The Good Life - August 2020

In this issue

Kicked! She rode in on a horse, she rode out on a medi-evac helicopter • Julie’s excellent urban walking adventure • Lawn gone, garden arising • Escape to the mountains • Taking the fast boat to Stehekin • Fostering kittens • Phil’s lake house came with opportunities for remodels • Chasing the Milky Way and a comet • When does an older person become old? • This chief believed in the white man’s promises • In hot water living off the grid

Black-headed Grosbeak — is that a drunken Robin?

That’s no Robin — it’s a Black-headed Grosbeak. What a great find.

2 mins

Kicked!

A perfect day for a horseback ride explodes into a backcountry emergency

5 mins

Julie's excellent urban adventure

Along with my husband Juan, I’ve participated in marathons on all seven continents. I was an avid runner. I describe myself as a “late-in-life” athlete as I didn’t take up distance running until my mid-40s.

4 mins

Lawn gone, now garden of eatin'

While some of us spent this spring devouring YouTube videos, watching Netflix non-stop and doing far too much online shopping and eating, Danielle and Frank Harris found a way to get outside, get lots of exercise and build something for the future.

5 mins

Escape to the mountains

My name is Kristen McCamey and I am a Wenatchee local.

2 mins

Riding the Lady Cat to Stehekin

Experiences have become our family’s new preference when it comes to gift-giving.

4 mins

Chasing the Milky Way... and a comet

A passion that can’t be pursued in the big cities

2 mins

Chief Harmelt believed white man's promises

“I did not come here to lie to anybody. I have come here with a true, honest heart. I would like to have you listen to what I have to say. You can’t make me believe that all white men are rascals.”

5 mins

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The Good Life Magazine Description:

The Good Life magazine is a monthly lifestyle print publication primarily circulating in Wenatchee and the Chelan and Douglas counties area of Washington founded upon the idea the world is a big, beautiful place — we like to find people who are stepping off the usual path in one way or another to find adventure in their lives.

One of our guidelines is that we only report on local people — folks from Chelan and Douglas counties. Our idea is this: other media can go all around the world and come back with stories on war, famine, earthquakes, crime and the like.

We go right down the street and find our neighbors who are doing something extraordinary that maybe, might inspire you to take your own adventure. The variety of our stories never ceases to surprise us: People have shared their adventures of going to some of the most inhospitable places on earth — such as north of the Arctic Circle — to the most hospitable — such as floating down the canals in the French countryside.

Most of our stories, though, take part locally, in the most beautiful area of Washington State, as readers and contributors find adventure close to home. We love the “chapter two” stories where people show us how they have rebounded one of life’s bruises to find new joy in living.