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By on April 6, 2012 in California, Hawaii, New York, Washington

• Design Hotels gears up for the summer music festival season, starting with a neato video from last year’s Coachella via Made by Originals (above)

• Gorgeous video of Yellowstone National Park from cinematographer/photographer David Stubbs on Gadling

• Remembering legendary banjo player Earl Scruggs from The Daily Shot

• A writer steps back in time when he moves to Vashon Island, Washington in The New York Times

• The top 10 urban parks from Sunset

• A roundup of weekend getaways from New York City from Fathom

• Swimming hikes around Kauai from Travel Wonders of the World

• The top 10 heli-ski destinations in North American from Outside

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Festival Fridays: Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

By on March 30, 2012 in Family Travel, Romantic Vacations, Washington

photo by Peter Cherry

 

Spring is here and nowhere is that more evident than the fields of Skagit Valley in Washington, which hosts its annual tulip festival from April 1-30th. Just look at the amazing colors of these flowers (millions in fact) spread across hundreds of acres just 60-miles north of Seattle, near Mount Vernon. One of the things I love about this event is its simplicity. There’s not a lot of formal to-dos or hokey events—Skagit Valley mostly just lets the tulips speak for themselves. The festival’s website does offer a handy Field Map visitors can use to navigate their way around (stop by the “Tulip Office” when you get to town and pick one up). I love the idea of renting a bike for the day, meandering down the country roads past farm after farm, awash with all the colors of the rainbow.

photo by Scott Lechner

 

photo by Washington Bulb Company

 

photo by Wade Clark

all photos via Skagit Valley Tulip Festival 

 

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