Kids will ride free on the dinner train

The Spirit of Washington Dinner Train is offering free rides Nov. 1-April 30 to children 12 and under accompanied by a paying adult. The limit is two children per paying adult. The 3-½- hour excursion departs from Freighthouse Square in Downtown Tacoma and travels south along a scenic 52-mile round trip to Lake Kapowsin north of Eatonville before heading back to Tacoma. Tickets cost between $53.99 and $83.99 per person depending upon the ride time and seating location. Fare includes a three-course meal. For reservations, call 800-876-7245 or see www.spiritofwashingtondinnertrain.com.

Washington

Wings and Wheels Festival, Friday-Sunday, East Wenatchee. 509-886-6108 or www.east-wenatchee.com

Methow Fall Bike Festival , Friday-Sunday, Winthrop. 509-996-3287 or www.mvsta.com/bikefest.html

Nch'i-Wana , through Oct. 28, Stevenson. 509-427- 2541 or www.skamania.com

Fresh Hop Ale Festival, Saturday, Yakima. www.beeradvocate.com/events/info/13168

Artstock, Saturday-Sunday, Friday Harbor. 360-378-3060 or www.guidetosanjuans.com/calendar

Fall Fruit Festival, Saturday-Sunday, Everson. 360-671-3990 or www.bellingham.org

Oktoberfest , Oct. 12-13, Deming. 360-592-3051 or www.demingloggingshow.com

Pow Wow , Oct. 13, Toledo. 360-280-2321 or www.cowlitz.org/events/cowlitzindianpowwow.html

Harvest Festival , Oct. 13, Okanogan. 509-422-3658 or www.okanoganwash.com

Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival , Oct. 13-14, Port Angeles. 360-267-2003 or www.crabfestival.org

BirdFest and Bluegrass , Oct. 13-14, Ridgefield. 360-887-9495 or www.ridgefieldfriends.org

Okanogan Family Fair , Oct. 19-21, Okanogan County. 509-486-2173 or www.okanoganfamilyfaire.com

Water Musical Festival, Oct. 19-21, Long Beach. 360-665-4466 or www.watermusicfestival.com

Washington State Capitol Tours, daily, Olympia. 360-586-8687 or www.ga.wa.gov/visitor/index.html

Oregon

Nch'i-Wana , through Oct. 29, Hood River. 541-387-8877 or www.columbiaarts.org

North Coast Seafood Festival , Saturday-Sunday, Tillamook. 800-262-7844 or www.traveloregon.com

Body Worlds 3 , through Sunday, Portland. 503-797-6674 or www.omsi.edu

Lincoln City Fall Kite Festival , Oct. 13-14, Lincoln City. 541-996-1274 or www.oregoncoast.org/kite-festival/kites-fall.html

Great Columbia Crossing , Oct. 14, Astoria. 800-875-6807 or www.greatcolumbiacrossing.com

Lents International Farmers Market , through Oct. 14, Portland. 503-621-7655 or www.localharvest.org/farmers-markets/M14137

Oregon Shakespeare Festival , through Oct. 28, Ashland. 541-482-4331 or www.osfashland.org

Portland Saturday Market , through Dec. 24, Portland. 503-222-6072 or www.saturdaymarket.org

Idaho

Art Walk , Friday, Coeur d'Alene. 208-667-7732 or www.cdagalleries.com/artwalk.php

Sun Valley Swing 'n' Dixie Jazz Jamboree , Oct. 17-21, Sun Valley. 877-478-5277 or www.sunvalleyjazz.com

British Columbia

Vancouver International Film Festival , through Friday, Vancouver. 604-683-3456 or www.viff.org

Okanagan Fall Wine Festival , through Sunday, Okanagan Valley. 250-861-6654 or www.owfs.com

Turkey Trot , Saturday-Sunday, Vancouver. 604-816-1730 or www.turkeytrot.ca

Taste of Yaletown , Oct. 12-28, Vancouver. 604-683-7473 or www.tasteofyaletown.com

Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition , through Oct. 14, Victoria. 250-356-7226 or www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca

Tourism offices

Washington: 877-260-2731 or www.experiencewashington.com

Oregon: 800-547-7842 or www.traveloregon.com

Idaho: 800-635-7820 or www.visitid.org

British Columbia: 800-663-6000 or www.hellobc.com

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