The Great Outdoors
A Wyoming story
I wasn’t thrilled at the idea of spending a week in a tiny cabin in a small, unknown Wyoming town, but one of my best … Continue reading
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Northern Travel: The Meaning of a Place
In this week’s What’s Happening Podcast, visit a story from our Northern Travel issue — EW News Reporter Kelly Kenoyer’s history with Ketchikan, Alaska. This episode is straight-forward audio storytelling with Kenoyer narrating the experiences she’s had with her family in Ketchikan, but more broadly, this story is about what a certain place can mean to a person, and a family. To read Kenoyer’s full story, and other northern travel-related stories that layout trips to Vancouver Island, Wyoming and the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, read our full Northern Travel issue out Thursday, Oct. 5, in a red EW box near you, or online at EugeneWeekly.com.
Music in this episode includes:
– “Say Something” by Ryan Little
– “失われた未来を求めて (In Search of the Lost Future)” by Julie Maxwell’s Piano Music
– “Magnificent” by Elbow
This podcast was produced by Meerah Powell. Story and voicing are by Kelly Kenoyer with additional voicing by Rick Levin.
My Dad’s Hometown
A place means so much more when you visit it often
Last April, I got a message from my mother that stopped me in my tracks. I was in the midst of writing the cover story … Continue reading
Cruising the Top of the World
Eleven days looking for bears in the Norwegian arctic
From three decks up, the sea ice surrounding our ship looks like so many Styrofoam picnic plates bobbing on a dark blue pool. Some plates … Continue reading
Defecting — Temporarily — to Vancouver Island
Our neighbor to the north provides urban and rural delights
Chances are, in the past year you’ve probably thought it, maybe even said it: Let’s defect to Canada. For many, our neighbor to the north … Continue reading
Cuba in Transition
Snapshot of a moving target
Dancers and drummers perform outside an Afro-Cuban cultural center in Havana Continue reading
Women Who Wander
Website targets stigma of women traveling solo
Jennifer Heuett gazes out at Crater Lake Continue reading
A Rough Guide to Panama
Blind and Alone 3,500 Miles from Home
Illustration by Ben Ricker Miami Mike’s head swung slowly back and forth as he eyed the pretty girls sauntering past his hotel on their way to work. In Mike’s defense, little else goes on in the sun-bleached corner of Panama where he opened up shop. Continue reading
Roam Oregon
Ten fall events worth the journey
Eugene and Springfield have a lot to offer in terms of activities — one look at our weekly events calendar will tell you that. But since this is the travel issue, we’re encouraging you to take a step outside Lane County and check out what the rest of Oregon has going on this fall. From storytelling festivals to boat parades, hop on a bus or carpool to these autumn escapades. Oregon’s Alpenfest Joseph, Oregon Sept. 24-27 Continue reading
I Dream Corvallis
On the romantic illusions of road tripping
Having lived here going on eight years now, Eugene has become like family for me: I love it, but sometimes I don’t like it very much. For all the ballyhooed benefits of its artsy liberal veneer and outdoorsy appeal, Eugene remains, at its core, a small town steeped in vice, fractured by disarray and floundering in untapped potential — sorta dirty, kinda unpretty and altogether a tad menacing and drug-addled, like a white utopia revved up on the downslide. Continue reading