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Cabela���s outdoor outfitters, a110,000-squarefoot venue designed to immerse customers in an outdoor shopping adventure featuring conservation-themed wildlife displays, two 7,000-gallon fish tanks and a diverse, extensive collection of original Tulalip art. Shoppers with a particular interest in First Nations culture also find it rewarding to explore the Tulalip Tribes��� Hibulb Cultural Center. With a mission to revive, restore, protect, interpret, collect and enhance the history, traditional cultural values and spiritual beliefs of the Tulalip Tribes, the 23,000-square-foot centre is the only tribal facility certified by the State of Washington. Set amid a 50-acre natural history preserve, its highlights include a main exhibit and archaeological repository, long house, research library, gift shop and, this winter, the 10-week travelling exhibit Salish Bounty: Traditional Native American Foods of Puget Sound. Also slated for November: a special lecture series and film collection, plus an arts workshop. Beyond Quil Ceda Village, other popular winter draws include the Flying Heritage Collection in Everett ��� featuring a dizzying array of aircraft, including wartime classics (a new 26,000-square-foot building is under construction to accommodate an even bigger exhibit). In addition, for 22 nights in December, more than one million Christmas lights at the 16th annual Lights of Christmas spectacle will magically transform more than 15 acres of Warm Beach Camp in Stanwood, Snohomish County���s northernmost city. The largest holiday-light display in the northwest, with live entertainment, children���s activities, cuisine and overnight getaway options, this year���s event will showcase dance, drama and diverse musical entertainment options, from school choirs and Seattle���s Flute Society Choir to bluegrass and jazz. Also, for the athletically minded, the Snohomish County Tourism Bureau has just released its newest Hiking in Snohomish County brochure, featuring 30 hikes (from beach walks to wilderness explorations), driving directions, easy-to-difficult ratings and topographical maps. ��� For more details on shopping, arts and culture, outdoor winter adventures and more: www.snohomish.org This promotional feature was prepared for Washington Co-op by Robin Brunet. Snohomish County: 1-888-338-0976. Daytripper Continued from page 27 who pioneered cross-country skiing in Manning, these trails have been keeping the faithful fit for 50 years. An avid Nordic adventurer with 84 years notched on his ski pole, Sigge ���Haven���t Missed a Winter Yet��� Bjorklund first started working out his glutes back in 1962 ��� ���though the track wasn���t as good then as it is now,��� he admitted when we chatted a few weeks ago. ���It was made by a machine from Switzerland that was dragged behind a snowmobile.��� At the time, Bjorklund was still flogging ski equipment out the back door of his home, but after deeming the highway ���downright dangerous to drive,��� he began running a weekend bus service to the park. Another veteran of the old days is Sakari Uunila, whose Manning credentials date back to the ���70s, as I discovered during my pre-getaway research. In fact, Uunila still loves to get back to Manning at least once a year with the family for old-time���s sake. ���We went up for my birthday in March, for example, and it was fabulous. Nothing���s changed. I hope it stays the same.��� Meanwhile, both cross-country veterans continue to suggest Manning for neophytes because six of its 10 trails are rated easy, two are medium and only two difficult. And one of the latter, noted Bjorklund, was Graduation Hill ��� ahem, straight ahead. Barely five minutes later, I���m at the base. I���ve aced it, of course. OK, maybe ���aced��� isn���t exactly the right word. I sort of aced it. OK, I sort of fell. OK, I made a holy mess of it, but at least it won���t be on YouTube; the guy with the camera must have hightailed it for the lodge, where we���re headed. Because who knows? Maybe in five years Manning will be all high-speed quads and designer coffee to go. But for now, at least, all that glorious metre-deep powder isn���t going anywhere fast. SKI RATES Season passes for Manning���s downhill area: $500 for adults. Day rates are $45 weekends, $35 Monday to Thursday. Nordic ski passes: $700 annually or $20/day. Details at manningpark.com SLEEPS Room rates at the lodge start at $99 midweek; $149 on weekends. manningpark.com HOMEWORK For ���rst-person and historical accounts of Manning Park���s past, check out a library copy of Re���ections of the Past: Manning Park Memories (1991, BC Ministry of Lands and Parks). Y Member savings and bene���ts for B.C. winter travel: bcaa. com/roadtrips 34 WA S H I N G T O N T O U R I S M 2 0 1 2 p32-34_Wash.indd 34 12-10-26 7:39 AM