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10 W e s t W o r l d >> s u m m e r 2 0 1 4 (top to bottom) John Thomson, matt mcDonald/Bellingham Herald, (ride) Lynnette Peizer/Alamy/All Canada Photos the getaWay Lynden is nestled in farm country. Pick your own berries at one of 11 farms surrounding the town, or ride the apple train at BelleWood Acres in late August and watch apples being made into cider. Or, sample locally made raspberry wine at nearby Samson Estates Winery. Feeling active? One of many hiking trails begins at City Park, or if window- shopping is closer to your speed, browse through Lynden's three antiques stores. The town's superb Pioneer Museum displays a full-sized replica of its main street circa 1912, along with antique buggies, tractors and auto- mobiles, one of the largest private collections of rolling stock west of the Rockies. the hideaWay Want to sleep inside a wind- mill? Ask for the Friesland Kamer suite at the top of the winding staircase in the renovated Dutch Village Inn (reopening summer 2014, dutchvillageinn.net). For the less adventurous, there are standard units attached downstairs. In nearby Everson, Kale House Bed & Breakfast offers a choice of three charm- ing rooms, 13 kilometres south of Lynden ( kalehouse.net). the inside track Summer celebration: Front Street comes alive with street dancing and free ice-cream sundaes during the Northwest Raspberry Festival July 18 and 19. lynden.org Old-time tractor pull: Antique tractors thrash and pull at the annual Puget Sound Antique Tractor & Machinery Association show, July 30 to August 2. psatma.com Fair time: The annual Northwest Washington Fair, starting August 11, offers six days of family fun, featur- ing livestock, local crafts and cow- boy races. nwwafair.com More tastes of Europe: Visit Dutch Mothers Restaurant for schnitzel, perogies and pannekoeken (dutch mothers.net) and top it all off with fresh snicker doodles from the Lynden Dutch Bakery next door. lyndenbakery.com. —John Thomson Y Protect yourself before cross- ing the border by purchasing travel insurance. Find more info at bcaa.com/insurance Tucked away in Washington's Whatcom County, the town of Lynden (population 12,000) is a Euro dream. The Pennsylvania Dutch settled the area in the 1800s and the result is a charm- ing touch of Holland minutes from the Canada-U.S. border. Antique farm implements and folk art dress up the town's well- manicured lawns. Traditional Dutch architecture lines Front Street, Lynden's historic district, and, of course, there are wind- mills. Locals say the town is moving away from its Old World roots, but the Dutch tradition lives on. Where else in the Pacific Northwest can you sleep in a functioning windmill or buy poffertjes, little Dutch cakes, from a bakery across the street from the Postkantoor (post office)? Welkom. Lynden, Washington Weekender L y n d E n , w a Sh i n g tO n p10-11_Weekender.indd 10 14-04-15 12:34 PM