Kenmore Air Seaplane in Flight

InsideOut Solutions is now providing online marketing services for Kenmore Air. We are thrilled to be working with Washington State’s “third largest airline” to promote travel to and from all of Western Washington’s diverse locations.

All of the islands, peninsulas and waterways make Western Washington a beautiful place to live. They can also make transportation complicated. Washingtonians are lucky to have the country’s largest ferry system. But getting from place to place on the ferry system can take a good chunk of your day.

Luckily Kenmore Air provides scheduled and chartered airline service to dozens of  island and peninsula locations. Planes are faster than boats. What’s even faster than a plane? A plane that can land on water.

Kenmore Air Seaplane at Port Ludlow

Recently Pat McCauley and myself (Steven Dunston) were invited to Kenmore Air headquarters (you guessed it, it’s in Kenmore!) at the northern tip of Lake Washington. Kenmore Air was generous enough to offer to pick us up with a seaplane in Port Ludlow, which gave us a chance for a first-hand experience of our new client’s service.

Puyallup and Spokane Ferries seen from a Kenmore Air Beaver

The seaplane taxied right up to the dock in Port Ludlow Harbor. A hop up the ladder, a hello to the pilot, and seconds later, we were heading across the harbor, and into the air. Soon we were looking down on the Ferries Puyallup and Spokane, as they passed each other on their respective ways to Edmonds and Kingston.

We had a great meeting at the Kenmore Air Headquarters with their staff, and soon we were back in the float plane, headed back to Port Ludlow and our offices in Sequim in time for lunch.

If you are planning any travel to the Olympic Peninsula or the San Juan Islands, Kenmore Air just might be the ticket.

Pat McCauley and Steven Dunston at Kenmore Air Headquarters on Lake Washington

Sweeping landscape and historic buildings are just part of what Minnesota has to offer. There is a thriving performance art culture, as well as many miles of trails and parks for hikers and outdoors man.

We look forward to encompassing all of these intriguing pastimes with the unique lodging facilities that dot the state. No matter where you are planning to go or what your interests are, there is a bed and breakfast nearby with an innkeeper waiting to share her favorite secret spot with you!

We look forward to the site going live in April.

Lisa Lidback, Web Technician, the newest face at Insideout!

The first is Lisa Lidback, our new Web Technician. Lisa has always loved travel; her Dad being in the Coast Guard, she grew up moving from coast to coast. Her family settled in Port Angeles, where she was home schooled through high school and earned an Associate of Arts and an AAS in Multimedia Communications degree from Peninsula College.
Lisa’s passions are dance and photography. She has performed in over 6 ballet productions and has taught classes at the Ballet Workshop. Lisa also loves swing and ballroom dancing, whenever the opportunity presents itself. Lisa’s ambition is to be a wedding photographer, and would love to spend a year or so traveling Europe as a photojournalist.

The second is myself, Katie Pate. But because it’s a little funny to write a bio in first person, I’ll just post it here the old-fashioned-way:

Katie Pate, Promotions Specialist

Katie is a published writer with a BA in Media Studies and English from Scripps College in Claremont, CA. After finishing school, Katie traveled to Belize, Central America to volunteer the with the National AIDS Commission of Belize, where she was a personal health counselor and helped the Commission to create a community resources guide, a national television ad and wrote for Commission in local papers. She also managed a local band and became a dancehall queen during her stay in beautiful Belize.

When Katie returned to the United States, she came to live with her family in Washington State. In November 2007 she participated in a 9-week internship for the Sequim Gazette, which lead to a profitable free-lance position at the paper.

Now at Insideout Solutions, Katie is excited to learn as much as she can about the growing field of Search Engine Optimization, and explore new and fascinating ways to use her writing skills.