Vacation

Choose from one of the following  pages for ideas on what to see and do in Tacoma, Seattle and Western Washington:

• Touring Tacoma

• Day Tripping Around Puget Sound

• Further Afield: islands, Oregon, British Columbia

• Travel Advice

There is so much to do here it is hard sometimes to choose. One thing we have learned though, is that because of the mountains and sea that surround us, our weather forecasting is frequently less than accurate. For this reason, most of the locals actually will choose what to do and where to go only a short time before their departure.

For vacationers, this translates this way: you are probably better finding a central point to the main attractions you wish to see and then day tripping rather than doing a circuit of the area. That way, you can plan each day's activities based on the weather. For example, if you want to see Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helen and The Olympic Rain Forest, (each of which is about a two hour drive from Tacoma), you could plan a night at an inn located at each attraction. However, it could rain on you every day because the weather pattern was moving the same direction you were. On the other hand by staying centrally, you could pick the sunny day at each one for your day to visit them.

Please also be aware of the difficulty in catching island ferries on weekends and summertime. You can literally waste a day waiting in ferry lines. If you are going island hopping, allow the time to enjoy it!

Our web site offers a lot of information on local attractions--or you can use this link to go to the itinerary section of the Select Registry web site which offers trip and accommodation tips.

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• Cimbrone

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