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Victoria Classic Boat Festival
(late Aug–early Sep), Victoria, BC.
Racing of classic sailboats,
steam boats, and powerboats
in the Inner Harbour.
Washington State Fair (early
Sep), Puyallup, WA. A 17­day
state fair with rides, exhibits,
a rodeo, and live music.
Oktoberfest (mid-Sep), Mount
Angel, OR. Bavarian food and
plenty of beer.
Pendleton Round-Up
(mid-Sep), Pendleton, OR (p115).
A rodeo featuring calf­roping,
bull­riding, and a town full
of real cowboys.
Autumn Leaf Festival (last
weekend), Leavenworth, WA.
People admiring the boats at the Victoria Classic Boat Festival, Victoria, BC One of the state’s oldest festivals,
which celebrates the arrival of
September autumn with a Grand Parade,
Fall Great Canadian Beer Festival contests, and live music.
Fall foliage can be quite spec­ (Sep), Victoria, BC. Forty craft
tacular in the Pacific Northwest, breweries from Canada and the October
as brilliant reds and yellows stand Pacific Northwest take part and Okanagan Wine Festival
out against evergreens. Colorful offer beer samples. (early Oct), Okanagan Valley, BC.
landscapes are the backdrop for Bumbershoot (Labor Day Vineyard tours and wine
events celebrating the harvest weekend), Seattle, WA. A mix tastings, as well as gourmet
of cranberries, oysters, and other of music and film at the Seattle food, at grape harvest time.
regional specialties. Center (pp146–7). OysterFest (early Oct), Shelton,
WA. A weekend of oyster
shucking, wine tastings,
Average daily Climate
COASTAL maximum Climate varies widely and cooking contests.
temperature across the Pacific Annual Cranberrian Fair
24/75 Northwest. Coastal areas, (mid-Oct), Ilwaco, WA.
15/59 Cranberry tastings, music,
°C/°F 14/57 such as Portland, Seattle,
12/54 Average daily and Vancouver, are mild and dancing to celebrate
5/41 7/45 7/45 minimum and wet, while inland the local harvest.
1/34 temperature Vancouver Writers Fest
0 deserts, such as the areas
Average daily around Spokane and (third week), Granville Island,
10 hours Kamloops, have seasonal Vancouver, BC. Readings
7 hrs 5 hrs 2 hrs extremes. Climates of by Canadian and
hrs of sunshine
mountain ranges in the international writers.
59 19 82 137
mm mm mm mm Average Pacific Northwest, Earshot Jazz Festival (mid-Oct–
monthly represented here by the
month Apr Jul Oct Jan early Nov), Seattle, WA. This
rainfall Cascade Mountains, have celebrated jazz festival draws
divergent microclimates. big names at various venues
around the city.
CASCADE
MOUNTAINS INLAND DESERT November
25/77 30/86 Cornucopia (mid-Nov),
Whistler, BC (pp260–61).
°C/°F 17/63 16/61
14/57 °C/°F A festival featuring fine dining,
12/54 13/55 14/57 wine tastings, and seminars.
4/39 Christkindlmarkt (Thanksgiving
1/34 0/32 3/37 3/37
0 0/32 weekend), Leaven worth, WA
-5/23 0 -7/19 (p190). An open­air market
selling German treats, such
10 10
7 hrs 5 hrs 3 hrs 7 hrs 5 hrs 3 hrs
hrs hrs as bratwurst.
Seattle Marathon (Sun after
20 15 15 45 15 28 14 26
mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm Thanksgiving), Seattle, WA.
month Apr Jul Oct Jan month Apr Jul Oct Jan More than 10,000 participants
run off Thanksgiving excesses.
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