On Whidbey Island the Blue Fox Drive-In Theater can still draw a crowd, even on a chilly, rainy night. Shows start at dusk. Admission: $6.50 Cash, $7 Card.
Category: Culture

Ozette Triangle Hike, where a boardwalk through the rainforest leads you to a wild Pacific coastline
A rugged coastline dotted with giant sea stacks and tidal pools. Large pods of seals sunning on the rocky edge of an island. A golden eagle soaring just above the trees, while gangling herons spar over the best low-tide fishing spots. And just a hint …

150 years after Lincoln saw the fall of Richmond
Washington, D.C., may have a massive neoclassical temple to Lincoln on the Potomac. But 110 miles south on the banks of the James, the Great Emancipator gets no such deification. In Richmond, god-like status is reserved for Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee.
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In Skagit County, Washington, you can buy locally grown apples and potatoes on the honor system
It was a wrong turn on a country road that led us to the sleepy little produce stand in Skagit County where a little bit of faith in humanity is on display with fresh apples and potatoes. The Pleasant Ridge Farm produce stand is about …

The Rebel redneck with the Canadian accent who rescued our summer camping vacation
The proudest Southern redneck I have met in many, many years drives a red Dodge Charger adorned with a Confederate flag, but his accent is distinctly Canadian.
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