Taking the Kids to the Pacific Northwest (Taking the Kids Regional Guides Book 3)

Seattle with Kids – A Guide

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Helens, and even though I know it's out of the way, Crater Lake. From what I read, Orcas are active this time of year so a suggestion on a good place to whale watch would be helpful, also. Any input would be great, thanks in advance!

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Its all sounding good so far. Its a bit cumbersome to do Olympic National Park and then head back across to the mountains. Not impossible, but I'd be inclined to stick with the coast and just travel down, then loop back by Crater Lake and head to Portland. Fly into Seattle first.

The latter you visit Rainier the better. From Seattle head towards Port Townsend. You can go whale watching from there. Your kids have a Lake although cold for swimming and many easy walks to waterfalls through gorgeous forests. From here you could visit Hurricane Ridge and the Olympic Beaches. Then spend one or two nights at Lake Quinault. Two will give you more time to explore and relax.

The Lodge is nice, but there are cheaper options. Again lots of easy hikes in beautiful rainforest. Then head for Rainier by way of Aberdeen and Olympia. Then on to St. If I personally was going to cut out something if you insist on going all the way to Crater Lake it would be St. You are going to be doing a lot of driving on this trip. Only you know your family's comfort level. As much as you would like to see Crater Lake , it is not on any easy itinerary. It's too far south and east. If you came down through the Columbia Gorge to Bend to Crater Lake and then to the coast you'd have a great loop.

And, quite frankly, the kids will take a look, say that's nice and be ready to move on. Romantic aesthetics are way off in their futures, I think. And there's very little to do around Crater Lake that the boys would find entertaining except for the boat ride if it's running. Lodging can also be a challenge unless you pay the bucks and get a reservation at the lodge.

On the other hand, they would find Mt. Helens exciting, thanks to great films, displays and ranger talks at the visitor centers and Johnston Ridge Observatory. The coast is also great for the boys. Seaside is a bit of a Coney Island atmosphere, but there are wonderful tidepools to explore along the coast; there's whale watching in Depoe Bay and a great aquarium in Newport. Once you get your Washington part of the trip figured out, we can work out an Oregon connection, but there's really enough in either state to fill your allotted time I agree with oregonpoppa. While Crater Lake is beautiful, I'm afraid your 6 and 8 yrs olds will find it boring after an especially long drive.

I'd concentrate more on Mt. This will easily take up your full 12 days would be better. Third vote for skipping Crater Lake. A fair number of adults find it pretty but a tad on the boring side! With less than two weeks and you being mostly outdoorsy folks, I'd also probably basically skip Portland as well, unless you take a jetboat ride on either the Willamette River or the Columbia River - bet the boys would love that!

Thanks for all in input This is what I've come up with for an itinerary, tell me what you think! Day 1- arrive in Seattle , depending on what time the flight arrives, explore the city a bit. Day 4- whale watch from port Townsend, travel to port Angeles at night. Day 5- olympic national park- hurricane ridge, possible rafting - stay over night again in port Angeles. Day 6- travel towards forks, see lapush beach, ruby beach, hoh rainforest. Travel south, maybe stay the night in Aberdeen or somewhere around that area is this too much in one day? Day 7- travel to Astoria , check out the town- mostly to be used as a 'down day' for my kids to lay back a bit and rest.

Day 9- tilamook to Portland in the am, spend day in Portland. Day Portland to Columbia river gorge- multnomah falls and some hiking, over night is Stevenson or somewhere in that area. Day travel to Tacoma , stay for day. I know there is a lot of traveling but I made sure that there is not any long stretches in the car for my kids. Let me know where alterations should be made. Skip Olympia and travel directly to Port Townsend from Seattle. There is not all that much to see in Olympia; it is a lesser destination compared to the others on your list.

In general, you have over scheduled your time in ONP. It takes much longer to travel between destinations than you think. Day 6, in particular, is virtually impossible. Day 5 may be a problem, depending on where you are planning to raft. If it is the Hoh River, it is too far from Hurricane Ridge to do in one day. If you are rafting the Elwha, it will work. There is too much buffering. The audio is poor or missing. Video is unrelated to the product. Please fill out the copyright form to register a complaint. Written by local insiders, Fodor's has the itineraries, maps, and essential information you need to plan the perfect Washington D.

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