Get it? Fish don't have sleeves! Or arms.

Salmon Days in Issaquah, WA is an award-winning family affair — for the fish and the humans. It’s a fun and frolicking multi-weekend event (with most events held October 2nd and 3rd) that takes over downtown Issaquah, a quaint little community about 15 minutes east of Seattle (straight up I-90). Imagine if Norman Rockwell created a town and then Costco moved their international headquarters to it, that’s Issaquah. Now add thousands of spawning salmon. Yes, it’s that awesome.

Last year I failed to report on Salmon Days until after the fact. Why? Because I was at Salmon Days enjoying myself and a walk through sunshine and red-soaked leaves was more enticing than writing about it. As you might imagine, I felt awful. That’s why this year I’m posting Salmon Days information before the festivities. That’s for you, the reader. Read More »

Like any good fish story, this one got away.  That’s right, you just missed Salmon Days in Issaquah, WA and you should be ashamed of yourself.  Go ahead and cry it out.  I’ll wait.

Okay, enough.  You brought it upon yourself.  Now sit still and let me tell you what you missed, aka, rub it in.

Every year about this time the salmon leave the deep, salty waters of Seattle’s Puget Sound and they start swimming.  They swim through lakes and streams and wind their way to Issaquah Creek, where the water is shallow and clear.  They swim all the way to the hatchery in which they were born, they do their thing with the eggs and the stuff and then they die.  Needless to say the salmon don’t find the occasion as festive as we do.  I watched them for hours and never saw a single party hat. Read More »