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In the first installment of a new series about travel gone wrong, Travel & Outdoors Reporter Crystal Paul describes a treacherous, rain-soaked solo drive down the Pacific Coast Highway.  VIEW

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The bar at El Gaucho Seattle is a great place to enjoy the El Gaucho ambience and enjoy a meal at happy hour prices.
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A staycation, heavy on the ‘stay,’ at El Gaucho Seattle  VIEW

Extremely messy and very worth it: Hook Seabar’s deep-fried soft-shell crab and poached prawn BLT.
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Vancouver’s new seafood restaurants make the city even better  VIEW

Spring has sprung, a day early, at the Gasworks Memorial Sundial during Seattle’s big sun break, Sunday, March 19, 2017. Monday is the first day of Spring. At left, 23-month-old Mira Miller splashes in a puddle under the watchful eye of mom, Meena Lenn. In the background is Lake Union. 201199
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36 Hours in Traffic: Fact-checking The New York Times’ ‘36 Hours in Seattle’

Many of Victoria’s most popular attractions are close to the water. And traveling by water means a cool respite as well as a bit less walking to get from one place to another.
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Water taxis, pickle boats, aquatic pub crawls: Explore Victoria by boat  VIEW

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Be a tourist in your own backyard on Blake Island

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Summer like a local in Seattle

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A Washington State Ferry approaches the Bremerton dock.

For new terrain and uncharted waters, take your bike on a ferry (or two)  VIEW

A Hike and a Happy Hour

Jake Hoffman, left, and Tyler Godwin check out the historical lime kiln from which this hike receives its name. (Evan Bush / The Seattle Times)

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FILE – In this Sept. 8, 2015, file photo, a United Airlines passenger plane lands at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J. United Airlines seeks to narrow gap on competitors like Delta by beefing up routes from hub airports. The airline also wants to upgrade facilities at key airports and reduce its use of smaller planes on important business-travel routes. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File) FILE – In this Sept. 8, 2015, file photo, a United Airlines passenger plane lands at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J. United Airlines seeks to narrow gap on competitors like Delta by beefing up routes from hub airports. The airline also wants to upgrade facilities at key airports and reduce its use of smaller planes on important business-travel routes. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

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Northwest Hikes

Glacier Peak Wilderness

Long-distance hiker Tami Asars’ user-friendly take on the Pacific Crest Trail picks up where Cheryl Strayed left off  VIEW

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The second floor of Rick’s Café, in Casablanca, Morocco, June 8, 2018. Rick’s Café, opened in 2004 by a former American diplomat, is an homage to the movie “Casablanca,” and a testament to the enduring power of great art to affect destinies in real life. (Ksenia Kuleshova/The New York Times)

‘Play it again, Issam’: In Casablanca, a cafe is still a cafe  VIEW

Workers at Scotland’s Speyside Cooperage fashion oak casks for aging Scotch whisky. (Cameron Hewitt, Rick Steves’ Europe)

Sampling whisky in Scotland’s most intoxicating places

From Stonehenge to Pompeii, a look into Europe’s distant past

The picture-perfect village of Oia in Santorini, resting a thousand feet high on a volcanic crater, is a dream come true for photographers and sunset watchers. (Trish Feaster, Rick Steves’ Europe)

Exploring Santorini beyond the blue waters | Rick Steves’ Europe