We have several special events planned this month, including evening presentations, Saturday morning group events, our 33rd annual anniversary sale, and the start of the Wide World Book Club for armchair travelers. While our evening events usually occur on Tuesdays, this month we have a special event planned on Wednesday, October 28: Travels with Art Wolfe, world renowned photographer and host of the PBS series. We hope to see you this month - here’s what’s planned:
Tuesday, Oct. 6th, 7 pm - A Geyser of One’s Own: Five Ways to Enjoy Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks While Simultaneously Avoiding 3 Million Other People with author Brian Kevin
Each year, hordes of otherwise intrepid travelers take a pass on Yellowstone for fear of encountering traffic jams, glitzy neon tourist-traps, and fanny-pack armies. This is a big mistake. Brian Kevin, author of Fodor’s Compass American Guides: Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks, dishes on off-season secrets, overlooked trails, and other ways to explore greater Yellowstone without a few million of your best friends.
Tuesday, Oct. 13th, 7 pm - An Evening in Africa with Wes Krause
Tuesday, Oct. 20th, 7 pm - Chasing Waves: A Surfer’s Tale of Obsessive Wandering with author Amy Waeschle
With a verve for travel and an addiction to the ocean, Northwest native Amy Waeschle explores her lust for surfing in her new book. Hunting down waves in remote corners of the world, from Morocco to Fiji to Canada, Waeschle has found unique and fascinating cultures that have changed her views and fostered her surfing mission. Chasing Waves is her collection of interrelated stories based on these adventures and a chronicle of her evolution from nervous newbie to self-confident and skillful surfer. Anyone who has ever longed for a daring diversion from their day job will connect with these tales of wanderlust, vagabonding, and riding the surf.
Tuesday, Oct. 27th, 7 pm - Go The Second Mile: Volunteer Vacations with author Leigh Buchan
Join Leigh Buchan for an inspirational evening, experiencing the people and the culture of communities around the world while working alongside them. See what we do after hiking into a remote historically Tibetan village of Yunnan Province, China, high in the Himalayas. Visit with us to a Rwandan village of genocide survivors of widows and orphans as they seek to develop a trade to support themselves. Find great camaraderie among the Batwa students of Burundi, Africa, as we support their learning experience with English or computer skills or agriculture-whatever they need. Work with us and laugh with us along side the world’s poor as we partner with them to bring meaningful change to their lives and to ours.
Wednesday, Oct. 28th, 7 pm - Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe
Explore some of the world’s most intriguing places with renowned photographer Art Wolfe during this very special event. From majestic glaciers and expansive deserts to elusive wildlife, teeming rain forest, and tribal gatherings, Art will present an intimate yet stunning selection of his favorite images, captured on location while traveling for his program Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge, as see on PBS.
Ongoing Monthly Events
Saturday, October 3, 9 am - Solo Travelers
Join us for an informal gathering of travelers as they meet and learn from each other’s travel experiences and share wisdom learned on the road. This group meets each month on the 1st Saturday.
Thursday, October 15th, 7-8:30 pm - Armchair Traveler’s Book Club: The Kindness of Strangers
Join us for our monthly travelers book club for a lively discussion of this month’s selection, The Kindness of Strangers, a collection of original stories by acclaimed travel writers, including Pico Iyer, Tim Cahill, Simon Winchester, Dave Eggers, and Alice Waters. These 26 tales explore the “unexpected human connections that often transfigure and transform the experience of travel, and celebrates the gift of kindness around the world”. Readers attending this inaugural meeting will have a hand in deciding the books for upcoming meetings. The club meets each month on the 3rd Thursday; the book club selection for the month will be 20% off.
Join us for our monthly travelers book club for a lively discussion of this month’s selection, The Kindness of Strangers, a collection of original stories by acclaimed travel writers, including Pico Iyer, Tim Cahill, Simon Winchester, Dave Eggers, and Alice Waters. These 26 tales explore the “unexpected human connections that often transfigure and transform the experience of travel, and celebrates the gift of kindness around the world”. Readers attending this inaugural meeting will have a hand in deciding the books for upcoming meetings. The club meets each month on the 3rd Thursday; the book club selection for the month will be 20% off.
Saturday, October 17, 9 am - Gutsy Women
This informal gathering is for women to meet and learn from each other’s travel experiences and share wisdom learned on the road. Bring your coffee and your questions! This group meets each month on the 3rd Saturday.
