Get your gear ready for winter activities

by REX CARPENTER
COUNTY – It’s mid-November and the snow is falling, as winter forecasts are calling for another La Nina this season. Translation: Potentially lots of snow! It’s time to get out your gear and prepare for the season. Here’s a look at some of the various winter workshops and local resources in Whatcom County.
Three [...]

Everday Life: The flaming stove

by John McKnight
It was our second day on Ross Lake and while most of the gang had cooked their traditional “first night in the woods” steak dinner the night before, I had opted for the quick and easy Hempler bratwurst instead. Satisfying and fast, the only dirty dish was a stick. After a leisurely morning [...]

EVERYDAY LIFE: Houdinicat

by John McKnight
Sunday night bedtime went as most, TV and living room lights turned off, doors checked and locked, and our cat Mac trying to trip us on our way to and down the stairs.  I woke up once in the night to go to the bathroom and thought it was odd Mac didn’t come [...]

New two-mile snowshoe route under way

WHITE SALMON ROAD – Whatcom Events is working with REI (Recreational Equipment Inc.) and the Mount Baker Club in establishing more snowshoe routes and events in Whatcom County.
Last year a new snowshoe route was established leading from White Salmon Road to the lower trail system around Razor Hone Road.  Over the next few months, the [...]

SPEEDWAY RECAP: Lemley, O’Brien, Moss and Abenroth crowned Champions

by Kaleb Hart
DEMING – Week in and week out, the drivers of Deming Speedway fought, scratched, and clawed to get their race cars to the track to put on the best Mini Sprint show in the Northwest on a weekly basis. When the dust settled on the 2011 season on Saturday night, Sept. 24, four [...]

Everyday Life: Return to Ross Lake

by John McKnight
This was the sixth year that five friends and I would be taking our annual hiking, fishing and tomfoolery trip. This year to Ross Lake where we would rent boats and motor about 15 miles north to Little Beaver Creek camp and spend several days. Boats and tomfoolery don’t always mix well, but [...]

Second year in a row, volunteers pick up half ton of trash from river

South Fork signage sought for tubers, swimmers
by the Foothills Gazette
ACME – More than a half ton of trash and recycling material was pulled from the South Fork of the Nooksack River on Saturday, Sept. 10, the combined efforts of roughly 70 volunteers during a work party with the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) as well [...]

A bite of Whatcom: From sea level to summer snow

Mt. Baker to Bellingham Bay over 4-day weekend
by RICHARD DAHLSTROM
The long Labor Day weekend of perfect weather provided an opportunity to enjoy the restorative powers of Whatcom County’s beauty, from sea level to the lingering snows of Artist Point. After a summer of travel to many parts of the world, the recent holiday weekend reminded [...]

EVERYDAY LIFE: A world away

by John McKnight
Since it was Labor Day Weekend we decided to leave the country. In theory this was the safer choice. And we would still stay in the foothills of the North Cascades, crossing Whatcom Road and the Sumas River on our way. Confused? Don’t be, we were headed to Cultis Lake, British Columbia, nestled [...]

SPEEDWAY RECAP: Wild night ends with O’Brien in victory lane

by Kaleb Hart
DEMING – With new clay put down during the week, drivers didn’t know what to expect heading into Les Schwab night at Deming Speedway on Aug. 26. At the end of a wild, crash filled evening, Dustin O’Brien found victory lane for the first time in 2011 in the Speedmart Hoosier 600 division. [...]

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