Boardwalks and other walkways take visitors into a world of conifer forests, wetlands, prairies and animals ranging from owls to deer, coyotes and bobcats at Morse Wildlife Preserve in Graham. The 238-acre preserve in south Pierce County is named for a family that donated land for education purposes and wildlife habitat. Admission is free on
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Work is underway on King County’s Lake to Sound Trail, an emerging 16-mile paved path that will extend from Lake Washington to Puget Sound and connect with four other regional trails. Once completed, the multi-use trail will connect five cities – Renton, Tukwila, Burien, SeaTac, and Des Moines – and Sound Transit’s Tukwila International Boulevard
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Residents of Village Concepts Retirement Communities of Burien could check one more thing off their bucket list by taking a flight in a 1942 Boeing Stearman biplane on July 10. The flights were part of Village Concepts’ Project Bucket List to enrich their residents’ lives and grant lifelong dreams. Each biplane passenger took a 15
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Summertime visits to Mount Rainier National Park come with the downside of the bulk of the 1 million-a-year visitors who create long wait times at the Nisqually and White River entrances and heavy road and parking lot congestion. On weekends, the Paradise and Sunrise parking lots are filled by late morning. At Paradise, overflow parking
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