October… the leaves have started to fall and will soon be ready for raking, photography, and play.  Some suggestions for frolicking Fall fun this month:

• Issaquah Salmon Days, Oct 6-7
• Oysterfest, Shelton, Oct 6-7
• 8th Annual Oktoberfest Northwest, Puyallup, Oct 5-7
• 10th annual Fresh Hop Ale Festival, Downtown Yakima, Oct 6
• Pumpkin Bash and Trick or Treating, Woodland Park Zoo, Sat/Sun Oct 13-14, 20-21, 27-28
• Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival, Port Angeles, Oct 12-14
• Water Music Festival, Long Beach, Oct 12-14
• Cedar River Salmon Journey, every weekend in October, five locations – http://www.cedarriver.org/programs/
• Leavenworth Oktoberfest, Oct 5,6,12,13,19,20
• Whidbey Island Open Studio Tour, Oct 6-7
• Road trip to the Coast
• Puyallup Art & Wine Walk, Oct 6
• Oktoberfest, Langley, Oct 6
• Head to your nearest nursery and check out their Fall offerings
• Catch the Crush Wine Festival, Tri-Cities & Yakima Valley, Oct 13-14
• Meerkerk’s Autumn Garden Festival, Greenbank, Oct 6-7
• Electrical Extravaganza Show, Spark Musuem, Bellingham, Oct 13-14
• Old Apple Tree Festival, Vancouver, WA Oct 6
• Festival of Family Farms, Skagit Valley, Oct 6-7
• Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle, Oct 12 – Nov 4
• Catch the Crush Wine Festival, Red Mountain, Columbia Valley, Yakima Valley, Oct 13-14
• Cranberrian Fair, Ilwaco, Oct 13-14
• Take a hot air balloon ride over wine country (Yakima Valley/Walla Walla)
• Navigate a corn maze