Join the ‘2010 8th Annual Olympia Ultimate Frisbee Coed Spring League’! But you’d better sign up soon. Deadline is April 9th. Don’t miss out on this awesome opportunity to get out, get healthy, make friends, and have a blast outside this spring! Read more to find out how to join the league and get in on the action. This makes me even more excited for winter to end and be forgotten! [more]

Join avid hiker and outdoors writer and photographer Craig Romano for a talk about his favorite winter hikes and a look at his “Winter Hikes of Western Washington Deck,” published by The Mountaineers Books and available for purchase at the program. The talk takes place on Saturday, February 20 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Olympia Timberland Library. [more]

Ignite your passion for adventure, action and travel! The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is coming to Olympia’s Capitol Theater for two nights only, Saturday December 5th & Sunday, December 6th. With different films showing each night, you can journey to exotic locations, paddle the wildest waters and climb the highest peaks. [more]

‘What’s to Love’ is a weekly article featuring interviews of hand-picked locals to find out what people love and hate about downtown Olympia. Our city has recently won multiple awards. Now we’ll ask the locals what they love about this place. This week’s WTL focuses on the music scene, here in downtown Olympia. I’ve interviewed quite a few random strangers, a bartender, and a local bar’s sound technician. [more]

Waterfront Public Art Tours is a fun and free event that is great for people of all ages. This is an opportunity for you get to see a lot of art pieces around downtown Olympia that you might have otherwise overlooked, while enjoying sunshine and friends. [more]

It’s Summer, almost… the first hot days are here. Yes, there is still June to come, 4th of July certainly will bring rain in the Pacific Northwest, but people in Olympia are already dreaming of cooling off in one of our local water spots. [more]

One our favorite ways to enjoy a sunny Sunday morning is to go exploring at McLane Creek off Delphi, SW of Olympia. The beavers have been busy out there and have expanded their damns and channels–amazing bit of architecture. Our kids were thrilled to watch the newts lazing in the water, box turtles sunning on logs and red wing blackbirds perching in the trees then darting among the lilly pads. I highly recommend this brief, but scenic trail for the whole family. [more]

Since we moved to Olympia two years ago, we’ve been eager to get out and explore some of the local beaches. Seems like life has kept us too busy to do much exploring. Yesterday we decided to remedy the situation. After a long, cold, snowy winter, we were ready to see what’s out there, so on a whim we piled the kids in the van and went exploring. [more]