Seattle TravelGram

A Wonderfully Seattle Holiday Tradition One of the best all time holiday traditions in Seattle is the holiday lights on the lakes, from the house boats, to the floating homes, (there’s a difference) to the sail boats and mega-yachts, everyone is alight for the season of long nights.  With pretty mild temperatures year round, going [...]

Argosy presents a who-done-it Murder Mystery Cruise There is no escaping once you board the Royal Argosy for this 3-hour dinner cruise that makes everyone on board a suspect.  Having never been to murder mystery theater before, I truly did not know what to expect.  From the moment we were seated, we were told it [...]

Cruise to Victoria, B.C. for a Cozy Weekend with a Hot Deal Clipper Vacations is offering customers an opportunity to purchase a Two Night Victoria Package for as little as $129pp/do and receive a Bonus Gift Letter valid for “Two for One” travel later, for yourself or to give away as a gift.  Packages purchased [...]

Traveler’s don’t have to settle, there are amazing options for Thanksgiving Dinner in Seattle From dining aboard a ship, to window seats above waterfalls, your Turkey comes with a view when you celebrate Thanksgiving in the Seattle area.  Seattle TravelGram recommends these whether you’re on a budget or willing to go big. Dinner on the [...]

You Too Can Rent a Hot Tub Boat on Lake Union While the colder communities of northern Europe are famous for their saunas, Seattle is becoming famous for hot tubs.  Hot Tub Boats that is.  Designed and created by local house boat dwellers Adam Karpenske and Kelly Norton, it appears to be the first of [...]

Argosy Cruises to an Island of Coast Salish Culture and Tradition I had the recent pleasure of choosing the hottest day of the year thus far to take an Argosy cruise out to Blake Island to see for myself this Tillicum Village I had heard of for years. I have often looked out from Seattle, [...]

Get Transported Through Time (and the Ship Canal) in a Classic Steam Powered Paddle Wheeler Relive the days of the 1890’s Alaska Gold Rush when fortune seekers journeyed from Seattle to the Klondike and paddle wheelers plied the waters of the Yukon River. New to Seattle in 2009, the Queen of Alaska changed her name [...]

Two local favorites,  Argosy Cruises and Kenmore Air have joined forces for this special trip combining a 2-hour narrated Lakes Cruise and a high-flying 20 minute scenic flight excursion on a seaplane that departs from South Lake Union! Start with Argosy for the cruise portion that highlights Seattle’s floating home community, history and facts of [...]

With that, the whale watching season has begun! The Gray Whales left their southern breeding grounds and are passing through our local waters on their way to the Bering Sea and they’re hungry!  Northbound whales cruise by in late February through early June, but some whales stick around, instead of migrating.  Reaching 45 feet in [...]

Spring!  It has been truly amazing this year after a winter that was mild in the lowlands and dumped snow in the mountains just as it should!  Spring in Cascadia means cherry blossoms, tulips and daffodils, salmon fighting their way back through the locks, migrating birds bringing songs of far off places, transient pods of [...]