An hour and a half outside of Vancouver, the city girl in us happily
went country with the other kind of wild weekend in Harrison-Agassiz.
stay
Whether
you vacationed there as a kid or not, the Harrison
Hot Springs Resort & Spa will have you feeling nostalgic (think
Kellermans Resort in Dirty Dancing). In between dips in the hot
mineral pools and sessions at the Healing Springs Spa, make sure you
reserve one night to mambo like Baby and Johnny at the historic Copper
Room. Book a deluxe lakeview suite in the East Tower or really commit to
the kitsch in one of their retro cottages. Rooms $159-$284, www.harrisonresort.com
eat
Hop in the hybrid and take a self-guided Circle
Farm Tour of the area. There are stops for everything from coffee to
hazelnuts, but our faves are the artisan cheeses from the award-winning Farm
House Cheeses and Limbert
Mountain Farm with its hillside garden of herbs and quaint tea room
where they serve up scrumptious lunch and afternoon tea on weekends. www.circlefarmtour.com
If youre the biking type, then youll want to set aside August 21 for the Slow
Food Cycle, which stops at those same spots, and ends with a
Chehalis Traditional Salmon Feast. www.slowfoodvancouver.com
do
Take the gang on a tour of the Harrison River by
boat to see wildlife (a Sasquatch even) and let the wind blow in your
hair. Especially spectacular is the Fall
Eagle Tour, where hundreds perch to feast on spawning salmon. Or if
you prefer to do the fishing yourself, catch and release trips can be
arranged. www.harrisonecotours.com
Check out photos from our Harrison-Agassiz getaway on the Editors
Diary.
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