A few weeks back, the Los Angeles Times ran a large travel feature on 101 Best West Coast experiences and solicited reader feedback for places they missed for a follow-up piece. Since nothing had been featured in this part of Washington, I wrote up a detailed response about the City of Bellingham, in particular, the Fairhaven neighborhood. Naturally, I framed my response around car-free travel.

As Christopher Reynolds writes in the L.A. Times:

For best effect, [Michael] Grass says, arrive by train around sunset, taking in the scenery near Chuckanut Mountain and focusing on the historic Fairhaven neighborhood. 

"I work remotely from Bellingham and commute into Seattle via Amtrak Cascades a few times a month," Grass writes, "and never tire of the waterside train views on the 6 p.m. departure out of Seattle." 

I namecheck some neighborhood destinations in Fairhaven, including Fairhaven Poke, Southside Bar, Taylor Dock, and Village Books, "a three-level bookstore and community crossroads known for its book talks, programming and writing workshops," plus note the one-seat ride to Ketchikan via the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry. 

There's certainly a lot more local car-free travel wisdom I could have relayed to the L.A. Times. 

The L.A. Times article was republished by The Seattle Times if you want to read it there.