tasting in the Lake Chelan WIne Valley: (509) 264-8828; lakechelanwinevalley.com
Leavenworth Summer Theater “It’s A Wonderful Life” (509) 548-2000; leavenworthsummertheater.org
◆ Nov. 29-30, Dec. 1: Christkindlmarkt: Leavenworth’s Annual Christmas market. Booths for crafts and food, entertainment, activities for kids; (509)548-5807; www. projektbayern.com
◆ Dec. 7: Miniature Railroad Run, Wenatchee at Riverfront Park; (509) 888-6240
◆ Dec. 2, 8-10: Marlin Handbell Holiday Concert: (509) 548-5138; marlinhandbells.com ◆ Dec. 5-6, 12-13: Christmas in the Mountains: The Leavenworth Village Voices choral concert series at the Leavenworth Church of the Nazarene; (509) 548-9797; leavenworthvillagevoices.org ◆ Dec. 6-8, 13-15, 20-22: Christmas Lighting Festival: Three weekends of fun in downtown Leavenworth — music, entertainment, hot drinks and snacks and Father Christmas himself. The spectacular lighting ceremony begins at 4:30 p.m.; (509) 5485807. ◆ Dec. 7-8, 13-15, 20-22:
◆ Jan. 1: Chelan Chase: 5k race/run/walk for breast cancer; 1-800-424-3526; chelanchase.com ◆ Jan. 11-13, 18-20: Lake Chelan Winterfest: Ice sculptures, polar bear plunge, music and a big fireworks show above the lake. Food and the Winterfest Wine Walk. ◆ April 13: Ardenvoir Swallow Festival, (509) 784-2267; entiatvalleychamber.com
DOUGLAS COUNTY ◆ May 3-4: Classy Chassis Parade & Car Show, East Wenatchee at Eastmont Community Park; (509) 886-6108; east-wenatchee.com/classychassis ◆ July 12-13: Waterville Days, (509) 745-8871; watervillewashington.org
The Wenatchee World Visitor Guide | 2013 ◆ Aug. 22-25: NCW District Fair, Waterville fairgrounds; (509) 745-8480; douglascountywa.net ◆ Oct. 3-6: Wings and
Wheels Festival, East Wenatchee at Eastmont Community Park. Car show; motorcycle fest, parade, kids activities; (509) 886-6108; eastwenatchee.com/wingsandwheels ◆ June 1-2: Bridgeport
Daze, (509) 449-5089; bridgeportchamber.net ◆ Oct. 3-6: Pangborn Aviation Day, Pangborn Memorial Airport, East Wenatchee; (509) 886-6108; east-wenatchee.com/wingsandwheels
GRANT COUNTY ◆ April 20-21: Beezley Burn XC Races, Ephrata at
Oasis and Lions parks; (509) 754-6361; beezleyburn.com or ephratawachamber.com ◆ May 4-11: Aerobatics Training Camp, Ephrata Airport; (509) 754-3508; portofephrata.com ◆ May 9-12: Colorama Festival and Pro-West Rodeo, Grand Coulee; 800-268-5332 or (509) 633-3074; grandcouleedam.org ◆ May 5-9: Sunbanks Rhythm & Blues Festival, Electric City; 888-822-7195 or (509) 633-3786; sunbanksresort.com or sunbanksfestival. com ◆ May 24-27: Moses Lake
Spring Festival, (509) 765-8248; moseslakespringfestival.com ◆ May 24-26: Coulee City Last Stand Rodeo, (509) 6812018; couleecity.com or livestandrodeo.com; twitter.com/ laststandrodeo
◆ May 24-27: Sasquatch! Music Festival, Gorge Amphitheater at George; (509) 7856262; sasquatchfestival.com or livenation.com; twitter.com/ LiveNation ◆ May 24-27: “Dust Up” Soaring Competition, Ephrata Airport; (509) 754-3508; portofephrata.com - new ◆ May 25-Sept. 30: Laser
Light Shows, Grand Coulee Dam, nightly; 800-268-5332, (509) 633-3074 or (509) 6339265; grandcouleedam.org ◆ June 6-9: Ephrata SageN-Sun Festival, (509) 754-4656; ephratawachamber.com or sage-n-sun.com ◆ June 7-9: Northwest Water Competition, boat races at Sunbanks Resort, Electric City; 888-822-7195 or (509) 633-3786; sunbankresort.com ◆ June 8: Dru Gimlin 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament, down-
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The Wenatchee World Visitor Guide | 2013 ◆ July 19-21: Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival, Blues Ranch in Winthrop; (509) 997-3837; winthropbluesfestival.com
◆ Soap Lake Smokiam Days: Fourth of July weekend, (509) 246-1821; soaplakecoc. org ◆ July 4-6: “Festival of America” at Grand Coulee Dam, 800-268-5332 or (509) 633-3074; grandcouleedam.org
◆ July 19-21: Pateros Apple Pie Jamboree, (509) 923-2760; paterosapj.com or pateros.com ◆ July 25-Aug. 3: Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival, Signal Hill Ranch between Winthrop and Twisp; (509) 996-6000; methowmusicfestival.org
◆ July 19-20: Basin Summer Sounds Music Festival, Ephrata; (509) 754-4656; ephratawachamber.com or basinsummersounds.com ◆ Aug. 13-17: Grant County Fair, fairgrounds, Moses Lake; (509) 765-3581; grantcountyfair. com ◆ Sept. 5-9: Sunbanks Rhythm & Blues Festival, Electric City; 888-822-7195 or (509) 633-3786; sunbanksresort.com or sunbanksfestival. com ◆ Sept. 13-14: Quincy Hot
Air Balloon Festival, (509) 7872140; quincyvalley.org ◆ Sept. 14: Quincy Farmer-
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dezvous, Winthrop through the Methow Valley, ride your own horse, rent a horse or ride a WOGA wagon; (509) 997-1080; woga.org ◆ May 10-12: Winthrop
Consumer Awareness Day, (509) 787-2140; quincyvalley. org
49er Days, 888-463-8469 or (509) 996-2125; winthropwashington.com
◆ Sept. 21: Grand Columbian Triathlon, Grand Coulee Dam area; 800-268-5332, (509) 633-3074 or (360) 325-0715; grandcouleedam.org or thegrandcolumbian.com
◆ May 10-12: Packers Rendezvous, state outfitter gathering at Winthrop; (509) 997-1080; woga.org
OKANOGAN COUNTY ◆ April 13: Fly Fishing Ren-
dezvous, Conconully Lake; 877-826-9050 or (509) 8269050; conconully.com ◆ April 27-29: Backcountry
Horsemen Spring Ride, Beaver Creek Campground; (509) 997-4802; mvbch.com ◆ April 27-28: Trout Derby,
Conconully Lake; 877-8269050 or (509) 826-9050; conconully.com ◆ May 10-12: Ride to Ren-
◆ May 11: Oroville May Festival, (509) 476-2281, (509) 476-3651; orovillewashington. com ◆ May 11: Sunflower Relay
and Iron Event Run, from Mazama to Twisp; (509) 9963287; mvsta.com ◆ May 25: Mazama Fun Run, 5K and 10K; (509) 9963287; mvsta.com ◆ May 25-26: Methow Valley Rodeo, at rodeo grounds; 888-463-8469 or (509) 9962125; winthropwashington. com ◆ May 25-26: Conconully Arts and Crafts Fair, (509) 826-
4308; conconully.com ◆ June 8-9: Okanogan County Junior Rodeo, Omak Stampede grounds; 800-9336625 or (509) 826-1002; omakstampede.org
◆ Aug. 2-3: Conconully Miner’s Days, events at the museum and various venues; 877-826-9050, (509) 826-9050 or (509) 826-1211; conconully. com ◆ Aug. 3: Conconully Cowboy Caviar Fete, spring roundup celebration and western crafts show; 877-826-9050 or (509) 826-9050; conconully. com
◆ June 15: North Country Car Show, Tonasket; 800-2256625; okanogancountry.com
◆ Aug. 8-11: Omak Stampede and World Famous Suicide Race, 800-933-6625 or (509) 826-1002; omakstampede.org
◆ June 15-16: Father’s Day Weekend Barbecue & Fly-In, Tonasket; (509) 486-4502; tonasketchamber.com
◆ Aug. 24: Cutthroat Classic, 11.1-mile trail run through the North Cascades; (509) 996-3287; mvsta.com
◆ July 4: Twisp Fourth of July Parade, (509) 997-5693; winthropwashington.com
◆ Sept. 1-2: Methow Valley Rodeo, at rodeo grounds; (509) 996-2439; winthropwashington.com
◆ July 4: Methow Arts Fest, Twisp River Park; (509) 9974004; methowvalleyarts.org or methowartsalliance.org; twitter.com/methowarts
◆ Sept. 5-8: Okanogan County Fair, fairgrounds, Okanogan; (509) 422-1621; okanogancountyfair.org
◆ July 6: Conconully Independence Celebration, 877826-9050 or (509) 826-9050; conconully.com
◆ Sept. 6-8: Winthrop Auto Rallye, 888-463-8469 or (509) 996-2125; winthropwashington.com
◆ July 19-20: Oroville Heritage & Airport Days, events at the airport, downtown and Depot Museum; (509) 4762476; orovillewashington.com or borderlandshistory.org
◆ Oct. 4-14: Okanogan Harvest Festival, 888-431-3080; okanogancountry.com or http://www.thewinefestivals. com/the_fall_okanagan_ wine_festival
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Getting around ◆ Air: i Pangborn b Memorial i l Airport near East Wenatchee has daily Alaska Airlines ights to and from Seattle. Rental cars and charter ights are available to several smaller airports throughout the region. Contact Horizon at 1-800-5479308 and alaskaair.com. For airport information, call (509) 884-2494 or go to pangbornairport.com. ◆ Rail: Amtrak’s Empire Builder passenger train arrives westbound in Wenatchee about 5:30 a.m. daily and eastbound at about 8:45 p.m. The train arrives westbound in Leavenworth about 6:10 a.m. daily and eastbound at 8 p.m. Call 1-800-872-7245 or go to amtrak.com.
â—† Bus: Link i k Transit i runs buses Mondays through Saturdays in Wenatchee and East Wenatchee and to surrounding communities. Call (509) 6621155 or go to linktransit.com. â—† Northwestern Trailways has daily bus service to Wenatchee, Leavenworth, Chelan Falls, Orondo, Pateros, Brewster, Omak, Quincy and Ephrata. For information call 1-800-366-3830 or go to northwesterntrailways.com. â—† Grant Transit Authority: Public bus service to several Grant County communities with weekday and weekend routes. Call (509) 754-1075 or 1-888-482-2877, or go to gtaride.com.
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◆ 127 S. Mission St., Wenatchee. (509) 888-6240, wvmcc.org. E-mail: info@ wvmcc.org. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday except Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Admission: adults $5; children aged 6-12 $2; seniors and students $4; ages 5 and under free. First Friday of the month is free with the museum open from 10 a.m.
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to 7 p.m. Yearly memberships, $20-55, include free admission, newsletter and the quarterly journal “Confluence.” A Wenatchee landmark itself — formerly the city’s post oice — include permanent exhibits: an exhibit on the life of Clyde Pangborn, who in 1931 completed the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean from Japan to Wenatchee; a pioneer farm shop and pioneer home; an exhibit depicting an early Wenatchee main street, with vintage automobiles and murals illustrating early Wenatchee scenes; and a display from the Clovis archeological site.
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48 Also at the museum are a natural history discovery area for children; photos and objects exploring the life and culture of the Wenatchi Indians; a Great Northern Railway diorama with a coin-operated HO-scale model train; and exhibits on the area’s apple industry that include an operational vintage apple-sorting and packing line. The museum’s archives include material about area history and an extensive collection of vintage photographs; call for an appointment to view materials, (509) 999-6244 or e-mail mbehler@ wvmcc.org. ◆ The Wenatchee Area Genealogical Society is an ailiate of the museum. Its library contains extensive research material. Its hours are 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Call (509) 888-6246, e-mail info@ wags-web.org, and the Web site is wags-web.org.
CASHMERE MUSEUM & PIONEER VILLAGE ◆ 600 Cotlets Way, Cashmere. (509) 782-3230. Open March 1 through Oct. 31, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Regular admission: individuals $5.50; seniors $4.50; students 12-18 $4.00; children 6-11 $3.00; children under 6 free; active military personnel free. The Web site is cashmeremuseum.org. The 21 buildings that make up the village — including an assay oice, a train depot, schoolhouse, general store, saloon, jail, section house and three family cabins - recreate pioneer life in Chelan County. All but one are original pioneer buildings. Displays on the grounds also include an 1891 water wheel, an authentic Great Northern passenger car and caboose, and a Mesoamerican
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Cascade Modelers member Sid North fixes a train derailment for Mike Walcker on the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center train track. Members of the club meet monthly to run their own trains on the track and to do maintenance. artifact collection dating from A.D. 600 to 800. The museum houses what is considered one of the finest collections of American Indian artifacts in the western United States, dating back 9,000 years. Included are spear throwers, woven baskets, and arrow and spear points.
ENTIAT HISTORICAL MUSEUM ◆ In the city park, (509) 784-1861. Open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Tours by appointment. The museum tells the history of the Entiat Valley, from the first settlers to early day orchards and logging. Featured are Entiat Valley pioneer Albert Long’s memorabilia, including tape recordings of pioneers, photographs of log-
ging on the Entiat River, the doctor bag used by the first physician in Entiat (late 1880s) and a kit used by midwives early in the last century. Also featured are donations from other Entiat residents that include a large tool chest made by pioneers and photos depicting town life in the 1920s. Built in 1895, the museum building was the first framed structure in Entiat. The museum is managed by the Entiat Community Historical Society.
LAKE CHELAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM ◆ 204 E. Woodin Ave., Chelan. (509) 682-5644. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
from early June through September; Oct. 1 through June, open 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday; open some Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the winter, or by appointment. Admission: $2 adults; seniors and students $1; family $5; museum members free. The Chelan Chamber of Commerce, (509) 682-5644, can be contacted to have a tour arranged if the museum is not open, or visitors may e-mail the museum at museum@chelanmuseum. com. Exhibits include an upright piano which was in the Lakeview Hotel in the early 1900s, before the hotel was torn down due to the lake level being raised. Among the exhibits are a vintage movie projector from the city’s Ruby Theatre, a phone company switchboard, antique gowns, Indian artifacts, a pump organ, mining gear, a replica of a
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BERRYMAN MILITARY PARK ◆ Located in south Bridgeport near the city swimming pool. Open year-round. Features military equipment — guns, jets, missile launchers and troop carriers — from past U.S. military service.
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A baseball display at the new baseball exhibit at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center. city store and the L.D. Lindsley historical photo collection. The museum also contains a small collection of hydroplane racing memorabilia. Check out the museum on the Web at chelanmuseum.com.
ROCKY REACH HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT ◆ Seven miles north of Wenatchee on Highway 97A. The visitor center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 1 through Oct. 31. The powerhouse houses a museum and exhibits. The Museum of the Columbia, located on the fourth floor, offers a glimpse of early life along the Columbia River and a sampling of electrical artifacts. On the same floor are other exhibits including a Rock Island bulb turbine display, a wireless technology exhibit, a collection of early inventions by Thomas Edison and the Nez Perce Indian portrait collection. Check the PUD’s Web site at chelanpud.org.
Douglas County DOUGLAS COUNTY MUSEUM ◆ 124 Walnut St. in Waterville, just off Highway 2 at the city park. (509) 745-8435. Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday from Memorial Day through mid-October. Closed Mondays except for holidays. Admission is by donation. Exhibits include the old Withrow post oice, at one time the smallest operating post oice in the United States; a vintage kitchen and living room; and furnishings from the old Mansfield State Bank. A mineralogical display features the largest nickel-iron meteorite found in Washington in the past 100 years, which fell in a Waterville wheat field in 1917. Other exhibits include pioneer home furnishings; American Indian displays; turn-of-the-last century dishes and clothing; toy tractors; and a stuffed twoheaded calf.
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MANSFIELD MUSEUM ◆ Located at 28 N. Main St. in Mansfield, about 20 miles from Chelan. The museum is open Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. Memorial Day through Labor Day. Artifacts, photos and panel displays relate the area’s history.
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The Douglas County Historical Museum in Waterville.
Grant County GRANT COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM AND VILLAGE â—† 742 Basin St. N.W., Ephrata. (509) 754-3334. Admission: $3.50 for adults, $2.50 for students (6-15), under 5 free. Open May 3
through Sept. 30, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays, and closed Wednesdays. Admission includes a tour of the 35 buildings that make up a historical village, including the newest addition, an old-time meat market. Other buildings include a saloon, camera shop, barbershop, dress shop, watch-repair shop, beauty shop, print shop,
one-room schoolhouse, the original St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, bank, country store, rock house featuring opalized wood and polished rocks and a henhouse with live chickens in the main building. There is also a collection of farm machinery. The museum hosts two special events every year. Living Museum Day is June 8, and Pioneer Day will take place
Sept. 28. On these days, volunteers staff the buildings and present historical information. Also, volunteers from the Grant County Sheriff ’s Oice re-enact shootouts and bank robberies every half hour. Displays in the museum include a country kitchen; sewing items; an exhibit of old ink bottles, pens and beaded purses; antique musical instruments; a display of
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MOSES LAKE MUSEUM AND ART CENTER ◆ 401 S. Balsam Street, (509) 764-3830. Open Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. year-round. Admission is free. This museum became a cultural center as well in 1990, and its goal has been to integrate history, natural history and art; it includes a community art gallery featuring works by Eastern Washington artists. It also features an exhibit on Larson Air Force Base.
Okanogan County SHAFER MUSEUM ◆ 285 Castle Ave., Win-
throp. (509) 996-2712. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Memorial Day to Labor Day; open weekends in May and September. Admission by donation. This Old West museum features a collection of pioneer buildings that includes the
original museum; the home of city founder Guy Waring; and a pioneer cabin set up as a schoolhouse. Visitors also will see an early print shop, stagecoach, old cars, assay oice, a large display of mining equipment housed in a replica of a mining mill, and a settler’s cabin. There is also a collection of historic photographs.
MOLSON SCHOOLHOUSE MUSEUM ◆ East of Oroville in the former boom town of Molson, this museum-in-a-schoolhouse is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. Admission is free or by donation. Museum phone during visiting hours: (509) 485-3266 or (509) 485-3292. Old Molson Museum and Ghost Town includes several acres of pioneer buildings, an extensive collection of early 1900s farm machinery and mining equipment, a furnished homestead cabin, an original bank building, a windmill, a steam engine and the original assay oice from the Poland China Mine. It’s open for selfguided tours during daylight hours from April through November, weather permitting. Donations are accepted. For
more information, call (509) 485-3266 or (509) 485-3292.
OLD DEPOT MUSEUM ◆ In downtown Oroville at 1210 Ironwood St., in the town’s original railroad depot. Open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., May 1 through Sept. 15. Visits at other times are by appointment only, call (509) 476-2476. Admission is by donation. Displays include baby clothes from the late 1800s; midwives’ records from 1928 to the 1940s; and a Great Northern Railway caboose. The museum houses a collection of vintage photos of area farms, pioneer families, rodeos, fairs, the Old Peerless Hotel (which burned down twice and had a two-story outhouse), railroads, sports events and schools.
OKANOGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ◆ 1410 N. Second St., Oka-
nogan. (509) 422-4272. Open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day weekend. Admission is $2; children under 12 free. The Wilson Research Center next to the museum building features more than 5,000 his-
51 torical photographs, many by pioneer photographers Frank Matsura and George Ladd, who came to the Okanogan in the early 1900s. The center also houses a large Pacific Northwest history library. It’s open June 1 through Labor Day. Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., or by special appointment. The local genealogical society is also located here. A Fire Hall Museum, a replica of Okanogan’s fire hall from 1910, houses old fire trucks and firefighting equipment. Outdoor exhibits include replicas of a turn-of-the-19th century bank, saloon, grocery store, dressmaker’s shop, sheepherder’s cabin, hotel, blacksmith’s forge and homesteader’s cabin, apple warehouse, post oice, barber shop and Frank Matsura’s photo shop.
COLVILLE TRIBAL MUSEUM ◆ 512 Mead Way, Coulee Dam. (509) 633-0751 or (509) 634-2200. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, June 1 through September. From January through May, by appointment. By donation. Exhibits include native art and artifacts. A gift shop downstairs sells maps, books, and native arts and crafts.
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Micki Steiner of Snohomish gets a lot of attention from dogs Dracko, at left, and Benni as she eats breakfast while camping with family members at Lake Wenatchee State Park. At left, playtime on the beach.
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Lake Wenatchee is where Indian tribes stopped on their way to trade with tribes on the coast. On the lake menu: clams and salmon.
SAND AND SURF On hot days, sun-seeking crowds make it look like spring break in Fort Lauderdale. The ample beach at Lake Wenatchee State Park is a magical lure for kids in water wings, babes in suntan oil and old beer-belly
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There’s lots of steep terrain at the bike park. At right, bikes are hauled up the mountain on the Hogsback chair lift.
RIDE THE TRAILS AT STEVENS PASS The Stevens Pass Ski Area has the state’s only liftaccessed biking area with trails that include the intermediate Rock Crusher, and the more challenging (more roots and rocks) Slingshot Wookie, has more roots and rocks to challenge bikers.
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troll through Waterville’s historic downtown and little shops, check out the Waterville Historic Hotel, Douglas County Courthouse and Douglas County Museum. The biggest show of the year is the North Central Washington Fair and Rodeo, which books in top-notch country music acts that attract big crowds. It runs from Aug. 22-25 at the fairgrounds (douglascountywa.net). The lower-key Waterville Days are set for July 12-13. (watervillewashington.org).
BIG SCENES Waterville can also be a base for exploring the sweeping, wheat-covered Waterville Plateau. Drive north and see “erratics,” epic-sized boulders dropped by a retreating ice sheet long, long ago. There’s a particularly striking collection of the giants along the modern highway to Chelan down McNeil Canyon Road. Just south of town is the Badger Mountain Ski Area, a family friendly place where a day of gentle skiing will cost
Enjoying the NCW District Fair in Waterville. you just $10. Drive east on Highway 2 to tiny Douglas and lovely, gleaming St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and then through Moses Coulee where you the Nature Conservancy studies bats on its Moses Coulee/Beezley Hills Preserve. Under, big, big skies, head east to Dry Falls State Park and
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its dramatic overlook and smart visitors center. Turn right and head south on Highway 17 and take in the beautiful, dramatic drive on the edge of the Chain Lakes, south to Soap Lake. Turn left and head north about 30 miles to Grand Coulee Dam.
The crew of the popular Spam wagon, driven by Lee Jarolimek of East Wenatchee, head for the grandstands during the annual demolition derby at the Waterville Fairgrounds.
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Splash town In Cashmere, history loves company
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Rafters on the Wenatchee River going through the rapids called Snowblind near Cashmere.
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ashmere is a little city with a big fun factor. Go antiquing, in a big way. There’s a cluster of antiques stores, including two right on Highway 2/97 at the entrance to town. Take a free tour (and enjoy free samples) of Aplets and Cotlets. Catch the Chelan County Fair, Sept. 5-8 (chelancountyfair.com). Stroll down Cottage Avenue and take in a historic district of about 50 homes. Downtown has restaurants, including great barbeque, burgers. Or just grab
a slice of pizza at Brian’s Bulldog Pizza and roll a game on the four-lane bowling alley. Check out Mission Avenue, a block south of Cottage Avenue. You’ll find places to taste wine, grab a cup of coffee or try out something stouter from a distillery.
RIVER RUNNING Watch whitewater rafters pull their colorful rafts out of the Wenatchee River at Riverside Park — or take a raft trip yourself with one of the rafting
companies in our Adventure list. Info: cashmerechamber.com.
SPIRITS UPLIFTED The December 2011 issue of Seattle Magazine picks the Chilean-style Brandy made by Cashmere’s It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere Distillery as one of the “12 Local Spirits You Must Taste.” It shares the spotlight with grappa from Woodinville, whiskey from Spokane and vodka from Bainbridge.
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the first cider. Those cubed candies taste even better after the Cashmere company’s complimentary kitchen tour. It’s an intense exercise in delayed gratification as yummy delights tempt from just an arm’s length away. Warning: The post-tour dash to the freebie Aps and Cots can be fierce. Use an elbow to wedge past old ladies and a lunge to reach over kids for a successful grab of those gratifying goodies.
Riders on Pharaoh’s Fury at the Chelan County Fair near Cashmere.
CRISPY SNACK Foodles, the Mickey Mouseshaped snack tray made by Cashmere-based Crunch Pak, is the poster child for the Walt Disney Co.’s new push to improve kids diets. The Disney-themed snacks have captured a huge slice of the fruit snack market.
SWEET PERFECTION You Ap addicts and Cot hogs can’t hide, not with that powdered sugar dusting your lips. But don’t be ashamed. We’re all sweet on Liberty Orchards’ confectionary concoction, Aplets and Cotlets — arguably the best use of local fruit since cavemen squeezed
WET AND WILD Of all the public swimming facilities in the Wenatchee Valley, the Cashmere City Pool comes closest to a getwet wonderland. Just ask the thousands of splashers who visit the semi-waterpark every summer for its cool, zeroedge wading pool, slick waterslide and mushroom showersquirter thingies. Sure, the 6,000 square-foot swimming area can get a bit crowded, but trained lifeguards help tone down the aquatic antics without being complete wet blankets. And there´s a grassy, shaded area for sun-shunning freckled redheads and picnicking grandmas. Years ago, city fathers (wading in their boardshorts, no doubt) declared the pool had a “high fun factor.” They weren’t just blowing bubbles.
Vince Bosket, owner of Sure to Rise Bakery in Cashmere, takes loaves of bread from his large oven to cool on racks. He has owned the business since 1986. Lower left, leaves fall from trees along a Cashmere streeet.
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Leavenworth Climb on in and stay awhile L
eavenworth is a playground for Pacific Northwest, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. They come for a Bavarian town loaded with fun and unusual shops, restaurants, festivals all in a beautiful Cascade Mountains valley. There’s nearby hiking, picnicing, skiing and rock climbing. There’s wine, fine dining, fast food, live theater and golf, both of the 18-hole and puttputt variety. Take in a performance at the bandstand, grab some ice cream and stretch out in the grass near the maypole.
QUICK TRIPS Head east on Highway 2 toward Wenatchee and you’re quickly in fruitstand and winery country. If you’re with children, Peshastin’s Smallwood’s is a must stop, with a petting zoo, lots of grass for kids to get their ya-ya’s out - and a first-class fruitstand and gift shop. Prey’s fruit stand nearby is also a popular Highway 2 stop. Head west on Highway 2 and take in the Wenatchee River as it roars through Tumwater Canyon. The dam on the river is a good spot to see leaping salmon as they head upstream toward Lake Wenatchee. Or just keep going to the lake. Lake Wenatchee State Park gives you a great picnic spot on a pictureperfect lake.
The Wicks and Bradford Loomis provided the music for the evening during the locals night at the Leavenworth Christmas Lighting Festival. Between 75,000 to 90,000 people visit the Barvarian village during the festival, which stretches over three weekends each year. Head south along Icicle Creek toward the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Stop at the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery. The hatchery ofers tours, fish and wildlife viewing and picnic grounds. It releases 1.6 million salmon every year to make the 500-mile journey to the Pacific Ocean. Open year-round. (509) 548-7641. The path to the hatchery’s dam on Icicle Creek also leads to some easy trails suitable for hikers of all ages.
NUT CASES The home of everything nutty — from an 800,000-year history of nuts to 6,000 actual nutcrackers to TV star Arlene Wagner, the Nutcracker Lady herself — seems to have come out of its shell in recent years as media worldwide went nuts over nutcrackers. Downtown Leavenworth’s Nutcracker Museum has been featured on network television, the Conan
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Don Talbot of Wenatchee hooks into a coho salmon just below the Icicle Dam on Icicle Creek near Leavenworth. O’Brien late-night show and newspapers across the U.S. and Europe. It also spiced the high-energy viral video that featured dapper nutcracker Woody Goomsba flirting with sexy Bavarian babes flashing their dirndls. Best of all, the Nutcracker Museum is all it’s cracked up to be — informative (top five ways to crack a nut), mesmerizing (rooms lined with ’crackers) and kitschy (nuts squeezed in gator jaws). Visit soon. You’d be nuts to miss it.
IT’S A HOOT The petting farm at Smallwood’s Harvest in Peshastin
is definitely all it’s quacked up to be. You and the kids’ll cluck over the 14 diferent kinds of animals — pigs, goats, rabbits, sheep, donkeys, ponies, ducks, geese and more — and coo at the farm’s easy critter access. Don’t snort, all you so-called grownups; this roadside, openair, backyard farmyard really is something you’ll cackle about and maybe even tweet your friends. It’s open all winter, so plan now to sometime warm your hands in exhaled donkey breath. Best of all? Petting is cheep-cheep: just one buck. Find Smallwood’s just of Highway 2 at 10461 Stemm Road. For info, call 548-4196 or visit smallwoodsharvest.com.
ICY ART Ablaze from the sun or glowing in moonlight, the ah!inspiring Chihuly Icicles at Leavenworth’s Sleeping Lady Resort gleams like, well, real ice shards. Formally known as the Icicle Creek Chandelier, the 1,200-piece outdoor installation by one of the world´s top glass artists stands just outside the Sleeping Lady Chapel. Dale Chihuly and his team of glassblowers assembled the 12-foot-high masterwork during the 1996 holiday season after shaping the crystalline icicles in, appropriately, below-zero temperatures and frequent snowstorms. Chihuly called on engineers, welders,
rock drillers, a solar consultant, a geologist and a forester to help give the project maximum impact. It worked.
TAKE A HIKE OR TWO ◆ Icicle Gorge Trail, near Leavenworth: Easy and easily accessible, great for families. Mostly at, 4-mile trail loops around Icicle Creek, crossing at the scenic Icicle Gorge. About 16 miles up Icicle Road from Leavenworth. ◆ Penstock Pipeline Trail, near Leavenworth: An easy hike with an unusual start over an historic bridge. You can sometimes see Coho salmon spawning in the Wenatchee River from this old bridge that once carried water to generate electricity for the Great Northern Railroad. The railroad ran through Tumwater Canyon until 1929. The 3-mile back-and-forth
hike ofers great views and fabulous fall colors along the river, and access to some good beaches if the weather is still hot enough for a dip. No pass is required at the small parking lot, about 1.5 miles west of Leavenworth on Highway 2.
POOCH POWER If there’s a downside to dogsledding, it’s staring at the bouncing butts of barking huskies or malamutes for an hour or two. Not a deal-breaker, though, because everything else about the ride is exhilarating. Bright sun, deep powder, bracing breeze, winter vistas and the North Country tradition of canine conveyance add up for many to be the ride of their lives. Plus, whether you’re a passenger tucked warmly in the sled basket or a musher riding
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Liberty Gera of Kent watches as the group she is in receives a free cross country ski lesson during Leavenworth Winter Sports Club’s annual Ski For Health and Demo Day at the Icicle River Trail. the back-end footboards, you can feel the pulse of pooch power as the entire cool contraption — dogs, sled, people — ies low over snow. These two businesses can arrange a dogsledding experience — Lake Wenatchee Sled Dog Tours, 630-6782, and Leavenworth Dogsled Adventures, 630-0456.
We want you to have the World’s Best visit. Thousands of Wenatchee World readers want you to enjoy your time here, so they voted for the World’s Best in over 100 categories. Things like the best pizza, the best restaurants, winery, barbeque, ice cream, gift shop, antique store and lots more. Find the best the Wenatchee Valley has to offer. You can pick up a copy of our 2013 World’s Best section at the Wenatchee World ofďŹ ce, or ďŹ nd it online at wenatcheeworld.com/worldsbest/2013/
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Festivals all year long
Marching down Front Street during the annual Accordion Celebration parade.
APRIL ◆ 20 — Ale Fest “Ale-of-aparty”: Microbrew tasting and music. Fundraiser for the Nutcracker Museum
◆ 27 — Great Leavenworth Wine and Food Festival: Music, art and guest appearances ◆ 29-30 — International Dance Festival
MAY ◆ 10-12 — Maifest: Flowers, music, entertainment, Maibaum, dance, parade. ◆ 16-19 — Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest: A celebration of birdsong and the natural world
JUNE ◆ 1 — Leavenworth Wine Walk: Sample Regional wines while strolling through galleries. ◆ 20-23 — Leavenworth
International Accordion Celebration: (NWAS) concerts, dances, competitions, accordion parade.
JULY ◆ July through September — Leavenworth Summer Theater “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “Footloose” and “The Sound of Music.” Box office opens May 31 (509) 548-2000; leavenworthsummertheater. org ◆ 4 — Kinderfest & Fourth of July Celebration: Family fun, free refreshments and balloons ◆ 5-6, 12-13, 23, 25-26 — Leavenworth Summer Theater “The Sound of Music” (509) 548-2000; leavenworthsummertheater.org
At the Wenatchee River Salmon Festival.
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in Leavenworth
The Leavenworth Christmas Lighting Festival. ◆ 17, 20, 24, 27 — Leavenworth Summer Theater “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” (509) 548-2000; leavenworthsummertheater.org ◆ 31 — Leavenworth Summer Theater “Footloose” (509) 548-2000; leavenworthsummertheater.org
AUGUST ◆ TBD — 12th Annual Leavenworth Wine Tasting Festival: Wine tasting, art booths, entertainment ◆ 1, 3, 6, 9, 14, 16, 20, 23, 30
Music” (509) 548-2000; leavenworthsummertheater.org ◆ 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 21, 24, 28 — Leavenworth Summer Theater “Footloose” (509) 548-2000; leavenworthsummertheater. org
SEPTEMBER ◆ 1 — Leavenworth Sum-
mer Theater “The Sound of Music” (509) 548-2000; leavenworthsummertheater.org ◆ 4-8 — 18th Annual Leavenworth Quilt Show: Enjoy quilt displays throughout the village
— Leavenworth Summer Theater “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” (509) 548-2000; leavenworthsummertheater.org
Salmon Festival: Exhibits, entertainment, activities at Leavenworth Fish Hatchery
◆ 2, 7, 10, 13, 17, 22, 24, 27, 29, 31 — Leavenworth Summer Theater “The Sound of
◆ 27-29 — Washington State Autumn Leaf Festival: Entertainment, parade, food booths
◆ 19-21 — Wenatchee River
OCTOBER ◆ 4-5, 11-12, 18-19 — Oktoberfest: Authentic German food, beer, music and dancing ◆ 5 — Oktoberfest Marathon, Leavenworth, full and half marathon; (509) 548-5807; leavenworthmarathon.com
NOVEMBER ◆ Nov. 29-30, Dec. 1 — Christkindlmarkt: Leavenworth’s Annual Christmas market. Booths for crafts and food, entertainment, activities for kids; (509)548-5807; www. projektbayern.com
DECEMBER ◆ 1 — Christkindlmarkt: Leavenworth’s Annual Christmas market. Booths for crafts and food, entertainment, activities for kids; (509)5485807; www.projektbayern.com
◆ 6-8, 13-15, 20-22 Christmas Lighting Festival: Three weekends of all-afternoon fun in downtown Leavenworth — music, entertainment, hot drinks and snacks and Father Christmas himself. The spectacular lighting ceremony begins at 4:30 p.m.; (509) 548-5807. ◆ 7-8, 13-15, 20-22 — Leavenworth Summer Theater “It’s A Wonderful Life” (509) 548-2000; leavenworthsummertheater.org
JANUARY ◆ 19-20 — Bavarian Ice Festival, Leavenworth: Snow sculptures and ice carving, dog sled rides, games for everybody, chili cook of and more.
Lake Chelan The choice is clear here L
ake Chelan has our region’s best beach and it’s right next to a great downtown loaded with restaurants, bars, hotels and shops and the Ruby Theatre, one of the oldest movie theaters in the state. It calls for multitasking, in a good way. Lake Chelan is one of the deepest and cleanest lakes in the world and is the third deepest lake (about 1,500 feet)
in North America. The name Chelan comes from the Indian “Tsill-anne,” meaning deep water. Chelan’s oldest building is also one of its most unusual: St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. The recently restored log building in downtown still is home to weekly services. Lake Chelan was given oicial status as an American Viticultural Area in 2009, meaning
the growing region is unique and distinct and wines made from grapes grown there can carry the Lake Chelan designation. There are many vineyards and fruitstands in the area. Mill Bay Casino in Manson has slot machines, card and table games, a summer series of big-name concerts, dancing, dining and live music (Check colvillecasinos.com for concert listings.)
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Hikers walk along the Lakeshore Trail on Lake Chelan near Prince Creek. At left, the swimming area at Lake Chelan State Park.
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Riding a water slide at Slidewaters in Chelan. Below, Rita Bergk of Seattle relaxes on a dock while camping at Lake Chelan State Park.
IN THE WHEELHOUSE Smart placement of the pilot house from the original Lady of the Lake means you wannabe swabbies can squintn-conjure powering through Lake Chelan-s westerly chop in the 1940s. The 60-yearold, 65-foot-long Lady was salvaged in 2001, but wisdom prevailed and the pilot house was saved. The wooden structure, complete with captain’s wheel, was restored and mounted in 2008 to overlook the Chelan River at the foot of the lake near the Riverwalk Pavilion. Today, kids and perky seniors climb around the railed and elevated monument, just itchin’ to get inside and give that wheel a spin.
Not happening. Spirits steer that ghost boat now.
BAY WATCH Few summertime treats are more refreshing than leaping from Manson Bay Park’s swimming dock into the cold, clear waters of Lake Chelan. In truth, the relatively still bay waters are warmer than you’d expect and utterly irresistible to anyone with otter-like tendencies. When the lake’s full, the depth in the bay’s swimming area runs from about a foot (near the shoreline steps) to 15 feet at midpoint. The lake’s only oicial lifeguards keep everyone safe and sane, although whoops of joy still accompany almost every leapin’ splash.
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LAZY RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT Chelan’s Slidewaters is now splashier than ever with its new Lazy River, a 180,000-gallon pool that offers a great place to float (500 feet of “river”) and enjoy the surrounding views. It also has a zero-depth entrance that’s loaded with spray features, making it a good place for families to play all day. See more at slidewaters waterpark.com
The Lady of the Lake II arrives at Fields Point Landing on Lake Chelan.
Lakeshore RV Park, Don Morse Memorial Park, & Lakeshore Marina Playground, Public Beaches, 18-hole Putting Green, Tennis, Basketball & Volleyball Courts, Skate Park, Camping.
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Earl Hunt, Manson, enjoys a weekend of camping and fishing in Stehekin with his dog, Bully, and his niece, Valerie Hunt of Manson. At left, Rainbow Falls is a scenic spot and popular stop for the bus that drives up from the Stehekin landing.
A cup of coffee is a staple in the dining room of the Stehekin Valley Ranch.
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ON THE FAR SIDE About 100 lucky people live year-round in Stehekin, at the far end of 55-mile-long Lake Chelan and surrounded by the North Cascades National Park. The community gets its name from the Indian word meaning “the way through.â€? No roads connect it to the outside world but you can catch a ferry ride with the Lake Chelan Boat Co. — (509) 682-4584. Get off the ferry and take a bus tour up the valley. Visit Buckner Orchard, managed by the National Park Service, and working on its second 100 years. PaciďŹ c Crest Trail long-distance hikers and ferry-hoppers are both drawn to the the Stehekin Pastry Co.
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Sweet spots NCW golf courses CHELAN COUNTY KAHLER GLEN GOLF & SKI RESORT ◆ Located near Lake Wenatchee State Park, about 3.5 miles off Highway 2. Phone: 800-440-2994. Call (509) 7634025 for tee times. For more information, see kahlerglen. com. 18-hole, par 70 course offering three levels: blue, 5,893 yards; white, 5,579 yards; and red, 4,737 yards. Challenging mountain course. Full service restaurant and lounge. Tee-time reservations recommended for weekends and holidays. Condo-
minium rentals available; must be booked in advance.
LAKE CHELAN MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE ◆ It is about a half-mile from the city RV park on the Chelan-Manson Highway at 135 E. Johnson, Chelan. Phone: 800-246-5361 or (509) 6828026. For more information, or see lakechelangolf.com. An 18-hole public course with open play. Men’s 6,440 yards (par 72); women’s 5,501 yards (par 72). Driving range, putting and chipping greens, pro shop, lessons, restaurant, dress code
enforced. Tee-time reservations taken up to 30 days in advance and can be made online, some restrictions apply.
LEAVENWORTH GOLF CLUB ◆ Along the Wenatchee River at 9101 Icicle Road, Leavenworth. Call two weeks in advance to reserve a tee time. Phone: (509) 548-7267. For more information, see leavenworthgolf.com. An 18-hole semiprivate course open to the public. Men’s 5,699 yards (par 71); women’s 5,241 yards (par 71). On-site restaurant, pro shop and lessons.
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Colockum Ridge Golf Course (Quincy), Hole 15, Par 4, 438 yards
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THREE LAKES ◆ Located on West Malaga Road off the Malaga-Alcoa Highway. Reservations are taken a week in advance. Phone:(509) 663-5448. For more information, see www. threelakesgolf.com. An 18-hole course open to the public. Men’s 5,362 yards (par 69); women’s 5,202 yards (par 72). Driving range, pro shop, putting and chipping greens, lessons, restaurant.
MOUNT CASHMERE ◆ At 6400 Kimber Road,
Cashmere, near the fairgrounds. Reservations recommended for weekend play. Phone:(509) 782-1207. For more information, see thegolfcourses.net/golfcourses/ WA/18384.htm. Nine-hole, par 32 public course. Men’s tees, 2,336 yards (par 32); women’s tees 2,201 yards (par 34). A second set of tees has been added for those who want to play 18 holes. Driving range, putting green, cart rentals, snack bar.
BEAR MOUNTAIN RANCH GOLF COURSE ◆ About three miles south
of Chelan on Highway 97A. Phone: 877-917-8200 or (509) 682-8200. For more information, see bearmt.com. An 18-hole public course overlooking the south shore of Lake Chelan. The course ranges from 5,063 yards to 7,231 yards long, depending on which five tee placements used. Driving range, putting green, cart rentals, food service, pro shop, lessons.
DOUGLAS COUNTY DESERT CANYON GOLF RESORT ◆ 1201 Desert Canyon Blvd., Orondo, just off High-
way 97 between Wenatchee and Chelan. Phone: 800-2584173 or (509) 784-1111. For more information, see desertcanyon.com. An 18-hole, desert-style target golf course with spectacular views of the Columbia River valley. Overnight accommodations at Great Links Lodge. Restaurant, pro shop, putting course, lessons.
THE HIGHLANDER GOLF CLUB ◆ 2920 8th St. S.E., East Wenatchee. Phone: (509) 8844653. For more information, see highlandergolfclub.com. An 18-hole Scottish linksstyle 72-par course overlooking the Columbia River. Black tees, 6,550 yards; white tees, 5,947 yards; gold tees, 4,991 yards. Clubhouse and pro shop, driving range, lessons available. Full-service restaurant and lounge.
ROCK ISLAND GOLF COURSE ◆ 314 Saunders Road, Rock Island. Phone: (509) 884-2806. With an additional nine holes opening this summer, this popular nine-hole public course will offer a full 18 holes, over 7,000 yards in length. Open play policy. Currently, using separate tees on nine holes, men’s 6,487 yards (par 72); women’s 5,937 yards (par 72). Driving range, restaurant and pro shop.
WENATCHEE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB ◆ 1600 Country Club Drive, East Wenatchee. Phone: (509) 884-7105. For more information, go to wenatcheegolfclub.org. An 18-hole private course. Players must belong to the club, another private club, or be a guest of a member. Men’s 6,395 yards (par 72); women’s
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Chris Day of Kennewick hits a shot from the sand that fronts the ninth green at Highlander Golf Club in East Wenatchee.
5,520 yards (par 73). Lounge, restaurant, clubhouse, pool, pro shop, driving range and showers.
OKANOGAN COUNTY ALTA LAKE GOLF RESORT ◆ 140 Alta Lake Road, Pateros, near Alta Lake State Park. Phone: (509) 923-2359. For more information, go to altalakegolf.com. An 18-hole Scottish links
course with open play. Men’s 6,600 yards (par 72); women’s 5,313 yards (par 72). Cafe open seasonally, pro shop, cart and club rentals, snack shop.
BEAR CREEK GOLF COURSE ◆ 19 Bear Creek Golf Course Road, Winthrop. Phone: (509) 996-2284. For more information go to bearcreekgolfcourse.com. A nine-hole, 6,271-yard course with double tees. Great valley views in a pastoral setting. Cart and club rentals, power carts.
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LAKE WOODS GOLF COURSE ◆ Located at 240 Park Ridge Road, Bridgeport, near the state park and Chief Joseph Dam. Phone: (509) 6865721. For more information, go to thegolfcourses.net/golfcourses/WA/1451.htm. A nine-hole community golf course with open-play policy. Driving range, snack bar with table seating, club rentals. RV and camping spaces in the state park.
OKANOGAN VALLEY GOLF CLUB ◆ Located at 105 Dankar Cutoff Road, Omak. Call (509) 826-6937. For more information, go to okanoganvalleygolf. com. A nine-hole public course with double tees, 6,100 yards (par 71). Snack bar, lessons, overnight camping (no hookups).
OROVILLE GOLF CLUB ◆ Located two miles west of Oroville on the Nighthawk Road. Phone: (509) 476-2390. For more information, go to thegolfcourses.net/golfcourses/WA/1540.htm. A nine-hole course with double tees; public welcome. Men’s 5,917 yards (par 72); women’s 5,839 yards (par 74). Snack bar, pro shop, equipment rentals. Scenic location above the Similkameen River.
GRANT COUNTY BANKS LAKE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB ◆ Located at 19849 Ludolph Road N.E., Electric City, near Sunbanks Lake Resort. Phone: (509) 633-1400. For more information, go to http://bankslakegolfcourse.webs.com. An 18-hole course with
open play policy. Men’s 6,359 yards (par 73); women’s 5,498 yards (par 73). Driving range, snack bar, lounge, rental carts.
COLOCKUM RIDGE GOLF COURSE ◆ Located at 17056 Road 5 N.W., Quincy. Phone: (509) 787-6206. For more information, go to colockumridgegolf. com. This 18-hole course, with tee placements for beginning, intermediate and advanced golfers, offers a restaurant, pro shop and full slate of summer events and tournaments. Men’s 5,966 yards (par 71); women’s 5,150 yards (par 73). Owned and operated under the guidance of the Port of Quincy, this course has been revitalized in recent years.
CRESCENT BAR ◆ Located at 8894 Crescent
Bar Road N.W., seven miles west of Quincy. Phone: (509) 787-1511. For more information, go to crescentbarresort.com. A nine-hole public course with open-play policy. Men’s 6,068 yards (par 70); women’s 5,788 yards (par 72). Driving range, restaurant, lounge, RV and camping spaces (20 hookups and 32 tent sites), marina and tennis courts.
SUNSERRA AT CRESCENT BAR ◆ Located at 23572 Sunserra Loop N.W., west of Quincy near Crescent Bar Resort. For more information, go to sunserra.com. Nine-hole par 27 executive course. Public course, open play. Clubhouse, pro shop, restaurant, bar, ice cream/coffee shop.
DESERT AIRE ◆ Located 19 miles south of the Vantage Bridge at 504 Clubhouse Way W., Mattawa.
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With a shot over the Wenatchee River from the tees and the river bordering the right side of the sixth hole at Leavenworth Golf Course, any drive that comes up short or an unintended fade or slice for a righthander may cost you a ball — and a stroke.
Phone: (509) 932-4439. For information, go to desertaire. com. An 18-hole public course. Men’s 6,243 yards (par 72); women’s 5,287 yards (par 72). Full service pro shop, snack bar, putting green, driving range. RV hookups for overnight stay.
LAKEVIEW GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB ◆ Located at 19547 Golf Club Road NW, between Soap Lake and Ephrata. Phone (509) 246-0336. For more information, go to thegolfcourses.net/ golfcourses/WA/1585.htm. An 18-hole private course with private guest policy; visitors must be members of another private club or guests of club members. Driving range open to public. Men’s
6,632 yards (par 71); women’s 5,452 yards (par 71). Private lounge and restaurant.
MOSES LAKE GOLF CLUB ◆ Located at 1373 Road F.2 NE, west of Moses Lake off Interstate 90. Phone: (509) 765-5049. For more information, go to moseslakegolfclub. com. An 18-hole private course with private guest policy; visitors must be members of another private club or guests of club members. New visitors can call for tee time, if available. Men’s 6,539 yards (par 71); women’s 5,131 yards (par 71). Driving range, restaurant open to the public, lounge, lessons available. Equipment rentals and showers.
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ROYAL CITY PUBLIC GOLF COURSE
It’s a long carry over water at the 5th hole at Rock Island Golf Course.
HYLANDER GREENS ◆ Located at 1475 E. Nelson
LINKS AT MOSES POINTE ◆ Located at 4524 West-
shore Dr. N.E., Moses Lake. Phone: 866-764-2275 or (509) 764-2275. For more information, go to mosespointe.com. An 18-hole resort golf course, open to the public, with views of Moses Lake and the Cascade Mountains. A par 72, it offers four sets of tees stretching to as much as 7,428 yards. Pro shop, driving range, lessons and restaurant.
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Road, off Highway 17 in Moses Lake. Phone: (509) 766-1228. For more information, go to thegolfcourses.net/golfcourses/WA/1523.htm. Nine-hole executive course. Par 30. Driving range, golf cart and club rentals. Open play policy.
OASIS RV PARK & GOLF ◆ Located at 2541 Basin
St. SW, Ephrata. Phone: 877754-5102 or (509) 754-5102. For more information, go to oasisrvandgolfresort.com. A nine-hole, 27 par public
◆ Located at 13702 Dodson Road. South, Royal City. Phone: (509) 346-2052. For more information, go to royalcitygolf.com. Nine-hole public course with hills, water hazards, creeks and sand traps. Men’s 6,127 yards (par 72); women’s 5,675 yards (par 72). Clubhouse with snacks and beverages, pro shop, pull/power cart rentals, driving range and practice putting green.
SAGE HILLS GOLF CLUB & RV
81 more information, go to sunlakesparksresort.com. A nine-hole public course with open-play policy. Power and pull carts, grocery/convenience store and nearby 18-hole mini-golf course.
NCW MINI-GOLF COURSES ALPENHORN CAFE 7600 S. Lakeshore Road, Chelan. Phone: (509) 687-0930.
ENZIAN FALLS CHAMPIONSHIP PUTTING COURSE 590 Highway 2, Leavenworth, next to Enzian Inn. Phone: (509) 548-5269. Web: enzianfalls.com
DESERT CANYON GOLF RESORT’S CHAMPIONSHIP PUTTING COURSE
◆ Located at 10400 Sagehill Road S.E., Warden. Phone: 888-628-3066 or (509) 3492603. For more information, go to sagehills.com. An 18-hole public course with open-play policy. Men’s 6,591 yards (par 71); women’s 5,128 yards (par 74). Restaurant and lounge, pro shop and RV park.
1201 Desert Canyon Blvd., Orondo. Phone: (509) 784-1111. Web: desertcanyon.com
SUN LAKES GOLF COURSE
2541 Basin St. S.W., Ephrata. Phone: (509) 754-5102.
ICICLE JUNCTION FAMILY FUN CENTER 565 Highway 2, Leavenworth. Phone: 800-961-0162 or (509) 548-2400. Web: iciclejunction. com.
OASIS RV AND GOLF PARK
◆ Located at 34228 Park
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Lake Road N.E., Coulee City, in Sun Lakes Park Resort. Phone: (509) 632-5291. For
Don Morse Park: 619 W. Manson Highway, Chelan. Phone: (509) 682-8023
OMAK STAMPEDE & WORLD FAMOUS SUICIDE RACE
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ide expanses of open wildland, acre upon acre of fruit trees and plenty of sunny skies make the Okanogan Valley a visual delight. Here, take in the spectacle of the Omak Stampede and World Famous Suicide Race, enjoy a crisp apple or spend a relaxing day fishing and camping at one of the area’s many lakes.
OKANOGAN Okanogan has embraced its history through a series of billboard-sized Frank Matsura photographs scattered around town. A Japanese immigrant who came to the Okanogan Valley in the early 1900s, Matsura captured the daily lives of
early pioneers and American Indians as the two cultures began to merge. Many more of his pictures, and other early Okanogan artifacts, can be seen at the Okanogan County Historical Museum, open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., beginning Memorial Day.
PATEROS The mayor of Pateros, Philippines, will lead a delegation to Pateros, Wash., to celebrate the Columbia River town’s centennial at the Pateros Apple Pie Jamboree from July 19-21. Pateros, Wash., was originally named Ives Landing, until Second Lt. Charles Nosler — who had fought in the Spanish-American War and visited Pateros,
Philippines, renamed it. Also in Pateros (pateros. com): ◆ Chelan Ridge Hawk Festival at Memorial Park, Sept. 14. Live hawks are shown in the park, or take a tour to ridge where researchers each year gather information on hundreds of migrating raptors. ◆ Hydro Classic Aug. 24-25. Hydroplane boats roar around an oval course on the Columbia River.
TONASKET Traveling north, you’ll find Tonasket, which will celebrate its 76th Founder’s Day Rodeo June 2, with everything from barbecue and kids games to big-time rodeo shows, a parade
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OROVILLE Continuing north, Oroville is the last town in the U.S. before hitting Canada. Here, wine tasting and antiquing are favorite pastimes, along with playing at Lake Osoyoos, which crosses the border into Canada. The town this year took over the Osoyoos Lake Veterans Memorial Park. Try orovillewashington.com for a list of events.
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Fishing at Spectacle Lake near Tonasket.
and a fly-in event. Several other events are planned through the summer, many at the Community Cultural Center of Tonasket, where concerts and many other events take place. Visit cccoftonasket. org, or tonasketcity.org, or check in with the Tonasket
Visitors Center, Tonasket Ranger District, (509) 4862186. One of the gems of the region is also the Sinlahekin Wildlife Area, east of Highway 97, the state’s oldest wildlife reserve that’s truly a photographer’s paradise.
Conconully has a museum, open weekends. But fishing is this town´s fancy. It’ll host a Fly Fishing Rendezvous on April 14, followed by a Trout Derby April 28-29. The town caters to tourists, so events happen all summer long. Try conconully.com for other happenings.
MOLSON For travelers interested in history, Molson is a must. Its
83 outdoor ghost town museum and schoolhouse museum are open daily in the summer, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Omak Stampede and World Famous Suicide Race is Okanogan County’s largest event, drawing tens of thousands of visitors from all over the world for four days of professional rodeo and an Indian encampment, which is always the second weekend in August.
FORT OKANOGAN Located at the confluence of the Okanogan and Columbia rivers, Fort Okanogan is the first American outpost in Washington state, established in 1811 by the Pacific Fur Company. The historic site became a state park, and the now belongs to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.
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Volunteers prepare a hot air baloon for the annual balloon festival in Winthrop.
This valley will cast its spell on you T
he North Cascades Highway — with spectacular views often compared to the Alps — leads to the Methow Valley, loaded with hiking, biking and horseback riding trails. The North Cascades Highway opened in 1972 but heavy snow and avalanches close it almost every winter. The Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest surrounds this
narrow valley on three sides. Stop in at the Methow Valley Ranger Station in Winthrop for a map, or call them, (509) 996-4003. That howl you hear may just be a wolf. Wolves — back in the state for the first time since the 1930s — are still rare, but sightings include those near Twisp. Old-timers have long insisted that there are no grizzlies in the North Cascades,
at least in Washington. But the National Park Service says there may be 15 to 30 of them ranging from southern British Columbia to Interstate 90. The Methow Valley has 120 miles of community trails used mainly for cross country skiing in the winter, and mountain biking in the summer. If you hit them all, it’s like skiing or bicycling from Winthrop to Leavenworth.
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so much. It has just under 8 people per square mile, compared with the statewide average of more than 100 per square mile.
WINTHROP Winthrop is named after Theodore Winthrop, a wellknown author in the early 1900s. But townsfolk are more likely to know the names of Kathryn and Otto Wagner, who rebuilt Winthrop into an Old West town after closing their lumber mill in Twisp.
METHOW VALLEY TRAILS
TWISP Twisp is known for its thriving arts community, both visual and performing. Added now to the Conuence Gallery, Methow Arts Alliance, Cascadia (a music association) and the Merc Playhouse is TwispWorks, the town’s public development authority, at 502 S. Glover St.
SUSPENDING TIME Built in a time of salmon recovery, three suspension bridges built for foot or
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on a Methow Valley Sports Trail Association trail near Mazama. At 5,268 square miles, Okanogan County is the largest county in Washington state. In terms of population, not
No need to put the bike away anymore when the ďŹ rst snow akes begin to y. The Methow Valley Sport Trails Association has opened up some winter trails snow bikes — specially made bicycles that feature ultra-wide, lowpressure tires. Information on what is open will be posted daily on the grooming report at www. mvsta.com. Meanwhile, MVSTA also has created a kids cross-county ski terrain park at the Winthrop Town Trailhead and in 2012 offered free skiing to anyone 17 years of age and under.
Rest stops
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Prince Creek Campground on Lake Chelan.
Camping & picnic spots WENATCHEE AREA ◆ Daroga State Park: 18 miles north of Wenatchee on Highway 97. ◆ Entiat City Park: 15 miles north of Wenatchee off of Highway 97A. ◆ Kirby Billingsley (Rock Island) Hydro Park: Two miles south of East Wenatchee on Highway 28. ◆ Lincoln Rock State Park: Seven miles north of Wenatchee on Highway 2/97. ◆ Orondo River Park: Three miles north of Orondo on Highway 97. ◆ Squilchuck State Park: Nine miles south of Wenatchee on the way to Mission Ridge ◆ Walla Walla Point Park:
1351 Walla Walla Ave. ◆ Wenatchee Confluence State Park: Confluence of Columbia and Wenatchee rivers ◆ Wenatchee River County Park (Monitor): Five miles west of Wenatchee on Highway 2/97. U.S. Forest Service campgrounds: ◆ Pine Flats: 14 miles from Entiat on Mad River Road ◆ Fox Creek: 27 miles from Entiat on Entiat River Road ◆ Lake Creek: 28 miles from Entiat on Entiat River Road ◆ Silver Falls: 30 miles from Entiat on Entiat River Road
LEAVENWORTH AREA ◆ Chiwawa Horse Camp: 15 miles north of Fish Lake on Chiwawa River Road ◆ Goose Creek: One mile off of Chiwawa River road on Forest Service Road 6100 ◆ Nason Creek: Next to Lake Wenatchee State Park ◆ Glacier View: Five miles up Cedar Brae Road off Highway 207
U.S. Forest Service campgrounds: ◆ Bridge Creek: Up Icicle Road about 9.5 miles ◆ Eightmile: Up Icicle Road about 8 miles ◆ Ida Creek: Up Icicle Road about 14 miles
◆ Johnny Creek: 12.5 miles up Icicle Road ◆ Tumwater: 10 miles west of Leavenworth on Highway 2 ◆ Lake Wenatchee State Park: 18 miles northwest of Leavenworth off of Highway 2.
LAKE CHELAN AREA ◆ Lake Chelan State Park:
Nine miles west of Chelan on the south shore. ◆ Twenty-five Mile State Park: 19 miles west of Chelan on the south shore. ◆ Chelan Falls Park: In Chelan Falls, off of Highway 97A. ◆ Chelan Falls Powerhouse Park: in Chelan Falls, off of Highway 97A.
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◆ Beebe Bridge Park: 34 miles north of Wenatchee on Highway 97
CASCADE LOOP Check out The Cascade Loop Association’s website — cascadeloop. com — for planning, maps, photos, audio files for your iPod and much more. We’re on the sunny side of the 440-mile Loop, which runs through or by Leavenworth, Wenatchee, Lake Chelan and the Methow Valley.
OKANOGAN COUNTY ◆ Alta Lake State Park: Four miles southwest of Pateros on Highway 153. ◆ Bridgeport State Park: Near Bridgeport on Highway 17 near Chief Joseph Dam. ◆ Conconully State Park: 22 miles northwest of Omak near Conconully. ◆ Fort Okanogan State Park: Four miles northeast of Brewster overlooking the Columbia River. ◆ Osoyoos Lake Veterans Memorial Park: Just north of Oroville on Highway 97. ◆ Pearrygin Lake State Park: Four miles northeast of Winthrop.
U.S. Forest Service campgrounds: ◆ Early Winters: 16 miles northwest of Winthrop on Highway 20 ◆ Falls Creek: 11 miles north of Winthrop on Forest Service Road 51 ◆ Flat: 12 miles north of Winthrop off of Forest Service Road 5130 ◆ Klipchuck: 19 miles northwest of Winthrop, one mile off Highway 20 ◆ Lone Fir: 27 miles northwest of Wintrhop on Highway 20
Boy scout Ethan Harris of Renton puts gear into his tent while snow camping near Mission Ridge’s Lake Clara, near Wenatchee. ◆ Blackpine Lake: 18 miles
west of Twisp on U.S. Forest Service Road 43 ◆ Foggy Dew: 12 miles south of Carlton, up Gold Creek on U.S. Forest Service Road 4340 ◆ Loup Loup: 12.5 miles east of Twisp off of Highway 20 ◆ Mystery: 18 miles northwest of Twisp off of U.S. Forest Service Road 44. ◆ Poplar Flat: 21 miles northwest of Twisp on Twisp River off of U.S. Forest Service Road 44 ◆ Twisp River Horse Camp: 22 miles west of Twisp on U.S. Forest Service Road 4435 ◆ War Creek: 14 miles west of Twisp on U.S. Forest Service Road 44 ◆ Bonaparte Lake: 24 miles
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northeast of Tonasket on U.S. Forest Service Road 32 ◆ Crawfish Lake: 20 miles northwest of Riverside on U.S. Forest Service Road 30 ◆ Kerr: 3.5 miles northwest of Conconully on U.S. Forest Service Road 38 ◆ Lost Lake: 34 miles northeast of Tonasket on U.S. Forest Service Road 33 ◆ Salmon Meadows: 8.5 miles northwest of Conconully U.S. Forest Service Road 38 ◆ Tiffany Springs: 30.5 miles norhtwest of Conconully on U.S. Forest Service Road 39
◆ Ginkgo/Wanapum State Park: Near Vantage on the west bank of the Columbia River. ◆ Potholes State Park: 17 miles southwest of Moses Lake on Highway 262. ◆ Steamboat Rock State Park: 16 miles north of Coulee City on Highway 155. ◆ Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park: seven miles southwest of Coulee City on Highway 17.
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Students on a field trip eat lunch at Grand Coulee Dam.
GRAND COULEE DAM
LASER LIGHT SHOW
Grand Coulee Dam’s main attraction — after the massive dam itself — is its laser light show. And this summer, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will debut the first new laser show in 24 years. Check with the dam visitor center — (509) 633-9265 — for the opening date. Grand Coulee Dam is the largest hydropower producer in the United States, providing electricity to 11 Western states, with a total generating capacity of 6,809 megawatts. It is one of the top 10 largest producers of electricity in the world. And it’s the largest concrete structure in North America. Free tours of the Third Powerplant begin in the spring and continue until fall. The tours — it’s first-come, first-served — last about an hour. Tour times are April 1 through May 25 at 10 a.m., 12 noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.; May 26 through Sept. 15 at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 12 noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.; and, Sept. 16 through Oct. 13 at 10 a.m., 12 noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Info: call (509) 633-9265 or (509) 633-9503 or visit www. usbr.gov/pn/grandcoulee/ Tourists can find plenty to do at the dam. The Visitor Center is fully accessible and features hands-on exhibits explaining the dam’s construction and operations, how it fits into the Columbia River, and the history and geology of the area, including museum exhibits, old equipment and computer games.
Whether it’s the old show or the new one, the laser light show begins at 10 p.m. from the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend through July 31, at 9:30 p.m. from Aug. 1-31, and at 8:30 p.m. from Sept. 1-30. Locals say the best spot to watch is at the Visitor Center, with bleachers and a full sound system. A park area below the dam, Crown Point Vista, Mason City Park and Coulee Dam parks are also great places to view the 36-minute show, which tells the story of the Columbia River and the building of the dam. Visitors
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Grand Coulee Dam’s laser light show, shown nightly on the face of the dam every summer for the past 24 years, will be replaced this year with a new show. in areas without speakers can hear the narration on 90.1 FM radio. The Visitor Center is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, with
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YOUR RECREATION DESTINATION! Boating & Fishing Beautiful Tree Shaded Waterfront Parks Docks and Boat Launches Swim Beach Splash Pad and Playgrounds Historical Walking Trail Museum Fishing & Hunting Snow Mobiling & Cross Country Skiing
EVENTS: May 2013 – 100th Birthday Party & Spring Fling June 14-16 – City Wide Yard Sales July 19-21 – Apple Pie Jamboree and Jet Ski Races August 24-25 – Hydro Races September 14-15 – Chelan Ridge Hawk Migration Festival October 4-6 – City Wide Yard Sale and Harvest Festival October 31 – Night at the Museum - Haunted House December 12 – Christmas in the City
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extended hours from Memorial Day through the end of September.
COULEE DAM CASINO The Coulee Dam Casino: gambling includes slot machines. Owned and operated by Colville Confederated Tribes. Info: 800-556-7492, (509) 633-0766, colvillecasinos.com/cdc-main.html The Grand Coulee Dam Area: boating, waterskiing, sailing, swimming, fishing and horseback riding. Steamboat Rock State Park on Banks Lake and the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area: camping, RV and day-use facilities. Web: visit stateparks.com/steamboat_ rock.html and nps.gov/laro/ index.htm Houseboat rentals are available on Lake Roosevelt. The unique landscape of the area offers many hiking and walking trails for all ages and abilities, including an historic walking tour of Coulee Dam, rich in stories of the building of Grand Coulee Dam.
Visitors at the Rocky Reach Dam fish ladders and viewing windows below the dam, near Wenatchee.
FESTIVALS NEAR THE DAM ◆ Colorama Festival and
Pro-West Rodeo on Mother’s Day weekend in Grand Coulee May 9-12. It includes a professional rodeo, cowboy breakfast, arts and crafts, food fair, carnival, a health walk/run at North Dam Park, parade and other entertainment. ◆ Sunbanks Resort will hold two popular Sunbanks Blues Festivals May 16-20 and Sept. 5-9. The resort will also host the Whidbey Island Rooster Tail Hydro Boat Races June 7-9 and the annual Hydro Boat Races June 14-16. Info: (888) 822-7195, sunbanksresort.com ◆ Two events are scheduled during Father’s Day weekend: The annual Koulee Kids Fest is June 16 throughout
the Coulee area with events and activities geared towards kids as well as the entire family. The Coulee Cruizers Car Club Show & Shine is June 14-15 at North Dam Park. ◆ The annual Fourth of July Festival of America will be July 4-6 with arts and crafts, food, entertainment, and a fireworks display over the dam on July 4. ◆ The Colville Confederated Tribes will hold a powwow and American Indian encampment, with drumming, dancing, concessions and games June 30-July 7 in nearby Nespelem. Info: (509) 6342200. Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce: (800) 268-5332 or (509) 633-3074 or visit grandcouleedam.org
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Tending the garden at Rocky Reach Dam.
ROCKY REACH DAM Rocky Reach Dam, seven miles north of Wenatchee right off Highway 97A, is a publiclyowned dam operated by the
Chelan County PUD. This is a must-see stop. What’s that long, long tube that runs from across the downstream side of the dam? It’s a juvenile fish bypass system that
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chure and map and stretch your legs on a walking tour (one to two hours). It starts and ends at the Visitor Center parking lot. The park is open daily from March 1 to late October. Info: (509) 663-7522, chelanpud.org/ rocky-reach-hydro-project.html or chelanpud.org/visitor-center. html
CHIEF JOSEPH DAM
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shoots baby salmon past the damâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 11 generating units (1,300 megawatts capacity) and then dramatically drops them on their way into the river. The Visitor Center at Rocky Reach Dam, open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 1 until late October, offers movies and exhibits on dam construction, history, American Indian culture and a look back at life along the Columbia. Balconies provide views of the dam, ďŹ sh ladder and the Columbia River. The popular ďŹ sh-viewing room allows visitors to watch adult salmon, steelhead, trout and other species on their upstream migration to spawning areas. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ďŹ nd ďŹ&#x201A;ower gardens, picnic shelters, an arboretum, restrooms and a playground at Rocky Reach Park. Grab a bro-
Chief Joseph Dam, located just upstream from Bridgeport, has 27 turbines and is the second-largest hydropowerproducing dam in the United States. The damâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visitor center is only open for tours at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m., from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Visitors will see a video presentation and be guided inside the powerhouse. Info: (509) 686-5501 or corpslakes.usace.army.mil/visitors Behind the dam is 51-milelong Rufus Woods Lake. Fishing, boating, camping and hiking. Bridgeport State Park is nearby.
LAKE CHELAN DAM The Lake Chelan Dam lies at the base of the lake in the city of Chelan. Operated by the Chelan County PUD. Two generating units: 59 megawatts. Not open to the public. But take a 3-mile-ish hike that from the dam to the Chelan River shore. The best view of the damâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s powerhouse and the Chelan Gorge, about two miles downstream, is from the old highway bridge at a viewpoint off Highway 150, the route that connects Chelan Falls to Chelan. Info: chelanpud.org/lakechelan-hydro-project.html
WANAPUM DAM Wanapum Dam, operated by the Grant County PUD, is on the Columbia River six miles
downstream of Vantage. Ten generating units: 1,038 megawatts. Tours of the ďŹ sh ladder are available by appointment. Give them two weeks advance notice. Access to the dam is limited. A Heritage Center is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on weekends from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Info: (509) 793-1532 or visit gcpud. org/energy Resources/hydroPower/wanapumDam.html
WELLS DAM Wells Dam, 50 miles north of Wenatchee off Highway 97, is operated by Douglas County PUD. Ten generating units: 840 megawatts. The dam is not open to the public, but tours can be arranged by calling (509) 9232226. A tree-covered viewpoint includes information on the dam, a petroglyph display,
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picnic shelter and restrooms. Info: douglaspud.org
ROCK ISLAND DAM Rock Island Dam, 12 miles downstream from Wenatchee, was the ďŹ rst dam to span the Columbia River and is operated by the Chelan County PUD. Nineteen generating units: 624 megawatts. The dam has no visitor center and is not open to the public.
PRIEST RAPIDS DAM Priest Rapids Dam, operated by the Grant County PUD, is on the Columbia River 24 miles south of Vantage. Ten generating units: 955 megawatts. The dam has no visitor center and is not open to the public. Info: call (509) 793-1532 or visit gcpud. org/energyResources/hydroPower/priestRapidsDam.html
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Our great outdoors Links to adventure RAFTING ◆ Action Rafting Co.: Rivers: Methow, Wenatchee, Tieton, Yakima, Chiwawa; Contact: 888-697-7008 or (509) 782-1191; 105 E. Pleasant St., Cashmere; raftarc.com ◆ Adventure Raft Co.: Rivers: Wenatchee, Skykomish, Tieton, White Salmon; Contact: 800-543-7971 or (425) 883-9039; 444 Avenue A, Index; wavetrek.com ◆ All Adventures Rafting: Rivers: Wenatchee, Clackamas, White Salmon, Deschutes; Contact: 800-743-5628 or (509) 493-3926; 20 Forrest Lane, White Salmon; alladventuresrafting.com ◆ Alpine Adventures: Rivers: Upper Skagit, Wenatchee, Tieton, Skykomish; Contact: 800-723-8386; P.O. Box 373, Gold Bar; alpineadventures. com ◆ Blue Sky Outfitters: Rivers: Wenatchee, White Salmon, Methow, Tieton; Contact: 800228-7238; 3400 Harbor Ave. S.W., Seattle; blueskyoutfitters. com ◆ Chinook Expeditions: Rivers: Wenatchee, Suiattle, Methow, Skykomish, Tumwater, Tieton; Contact: P.O. Box
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Ice climbing the 50 foot tall Trotsky’s Folly ice flow on the cliff walls along Banks Lake in Grant County. 256, Index; 800-241-3451 or (360) 793-3451; chinookexpeditions.com ◆ Leavenworth Outfitters: Rivers: Upper Wenatchee, White Creek, Icicle Creek; Contact: (509) 548-0368; 325 Division St., Leavenworth; leavenworthoutfitters.com ◆ Extreme Adventures River Rafting and Jetski Rentals: Rivers: Wenatchee, Skykomish, Methow, Nooksack, Okanogan, Skagit, Green River Gorge, White Salmon, Klickitat, Tieton, Hoh, Similkameen; Contact: (509) 322-9747; 1402 Main St., Oroville; extremeadventures.webs. com ◆ North Cascades River Expeditions: Rivers: Green, Skykomish, Methow, Suiattle,
Tieton, Sauk, Wenatchee, Skagit; Contact: 800-634-8433 or (360) 435-9548; P.O. Box 116, Arlington; riverexpeditions. com ◆ Orion Expeditions: Rivers: Methow, Wenatchee, Tieton, Skagit, Skykomish, Green River Gorge, Sauk, Deschutes; Contact: 800-5537466 or (509) 548-1401; 12681 Wilson St., Leavenworth; orionexp.com ◆ Osprey Rafting Co.: Rivers: Wenatchee, Tieton; Contact: 888-548-6850 or (509) 5486800; 9342 Icicle Road, Leavenworth; ospreyrafting.com ◆ River Recreation: Rivers: Wenatchee, Skykomish, Methow, Nooksack, Skagit, Green River Gorge, White Salmon, Klickitat, Tieton; Con-
tact: 800-464-5899; P.O. Box 2124, Bothell; riverrecreation. com ◆ River Riders: Rivers: Methow, Wenatchee, Tieton, White Salmon, Nooksack, Skykomish, Tieton, Yakima; Contact: 800-448-7238; P.O. Box 666, Leavenworth; riverrider.com ◆ Tube Leavenworth: Rivers: Wenatchee, Yakima, Lake Wenatchee; Contact: (509) 5488823; 321 Ninth Street, Leavenworth; letsgotubing.com ◆ Wildwater River Guides: Rivers: Wenatchee, White Salmon, Skykomish, Skagit, Tieton, Toutle, Nisqually, Green; Contact: 509-470-8558; 800-522-9453; P.O. Box 686 Peshastin, WA 98847; wildwater-river.com
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CLIMBING â&#x2014;&#x2020; Leavenworth Mountain Sports: Contact: (509) 5487864; 220 Highway 2, Leavenworth; leavenworthmtnsports. com â&#x2014;&#x2020; Northwest Mountain School: IFMGA-certiďŹ ed guides provide guiding services and instruction in rock climbing, alpine climbing, and back country skiing.Contact: (509) 548-5823; P.O. Box 329 Leavenworth; mountainschool.com
OUTFITTERS â&#x2014;&#x2020; Eden Valley Guest
Ranch, Eden Valley: Patrick and Robin Stice; cabin rentals and horseback rides; edenvalleyranch.net; (509) 485-4002. â&#x2014;&#x2020; North Cascade Safaris, Twisp: Ryan Surface; visitokanogan.com; (509) 997-0215.
â&#x2014;&#x2020; Walking D Ranch Adventures, Twisp: John Doran; horseback day rides; cowboypoet.com; (509) 997-1015, 888291-4097. â&#x2014;&#x2020; Cascade Wilderness OutďŹ tters, Carlton: Steve and Jess Darwood; Pasayten and Sawtooth wildernesses; summer horseback vacations and fall hunting trips; cascadewildernessoutďŹ tters.com or call (509) 997-0155 or (509) 9970330. â&#x2014;&#x2020; Icicle OutďŹ tters and Guides, Lake Wenatchee and Entiat: Bruce and Sandy Wick; rides at Lake Wenatchee, Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery and in the Wenatchee National Forest; icicleoutďŹ tters.com, (509) 6691518, (509) 763-3647, (509) 7841145 or 800-497-3912. â&#x2014;&#x2020; Early Winters OutďŹ tting and Saddle Co., Winthrop:
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Aaron Lee and Judy Burkhart; earlywintersoutďŹ tting.com, (509) 996-2659. â&#x2014;&#x2020; Eagle Creek Ranch, Leavenworth: Michael and Susan Hagan; three, four and six-mile horseback rides, April through October, winter sleigh rides; eaglecreek.ws, (509) 5487798 or 800-221-7433. â&#x2014;&#x2020; Sawtooth OutďŹ tters, Alta Lake: Brian Varrelman; Pasayten Wilderness, Lake ChelanSawtooth Wildernes; altalake. com, (509) 923-2548. â&#x2014;&#x2020; Cascade Corrals, Stehekin OutďŹ tters: Courtney family; North Cascades National Park and other areas; horseback trips; hikes; riding lessons; stehekin.biz or 800536-0745, info@stehekinoutďŹ tters.com. â&#x2014;&#x2020; Three Peaks OutďŹ tters, Cle Elum: Scott and Michele Montgomery; day rides, hikes,
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overnight trips to Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, 3peaksoutďŹ tters.com, (509) 674-9661. â&#x2014;&#x2020; High Country OutďŹ tters, Cle Elum: Stacy Sutton; highcountry-outďŹ tters.com; 888-235-0111.
WENATCHEE RIVER RANGER DISTRICT, U.S. FOREST SERVICE The Forest Service is the place to go for info about hiking, camping, climbing, winter sports, Enchantment permits, forest goods and services. Contact: (509) 548-2550; 600 Sherbourne St., near downtown Leavenworth. Check out the great website (info, advice, hike recommendations) to line up permits and download or order maps: www.fs.fed.us/r6/ wenatchee/
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Julie Muyllaert, co-owner of Methow Cycle and Sport in Winthrop, takes a “fat bike” out for a spin in the snow.
oth Chelan County and Okanogan County boast sizable cycling communities. Each county also attracts large numbers of visitors who arrive with two-wheeled transports in tow. Two of the largest bike events in the region — the Apple Century Ride and the Chelan Century Challenge — are held in June.
rides. So do bike and informal ride shops such as Arlberg Sports in Wenatchee and Das Rad Haus in Leavenworth. Here is contact information for those clubs and businesses and others, too:
ENJOY THE RIDES
Leavenworth bikeleavenworth.com
Like elsewhere, biking Chelan County can be done in two ways. You can ride alone, for the solitude. Or you can ride in a group, for the human connection. If you can’t put together some friends or family members for a trip, the Wenatchee Valley Velo club and the EuroSports’ Bike Leavenworth group offer formal
◆ Full Circle Bike Shop
663-8025 ◆ Go Bent Bikes
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applebikeride.com ◆ EuroSports’ Bike ◆ Chelan Century
Challenge centuryride.com
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Cycling Club bikelakechelan.com ◆ Wenatchee Outdoors
wenatcheeoutdoors.org ◆ Arlberg Sports
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A rider crosses one of the many wooden bridges built for bikes at Stevens Pass bike park. The park is open through the summer from Fridays through Sundays. At left, bicycle renter Ron Scutt of Stehekin fits bicycles to customers near the landing at the far end of Lake Chelan.
Metal Monster? The Moses Lake Museum & Art Center (MAC) is dedicated to exploring the human and natural history of the Columbia Basin and celebrating the works of regional artists. We are a non-profit institution supported by the City of Moses Lake and Friends of MAC.
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FARMERS MARKET SAGE â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; SUN FESTIVAL ~ 2nd Weekend in June BASIN SUMMER SOUNDS ~ 3rd Weekend in July 20 minutes from Gorge Ampitheatre Summer Events
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Sergei Lavor of Auburn covers up in mud from Soap Lake, which is known for its healing waters that come from the high concentrations of minerals.
of the Columbia River, far eastern Kittitas County and western Grant County.
SOAP LAKE AND EPHRATA Soap Lake is a popular tourist destination because the high mineral content in the
lake is said to have healing properties. Ephrataâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Sage-N-Sun Festival has been entertaining audiences for over a century. The multi-day event features a variety of activities, including parades and live entertainment. The event is held during the second weekend in June.
Farmer Consumer Awareness Days Bringing the Farmer and Those who Buy Farm Goods Together
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97 8,000 flowers along city roadsides each spring. Quincy’s annual FarmerConsumer Awareness Day puts its focus on the area´s rich agricultural history. Over the past 30 years, the event has grown with tours of area processing plants and farms, displays of farm equipment, informational and commodity booths and a farmers market. The event is held during the second Saturday of September.
VANTAGE The Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park in Vantage is a 7,470-acre park with year-round camping at the Wanapum recreational area. Nearby, visit the Wild Horse Renewable Energy Center on Whiskey Dick Mountain where wind turbines generate electricity. Photo by Mike Bonnicksen
Hedgehog cactus in bloom in the Tarpiscan along a ridgeline leading up to Cape Horn. The Columbia River looking across to the Quincy area can be seen in the background.
MOSES LAKE Moses Lake, a city of about 21,000 on Interstate 90, is the largest city in the Columbia Basin. Surf n’ Slide Water Park is a big warm-weather outdoor attraction in Moses Lake. Catch a wave at the popular surfing simulator or launch yourself down one of 200-foot water slides. Lots more. Opens in
April. Info: (509) 764-3842, (509) 764-3805 ◆ Moses Lake Farmers Market: Saturdays, McCosh Park. May 4-Oct. 26. Info: (509) 750-7831 ◆ Moses Lake Spring Festival: Memorial Day weekend. Info: moseslake springfestival.com ◆ Moses Lake Hydroplane Races: May 18-19; info: Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce:
moseslake.com ◆ Grant County Fair: Aug. 13-17. Info: (509) 765-3581, gcfairgrounds.com
CRESCENT BAR Crescent Bar Resort is on a Columbia River island west of Quincy. The resort features golf, tennis, fishing, jet-skiing, wakeboarding, water-skiing and many other fun-in-the-sun activities.
QUINCY
ANCIENT LAKES
Quincy is a hub of agriculture with apple warehouses, a french fry manufacturer, frozen vegetable producers and seed companies. The Quincy Beautification Committee plants more than
Ancient Lakes, near Quincy, feature deep coulees, small and large lakes, desert waterfalls, sagebrush, wildflowers, birds and hiking trails. This area also is good for fishing and hunting.
Meet Your Friends at Del Red A family friendly food and beverage establishment
DEL RED PUB Food, Fun, Friends, Beverages Open 9am - 7 days a week Friday Night STEAK NIGHT – 5pm-9pm – 8 oz Top Sirloin $13.99 Monday Pool League 7pm Tuesday Tacos and Bingo 6pm Thursday Ladies Night $1 Off – Drinks and FREE POOL Classy Karaoke with Paul and Tabby 9pm-1am
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◆ Antique Mall of Cashmere: 603 Cotlets Way, Cashmere, 782-1519. ◆ Apple Annie Antique Gallery: 100 Apple Annie Ave., Cashmere, 782-4004. ◆ Elsie’s Studio: 107 Rail Road Ave., Cashmere, 782-1817 ◆ Eva’s Antique Mall: 126 Cottage Ave., Cashmere, 4707551. ◆ Junkyard Gypsy’s: 217B Mission Ave., Cashmere, 7829000 ◆ Stage Shop Antiques: 513 Webster Ave., Chelan, 682-5879. ◆ Country Things Antiques & Gifts: 221 Eighth St., Leavenworth, 548-7807. ◆ Antique Mall of Wenatchee: 11 N. Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee, 662-3671. ◆ Collector’s Gallery Antiques: 19 N. Wenatchee
Ave., Wenatchee, 663-5203. ◆ Gilded Lily, 2 N. Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee, 663-1733. ◆ Simply Unique: 201 S. Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee, 888-9515. ◆ Southend Secondhand: 810 S. Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee, 662-2920.
DOUGLAS COUNTY ◆ Oldedays Antiques &
Collectibles: 401 N. Roosevelt, Waterville, 745-9957
GRANT COUNTY ◆ Antiques & More: 2684
Eighth Ave. NW, Ephrata, 7544582. ◆ Reiners Antiques: 1568 Basin St. SW, Ephrata, 7544896. ◆ Smith Bros. General
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Apple Annie’s in Cashmere A features collectibles of all sorts. fe Store: 9843 Crescent Bar Road NW, Trinidad, 787-3820.
OKANOGAN COUNTY ◆ Donaldson’s Trophy &
Engraving: 17 Main St., Omak, 826-0390. ◆ Nan’s Nook: 110 Nichols Road, Omak, 826-2217. ◆ Novel Delights: 19 N. Main St., Omak, 826-1113. ◆ Aussie Antiques: 501 Whitcomb Ave., Tonasket, 4862172. ◆ Hidden Treasures: 31574 N. Highway 97, Tonasket, 4864496. ◆ Poppie Jo Galleria: 117 W. Second Ave., Twisp, 997-0416. ◆ Mountain Man Pawn & Collectibles: 173 Riverside Ave., Winthrop, 996-3239. ◆ White Buck Trading Co.: 241 Riverside Ave., Winthrop, 996-3500.
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Soap Lake, WA Chamber of Commerce Soap Lake Association of Business (SLAB)
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2013 Events
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famous for healing waters
June 9-10 - Jet Ski Races June 15-16 - Hydroplane Regatta July 4 - Smokiam Days December 7 - Winterfest
Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Health & Art Resort Hwy 17 & East Beach Park Soap Lake, WA 98851
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NCW wineries Saturdays. Find them on Twitter @cďŹ&#x201A;pwinery
WENATCHEE â&#x2014;&#x2020; Bella Terrazza Vineyards: 1260 Lower Sunnyslope Road, Wenatchee; 837 Front St., Suite A, Leavenworth; (509) 662-9141 or (509) 888-5202; bellaterrazzavineyards.com Hand-crafted estate wines in a vineyard tasting room at Sleepy Hollow Nursery in Lower Sunnyslope with youpick blueberries July through August, picnic site, plant nursery and wine tasting, open noon to 4 p.m. Fridays through Sundays. Tasting room in Leavenworth below Der Sportsmann, open noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays.
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â&#x2014;&#x2020; Stemilt Creek Winery: 110 N. Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee; (509) 665-3485 or 617 Front St, Suite 4A, Leavenworth; (509) 888-5357; stemiltcreekwinery.com Producing award-winning syrah, cabernet franc, merlot, cabernet, and reds. Wenatchee tasting room open noon to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and Leavenworth tasting room open noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and noon to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. Find them on Facebook and on Twitter @ StemiltCWinery.
â&#x2014;&#x2020; Chateau Faire Le Pont Winery: 1 Vineyard Way, Wenatchee; 888-874-9463 or (509) 667-9463; fairelepont. com Offers a full range of varietals and blends, as well as event hosting. Full tasting room open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays and Mondays and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. The wineryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cajun Grill restaurant is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through
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â&#x2014;&#x2020; Swakane Winery: 7980 Highway 97A, Wenatchee; (509) 662-1928; 725 Front St., Leavenworth; (509) 888-7225; swakanewinery.com Handcrafted small lots of white, red and fruit wines, located just six miles north of Wenatchee on Highway 97A. Open Sundays through Thursdays 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Find them on Facebook.
EAST WENATCHEE â&#x2014;&#x2020; Fielding Hills Winery: 1401 Fielding Hills Drive, East Wenatchee; (509) 884-2221; ďŹ eldinghills.com A small winery that produces fewer than 1,000 cases of red wine a year. â&#x2014;&#x2020; Martin-Scott Winery: 3400 10th St. S.E., East Wenatchee; (509) 886-4596 or (509) 699-8771; martinscottwinery.com Located in the hills above East Wenatchee, the winery produces riesling, chardonnay, syrah, cabernet, merlot, pinot grigio, gewĂźrztraminer, viognier, zinfandel and sangiovese. Open for tours Fridays and Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. or by appointment. Find them on Facebook.
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◆ Saint Laurent Winery: 4147 Hamlin Road, Malaga; 9224 Road S N.W., Quincy; (509) 888-9463; saintlaurent. net Produces cabernet, merlot, chardonnay, syrah, riesling and red blends. Malaga tasting room open April 5th 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays through Sundays and starting May 29th Wednesday through Sunday; Quincy tasting room no longer available for tastings or tours. Find them on Facebook.
CASHMERE ◆ Crayelle Cellars: 207A Mission Ave., Cashmere; (509) 393-1996; crayellecellars.com A small, family-owned winery in Cashmere that showcases syrah and riesling, available at local retailers and online. Open Saturdays noon to 5 p.m. Find them on Facebook and on Twitter @ crayelle. ◆ Dutch John Private Reserve Wines: 207-H Mission Ave., Cashmere; (509) 2641612, (509) 782-3845, (206) 6128244; dutchjohnwines.com. Wines include chardonnay, syrah, merlot and a cherry mead. Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, or call for private wine tasting. ◆ Horan Estates Winery: 207 Mission Ave., Suite D, Cashmere; (509) 860-0662 or (509) 679-8705; horanestateswinery.com Offerings include cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, mourvedre, cinsault and viognier, but the dominant plantings are syrah. Tastings offered from noon to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays April through December. Call for tastings January through March. ◆ La Toscana Winery and Bed & Breakfast: 9020 Foster
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Road, Cashmere, near the junction of Highways 2 and 97; (509) 548-5448; latoscanawinery.com Produces about 4,000 bottles a year, specializing in Italian-style wines. Tasting is by appointment only; call ahead. ◆ Waterville Winery: 207
Mission Ave., Cashmere, (509) 630-8851; watervillewinery. com.
PESHASTIN ◆ Cascadia Winery: 10090
Main St., Peshastin; (509) 5487900; cascadiawinery.com Family-owned winery offer-
ing chardonnay, riesling, roussanne, cabernet sauvignon and their signature apple wine. Tasting room and gift shop open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays. Call for special hours. ◆ Icicle Ridge Winery: 8977 North Road, Peshastin; (509) 548-7019; 821 Front St., Suite B, Leavenworth; (509) 548-6156; icicleridgewinery. com Features log home tasting room and family-owned vineyards. Peshastin log home tasting room open daily from noon to 5 p.m. Leavenworth tasting room and gift shop
open Sundays through Thursdays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fridays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturdays 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. ◆ Wedge Mountain Winery: 9534 Saunders Road, Peshastin; (509) 548-7068; wedgemountainwinery.com Family-owned winery near Leavenworth specializes in Bordeaux-style varietals and blends. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays through Mondays. Guided and self-guided tours upon request.
LEAVENWORTH ◆ Boudreaux Cellars: 4551 Icicle Creek Road, Leaven-
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â&#x2014;&#x2020; Okanogan Estate & Vineyards: 1205 Main St./Highway 97, Oroville; (509) 476-3646; 703 Highway 2, Leavenworth (under Starbucks); (509) 5489883; okanoganwine.com This winery produces wines from grapes grown in the northern Okanogan Valley. The Oroville tasting room is open daily 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed Christmas and Thanksgiving), and the Leavenworth tasting room is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. â&#x2014;&#x2020; Ryan Patrick Vineyards:
636 Front St., Leavenworth; (509) 888-2236; ryanpatrickvineyards.com Offering blends of chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon, barbera and syrah. Tasting room open daily from noon to 6 p.m. â&#x2014;&#x2020; Silvara Vineyards: 77
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worth; tasting room: 821 Front Street, Leavenworth; (509) 5485858; boudreauxcellars.com Focus on smooth, complex handcrafted reds from in-state fruit. Tours by appointment only. â&#x2014;&#x2020; Eagle Creek Winery and Cottage: 10037 Eagle Creek Road, Leavenworth; (509) 548-7668 or (509) 548-5401; eaglecreekwinery.com A small family-owned winery and bed-and-breakfast located in Leavenworth. Winery open May through October from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays through Sundays. The cottage is available year round.
Stage Road, Leavenworth; (509) 548-1000; silvarawine. com Just outside of Leavenworth, Silvara offers Klipsun merlot, pinot grigio, chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon, riesling and syrah grown from local grapes plus wood-ďŹ red cuisine. Tasting room open daily 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call for extended summer hours and special events. â&#x2014;&#x2020; Stemilt Creek Winery: 110 N. Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee; (509) 665-3485 or 617 Front St, Suite 4A, Leavenworth; (509) 888-5357; stemiltcreekwinery.com Producing award-winning syrah, cabernet franc, merlot, cabernet, and reds. Wenatchee tasting room open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and Leavenworth tasting room open daily noon to 6 p.m. Find them on Facebook and on Twitter @StemiltCWinery. â&#x2014;&#x2020; Swakane Winery: 7980 Highway 97A, Wenatchee; (509) 881-5022; 725 Front St.,
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Leavenworth; (509) 888-7225; swakanewinery.com Handcrafted small lots of white, red and fruit wines, located just six miles north of Wenatchee on Highway 97A. Open Sundays through Thursdays 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Find them on Facebook. â&#x2014;&#x2020; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;37 Cellars: 8210 Dempsey Road, Leavenworth; (509) 679-0668 or (480) 2964096; 37cellars.com A small winery located above the beautiful Icicle Valley, specializing in handcrafted, premium wines, using grapes from Washington vineyards. Tastings by appointment.
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ENTIAT â&#x2014;&#x2020; Snowgrass Winery: 6701 Entiat River Road, Entiat; (509) 784-5101 The ďŹ rst winery established in the Entiat River Valley. Growing cabernet franc, lemberger, sangiovese and syrah grapes using sustainable methods. Specializing in aromatic roses, red table wines and other blends. Tours and tastings by appointment only.
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LAKE CHELAN AREA ◆ Chelan Estate Winery and Vineyards: 755 S. Lakeshore Road, Chelan; (509) 682-5454 or (509) 670-7246; chelanestatewinery.com Produces pinot noir as its flagship wine. In summer, open daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Winter hours are as follows: Fridays - noon to 5 p.m., Saturdays - 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays - 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., or by appointment. May be open additional hours - if you see the American flag flying, the tasting room is open. ◆ Four Lakes Chelan Winery: 4491 Wapato Lake Road, Chelan. Call Karl Koester, winemaker/manager anytime at (206) 229-1823. The number at the tasting room from noon to 6 p.m. Saturdays or Sundays is (509) 687-0726; fourlakeschelanwinery.com Offering cabernet sauvignon, merlot, syrah, chardonnay, sauvignon blanc and gewürztraminer. Tasting room open from noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. ◆ Karma Vineyards: 1681 S.
Lakeshore Road, Chelan; (866) 527-6225 or (509) 682-5538; goodkarmawine.com Have dinner in our private Cave dining room, and taste the region’s first “bubbly.” Open Memorial Day weekend through September noon to 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. All other months noon to 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. ◆ Lake Chelan Winery: 3519 SR 150, Chelan; (509) 6879463; lakechelanwinery.com Located in a privately owned apple-packing shed. Tasting room open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Barbecue in the Vineyard
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Judging for the North Central Washington Wine Awards took place at the Confluence Technology Center in Olds Station in Wenatchee. Regional wineries submitted more than 200 wines for judging. restaurant and wine garden open daily from 4 to 9 p.m. ◆ Mellisoni Vineyards: by appointment only, 3155 Highway 97A, Chelan; (509) 2931891; mellisonivineyards.com ◆ Nefarious Cellars: 495 S. Lakeshore Road, Chelan; (509) 682-9505; nefariouscellars.com Growing syrah, malbec, viognier and riesling. Tasting room open April 13 to May 19 from noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; May 22 to June 18 from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays; June 19 to Oct. 15 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; and Oct. 16 to Oct. 27 from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. The winery is closed November through the first week of April with the following exceptions: Winterfest (Martin Luther King weekend) noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and Red Wine & Chocolate (Feb. 9-10 & Feb. 16-17) from noon to 5 p.m. Find them on Facebook and on Twitter @NefariousWines. ◆ Rio Vista Wines: 24415 Highway 97, Chelan; (509) 682-9713; riovistawines.com On the banks of the Columbia River, 10 minutes from Chelan. Tasting room open
April and May noon to 5 p.m. Fridays through Sundays; June through September noon to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays; and October and November noon to 5 p.m. Fridays through Sundays.
sauvignon blanc, riesling, chardonnay, viognier, cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, syrah and blends. Open noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays. Call ahead for groups of six or more.
◆ Tsillan Cellars: 3875 Highway 97A, Chelan; 877682-9463 or (509) 682-9463; tsillancellarswines.com Tuscan-style estate featuring a winery, restaurant and retreat. Tasting room open daily from noon to 5 p.m. and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Memorial Day Weekend through October. Find them on Facebook.
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◆ Tunnel Hill Winery at The Sunshine Farm: 37 Highway 97A, Chelan; (509) 6823243; tunnelhillwinery.com Located in a 1930s stone cottage at a fourth-generation family farm. Summer hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily; winter hours noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Find them on Facebook or on Twitter @ sunfarm. ◆ Vin du Lac/Chelan Wine
Co.: 105 Highway 150, Chelan; 866-455-9463 or (509) 6822882; vindulac.com Wines include pinot gris,
◆ Atam Winery: 750 Kinsey Road, Manson; (509) 687-4421; estate winery; atamwinery.com ◆ Benson Vineyards Estate Winery: 754 Winesap Ave., Manson; (509) 687-0313; bensonvineyards.com Offerings include chardonnay, viognier, pinot gris, gewürztraminer, syrah, sangiovese, merlot, cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir, nebbiolo, and ice wine. Tasting room open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Find them on Facebook or on Twitter @ bensonvineyards. ◆ The Blending Room: 222 E Wapato Way, Manson; (509) 293-9679; winegirlwines.com. A nano-winery with tasting hours from noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
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Award winning selections Gold-medal wines from the 2012 North Central Washington Wine Awards, sponsored by Foothills Magazine: â&#x2014;&#x2020; Best in Show, Best White
Icicle Ridge Winery 2011 The Blondes GewĂźrztraminer $23.50 â&#x2014;&#x2020; Best Dessert
Wedge Mountain Roses & Rubies $25
Vin du Lac 2011 Barrel Select Chardonnay $19.99
Jones of Washington 2008 Barrel Select $24.99
â&#x2014;&#x2020; Other Red Milbrandt Vineyards 2009 Clifton Vineyards Estates Mourvèdre $27.99
Stemilt Creek Winery 2006 Stemilt Hill $16
â&#x2014;&#x2020; Other White Malaga Springs Winery 2011 Chenin Blanc $14
Stemilt Creek Winery 2007 A Day´s Work $26 â&#x2014;&#x2020; Riesling Jones of Washington 2011 Riesling $13.99
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Milbrandt Vineyards 2009 Estates Cabernet Sauvignon $24.99 â&#x2014;&#x2020; Chardonnay
Jones of Washington 2011 Pinot Gris $13.99 â&#x2014;&#x2020; Pinot Noir Benson Vineyards 2009 Pinot Noir $26 â&#x2014;&#x2020; Red Blend Benson Vineyards 2009 Rhythm $28
Milbrandt Vineyards 2011 Traditions Riesling $12.99 â&#x2014;&#x2020; Sauvignon Blanc Jones of Washington 2011 Sauvignon Blanc $16.99 â&#x2014;&#x2020; Syrah
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900 Swartout Road, Manson; (509) 687-4455; chelanridgewinery.com Specializing in small lots of handcrafted, premium wines including chardonnay, riesling, merlot, syrah, cabernet franc, and cabernet sauvignon. Production facility and tasting room open daily noon to 6 p.m. ◆ C.R. Sandidge Winery: 145 E. Wapato Way, Suite 1, Manson; (509) 682-3704; CRSandidgeWines.com Tasting room open June 1 through October 31 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and November 1 through May 31 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. ◆ Hard Row to Hoe Vineyards: 300 Ivan Morse Road, Manson; (509) 687-3000; hardrow.com Family-owned winery specializes in making handcrafted wines on site. Open noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Call for extended summer hours. Find them on Facebook or on Twitter @hardrow. ◆ Tildio Winery: 70 E. Wapato Lake Road, Manson; (509) 687-8463; tildio.com Family run winery offering chardonnay, riesling, viognier, sauvignon blanc, syrah, tempranillo, malbec and several bordeaux-style blends. Summer, noon to 7 p.m. daily. Winter, noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Find them on Facebook and on Twitter @ TildioWinery.
The Wenatchee World Visitor Guide | 2013 ◆ Wapato Point Cellars: 200 Quetilquasoon Road, Manson; (509) 687-4000; wapatopointcellars.com Family-run winery at the Wapato Point Resort offers wines, food, gifts, a patio and a playground for the kids. Wine tasting from noon to 8 p.m. daily; dinner served from 5 to 8 p.m.
WINTHROP ◆ Lost River Winery: 26 Highway 20, Winthrop; (509) 996-2888 or 866-367-5678; lostriverwinery.com Family-owned winery, open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday year-round and by appointment.
OMAK ◆ RockWall Cellars: 110 Nichols Road, Omak; (509) 826-0201 or (509) 429-8284; rockwallcellars.com Located on the Flats above Omak. Open daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. May through December, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays the rest of the year. Call ahead to schedule an appointment during off-days.
OROVILLE ◆ Copper Mountain Vine-
yards: 33349 Highway 97, Oroville; (509) 476-2762; coppermountainvineyards.com A family winery in the Okanogan Valley just two miles from the Canadian border. Offering syrah, riesling, merlot, cabernet, and gewürztraminer. Tasting room open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May through October. ◆ Esther Bricques Winery and Vineyard: 38 Swanson Mill Road, about eight miles south of Oroville; (509) 4762861; estherbricques.com. ◆ Gold Digger Cellars: 1205 Main Street, Oroville; (509) 476-2736; oroville@okanoganwine.com; 703 Highway 2, Leavenworth; (509) 548-9883;
leavenworth@okanoganwine. com A hidden treasure in the Okanogan’s premier grape region. Oroville tasting room open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Leavenworth tasting room open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily ◆ Lake Crest Winery: 718 Apple Way, Oroville; (509) 476-2347 Near he Similikeen River in Okanogan County on the west next to Old Highway 97 and in close proximity to Lake Osoyoos and the Canadian Border. Tasting room open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily ◆ Okanogan Estate & Vineyards: 1205 Main St./Highway 97, Oroville; (509) 476-3646; 703 Highway 2, Leavenworth (under Starbucks); (509) 5489883; okanoganwine.com This winery produces wines from grapes grown in the northern Okanogan Valley. The Oroville tasting room is open daily 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed Christmas and Thanksgiving), and the Leavenworth tasting room is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
QUINCY AREA ◆ Beaumont Cellars
Winery: 8634 Road U N.W., Quincy; (509) 787-5586; beaumontcellars.com Tasting room open Friday and Saturday afternoons and by appointment only in January and February. ◆ Cave B Estate Winery: 348 Silica Road N.W., Quincy; (509) 785-3500; caveb.com More than 100 acres of some of the oldest vineyards in the state. Tasting room open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily January through March; 11 a.m to 7 p.m. daily April through December. Lunch is available in the tasting room from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Find them on Facebook and on Twitter at @CaveBWinery.
◆ Jones of Washington: 2101 F St., Quincy; (509) 7873537 or (509) 787-8108; jonesofwashington.com Family owned and operated, producing small-batch artisanal wines. Tasting room open Memorial Day through Labor Day, Fridays through Mondays 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. ◆ White Heron Cellars: 23832 Fine Wine Road NW, Quincy; (509) 797-9463; whiteheronwine.com Longest continuously open winery in the region. Offering cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, malbec, petit verdot, pinot noir, gamy, syrah, rousanne and viognier. Summer hours - 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays.
MATTAWA ◆ Fox Estate Winery: 24962 Highway 243 S., Mattawa; (509) 932-5818; foxestatewinery.com Offerings include cabernet sauvignon, merlot, riesling, syrah, lemberger, sangiovese, gewürztraminer, semillion and an apple/peach blend called Mystic Gold. Open Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; weekends 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. ◆ Ginkgo Forest Winery: 22561 Road T, 7 SW, Mattawa, (509) 831-6432; ginkgowinery@smwireless.net Offerings include barbera, cabernet sauvignon, grenache, merlot, syrah, pinot noir, and three red blends. This winery also features a dry gewurztraminer, a riesling, and a late harvest gewurztraminer. Their newest release is a portstyle syrah dessert wine. Open May through October 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays, November through April 10 a.m. to 5p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, or by appointment.
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