During October Northwest in Motion traveled to Italy to meet with our retail suppliers and do some sightseeing. Our retail manager Francesca Carmichael was born and raised in Cremona. It was awesome to have a local guide. Read Francesca's Italy train travel tips. Cremona is known as "the violin city." It's the epicenter of some of the world’s most skilled instrument … [Read more...] about Training in Italy: Cremona
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Francesca’s Italy Train Travel Tips
During October the Northwest in Motion team traveled to Italy to meet with our retail suppliers and do some sightseeing. Our retail manager Francesca Carmichael was born and raised in Cremona. As a native, she planned and guided a trip that would have been impossible for an average American tourist. Since this was my first trip to Italy, it was awesome to have a local … [Read more...] about Francesca’s Italy Train Travel Tips
The Easy Pass Duathlon
The inspiration for this little project came from coach Jessica Kelley way back in 2015, who that year was ticking off routes in the UltraPedestrian Wilderness Challenge. Jessica did a point-to-point hike/trail run from Easy Pass trailhead to Thunder Creek trailhead. In her trip report she mentioned that some folks bike back to the start to make it a loop. Did someone say … [Read more...] about The Easy Pass Duathlon
Paddling Sucia Island
Although I've lived in the Pacific Northwest since 1994, it took me until this September to finally get out to Sucia Island Marine State Park. Sucia is a premier destination for kayaking and boating, has some popular SCUBA diving spots, and is also becoming a trail running destination. This particular trip got planned and rescheduled several times during the course of the … [Read more...] about Paddling Sucia Island
Hiking Summerland & Panhandle Gap
Despite an endless flow of gorgeous, taunting, tempting images and trip reports in my pandemic social feeds, I've mostly limited my pandemic fitness activities to what I can do from the front door. Even under non-pandemic conditions, trailhead parking lots and pit toilets are pushed to overflowing during the summer months. But, under coronavirus conditions this level of … [Read more...] about Hiking Summerland & Panhandle Gap