Linda Hagen Miller, Writer, Editor, Public Speaker Dungeoness Spit

Published Work

Be careful going in search of adventure. It is ridiculously easy to find.
—William Least Heat Moon

Books, Magazine and Newspaper Articles
Coastal Living - national travel and lifestyle magazine
Artful Escape (May 2007) I came to Edmonds to see the flowers, but it was the baby sea lion that stopped me in my tracks. I rounded a bend and there he was...
Far Flung Adventure (March 2006) - Dungeness Spit curls is beaches and tidal flats into the Strait of Juan de Fuca for five-and-a-half miles.
Victorian Secret (November 2005) - Beautiful and welcoming, Victoria sparkles with Christmas color and spirit.
[Read the Story]
Naturally Norwegian (October 2005) - The sign outside Marina Market on Front Street entices the curious and the hungry to
The Quiet Season (March 2005) - Manzanita offers a lot of "no's." No beach buggy or scooter rentals, no fine-art galleries or noisy arcades...
Shoreline of the Spirit (May 2004) - We're standing on a cedar platform at the edge of the continent. Or so it seems.
[Read the Story]
Beach Rockin' (September 2004) - With one solid stroke, Guy DiTorrice cracks open a baseball-size rock.
[Read the Story]
Newport Belle (September 2004) - Let's see, breakfast on the bow as the morning sun warms the deck? Or cocktails on the stern as sunset turns Yaquina Bay Bridge into a glowing silhouette?
Sunset - national travel and lifestyle magazine
Top 10 Lakeside Resorts (Aug 2007) - Elkins Resort., Idaho. Find a driftwood log, settle into the sun-warmed sand, and watch the Selkirk Mountains take on a rosy glow.
Welcome Our Newest Wine Country (Sep 2007) - Watch out, Walla Walla: Idaho's wine country has arrived. The Snake River Valley -- home to high elevations, extra-long sunny days, and cool nights -- received AVA designation in April.
Idaho's Iditarod (Feb 2008), Priest Lake, ID - Sand within yards of yipping, tugging, hysterically happy sled dogs and cheer on your favorite team at the U.S. pacfiic Coast Championship Sled Dog Races.
Enjoy Organic Eats (Mar 2008), Spokane, WA - In the past century, the East End has morphed from a rip-roaring red-light district into a green scene.
A country meal done right (August 2007) - On a soft summer evening, my friend and I are lounging on the white wooden vernada of Lovitt Restaurant. overlooking Colville Valley...We've driven 65 miles from Spokane to the remote reaches of northeast Washington for nothing more than a good meal.
Make way fo ducklings (April 2007) - Grab a bag of dried bread or wild birdseed, head for the steps leading to the edge of the Spokane River, and be entertained by mallard ducklings...
Big Rides and Wet Slides (August 2006) - Drive north on Idaho's Highway 95 from Coeur d'Alene and civilization quickly gives way to hiking, fishing, biking territory. Then - whomp - a giant wooden roller coaster breaks the horizon...
Golden Stroll (September 2006) – Step onto South Manito Boulevard on a fall day and the world turns golden.
3 New Ways to Catch Fall Colors (October 2006) - Bask in the sunlight of an open meadow on a horse-drawn wagon ride at the 1,000-plus-acre Rider Ranch.
Northwest Meetings & Events - Professional journal for meeting planners
A Sweet Deal (Winter 2007) The World Potato Congress had an unusual requirement: a 35-acre chunk of prime agricultural land for a demonstration farm....
Near Nature, Near Perfect (Fall 2006) Not all tourism slogans get it right. By their very nature, tag lines aimed at attracting visitors make over-the-top proclamations. Not this one...
Full Speed Ahead (Fall 2006) The angular, glass-encased lobby of the expanded Spokane Convention center juts toward the city like the prow of an ocean liner.
Travel Anthology - Traveler's Tales series
Petticoat Juncture published in Traveler's Tales: 30 Days in the South Pacific (December 2005) - "I had a poster of this Tahitian girl hanging over my bed all through college," Drew said. He described her in detail: she's coming out of the ocean, topless, of course, wearing a bright sarong wrapped lazy and low around her hips."
[Read the Story]
Acura Style - travel and lifestyle magazine for Acura owners
Adventure Loop summer 2006) - Adventure, whether ridiculous or sublime, comes in all shapes and sizes. For some people it means catapulting down a mountain bike trail, for others it is paddling a kayak to a hidden waterfall. Still others might find it coming face to face with a six-pack toting Sasquatch.
[Read the Story]
CNN.com - website
Victorian Secret (November 2005) - British Columbia's capital rolls out a red carpet for the holidays.
Washington Times, Oakland Press, various - newspapers
When bad weather equals good times (November 2007) - Horizontal rain, 70-mph wind and 30-foot swells don't sound much like visitor attractions, but Pacific Coast storms watching is the newest lure....
SkyWest/United Express - Inflight magazine, Delta and United
Artist Haven: Sandpoint, Idaho "I came across that bridge 15 years ago and it was magic......"
VIA Magazine - AAA Idaho-Oregon publication
Not-So-Little House on the Prairie (January 2004) - In 1988 Seattle businessman Sam Emmanuel donated his uncommon collection of Asian and European artifacts to the Historical Museum at St. Gertrude, a tiny depository in Cottonwood, Idaho.
True Horsepower (November 2003) - The history of the Appaloosa is almost as spotted as its coat.
An Accomplished Mission (July 2002) - Built at the request of the Coeur d'Alene Indians, the Mission of the Sacred Heart is Idaho's oldest still-standing building.
The Big Thrill (May 2003) - You grip the safety bar in front of you as the Tremors roller coaster rumbles forward, picks up speed, banks around a corner then slows for the clanking crawl up hill.
Hightailing it on the Hiawatha Trail (July 2003) - The phrase "light at the end of the tunnel" takes on a whole new meaning on the Route of the Hiawatha in Idaho.
Generations Hawaii - Lifestyle magazine for Hawaii's over 55 crowd
Bangkok - Sojourn in the Land of Smiles (May 2007) The term sweatshop takes on a whole new meaning in the airless alleys of Bangkok's Chatuchak Market.
La Vie Claire - national lifestyle and travel magazine
An Orchid Obsession (Spring 2007) - With colors as flamboyant as magenta and chartreuse and shapes as exotic and voluptous as the images in a Georgia O'Keeffe painting, orchids are all about being noticed.
Island Spirit (Summer 2005) - Aunty Bella is wearing a straw hat rimmed in bright blooms, an equally lively muumuu, and a shell lei. She looks every bit the traditional lei maker.
The Allure of Lavender (Winter 2005) - Five women are laughing and teasing as they position themselves around and on a weathered stepladder. These visitors from Seattle seem to be having a grand, uproarious time - like a Red Hat Society in purple - at the annual Sequim Lavender Festival.
[Read the Story]
Trailer Life - Good Sam publication
Sisters on the Fly (March 2006) -
[Read the Story]
Honolulu Star Bulletin - Hawaii newspaper
Meeting the Wild with Teen Spirit (August 2005) - We have paddled our kayaks to Little Kaikash Beach on Vancouver Island and are sitting on the rocks eating lunch when one of the guides shouts:
[Read the Story]
Seattle Post Intelligencer, Getaways - Puget Sound, WA, newspaper
Family Affair (August 2004, cover story) - We have paddled our kayaks to Little Kaikash Beach on Vancouver Island and are sitting on the rocks eating lunch when one of the guides shouts: "Whales!"
Spokesman Review - Inland Northwest daily newspaper
Playa Las Tortugas (February 2006, cover story) - The last time I was this close to a turtle I was 7 years old.
[Read the Story]
Full Circle (June 2003, cover story) - Road trip. Ah, the memories. You're 22 years old, driving across the state, pushing the speed limit. Girls' road trip. Ah, the images. Maybe Thelma and Louise, middle-aged and beautiful, lost and found, pushing the speed limit right over a cliff.
Prime Time Adventures (April 2000) - I learned to downhill ski and got my AARP card in the same year.
Follow that Dream (November 1999) - The air is filled with the chemical-sweet smell of hair spray and the almost tangible electricity of anticipation.
Website design and development by Spokane design company, Design Spike, Inc., Spokane, Washington