Get out of your shell. Eat some oysters to help save the bay July 16 at the Bivalve Bash. Held near Bellingham in the midst of the stunning Chuckanut Drive at the Taylor Shellfish Samish Farm, the Bivalve Bash is benefits the Skagit Conservation Education Alliance's clean water education programs. more ›

When driving to Seattle from Bellingham in nice weather, it is impossible to be in so much of a hurry that the speed of I-5 is preferable to the greatness that is Chuckanut Drive. Say Seattlest was snowboarding at Baker. We lose an edge and knock our head on a tree, and then while we're lying there seeing stars someone comes speeding past and skis right through our carotid artery. We have to get to Harborview or die. We still take Chuckanut. Yes, it's a boutique route, but it doesn't forsake the task of taking you from A to B. more ›