The Good Life - September 2020

In this issue

9/11 ceremony takes a break this year, but wait for the 20th anniversary • The fire this time found writer almost ready • Raccoon wars, who to vanish the vamps • Kicked by a horse, and finding life lessons in the recovery • Surfing Lake Chelan • Biking up Mount Everest, from Wenatchee • Sasquatch! We have a photo! • New rules for a backyard BBQ • The remote community of Stehekin • The would-be Home Tour house • How you see affects how you think • Unexpected money comes with consequences

THE BEST VIEWS COME AFTER THE TOUGHEST CLIMBS

Though there are no certainties in life, you can always count on the mountains to offer peace, beauty and space for thought.

1 min

COVID-19 halts 9/11 ceremony in Cashmere

The 9/11 Spirit of America Memorial Foundation Board has announced the cancelation of the September 11, 2020 event due to current COVID-19 health requirements.

2 mins

Sage Thrasher — Their song goes on and on

In the summer, Sage Thrashers visit the shrub-steppe communities of north-central Washington.

2 mins

The FIRE this time

‘Be prepared plan’ softened panic, but still, time was wasted on non-essentials

3 mins

Raccoon Wars

Sure, they’re so cute, but pooping under the deck?

4 mins

Kicked! The recovery

Finding meaning as the healing begins

6 mins

Surfing on Lake Chelan?!

Technology brings beach sport to wave-less inland lakes

4 mins

Everesting Mission

In this challenge, cyclists ascend the same amount of elevation as one would by climbing Mount Everest from sea level — in one continuous go

6 mins

SASQUATCH!

Fact or fiction — hummm... you decide

3 mins

Dinner at a distance

Weighing the guidelines when hosting friends to a BBQ during the pandemic

4 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.