Discovering Washington’s Dry Side: Tri-Cities

When most people think of Washington, they think of Seattle, the Space Needle, and Mt. Rainier. Washington is far more than that, however. The Cascade Mountains divide the state into two distinctive regions. To the west is the rainy, cloudy region that most people associate with Washington. To the east one finds a much drier area which is hotter in the summer and often colder in the winter. Through this eastern region flows the mighty Columbia River. In the southern…

Finding the Right Hotel

When I was kid, and my family would travel, we would jump into the car and start driving to wherever we were going. If we needed to spend the night somewhere along the way, we would look around for the nearest motel with a vacancy, and that’s where we would stay. No planning was involved, but that’s not the case today. I may spend hours trying to find the perfect hotel for us to stay in when we travel. With…