Journey to Steamboat Rock & Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park (Off-Beat Thing to Do in Washington) This is really a two-for-one ...

Spokane’s location and climate. Spokane is situated on the east side of the Cascade Mountains, which divide Washington state. The city is about a four-hour drive from Seattle or a 45-minute flight.

According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, there are roughly 22,000 black bears across the state, living in every area but the Columbia Basin. “They live, I would say, in ...