Day 1

Saturday

July 23rd

8:00 a.m.

Depart:

Spokane

(Go west on I-90.  Take exit 31/North Bend.  Turn right on North Bend Blvd/Hwy 202.  It will go left and become Railroad Ave.)

12:00 p.m.

Arrive:

North Bend

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See:

                 
                                       Snoqualmie Falls
                   

Do:

 Picnic Lunch or Arbys, Dennys or Subway
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1:00 p.m.

Depart:

North Bend

(Turn right/east on Railroad.  Turn right at Snoqualmie Parkway to I-90.  Go west.  Enter I-5 going south.  Exit onto West Seattle Bridge going west.  At bend in road turn right on Admiral Way.  Just before it ends turn right/north on 63rd.  Turn left/west on Alki.)

2:30 p.m.

Arrive:

Seattle

30

2:30 p.m.

See:

           
                                     Alki Point Light (12-3:30 p.m.)

(Go south on Beach Dr.  Turn left on Jacobsen Rd past the park.  It will become Hudson going east.  Turn left/north on 49th.  Turn right/east on Alaska.  At 39th take the diagonal Fauntleroy Way onto West Seattle Bridge.  Enter I-5 going south.)

Do:

Dinner-Ivars or Rainforest Cafe

See:

IKEA etc.

Lodge:

Rodeway Inn
2930 S. 176th
Seatac, WA  98188
(206) 246-9300
$70.29 2Q, Continental Breakfast

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Red Lion
11244 Tukwila International Blvd.
Seattle, WA  98168
(206) 762-0300
(800) Red Lion
Coffee, HD, Outdoor Pool

Red Lion
18220 International Blvd.
Coffee, HD, Outdoor Pool
(206) 246-5535
(800) Red Lion

Day 2

July 24th

Do:

Breakfast-Cereal

9:30 a.m.

Depart:

Seattle

(Go south on I-5.  Take exit 132, turn right onto the ramp towards WA-16/South 38th St./Gig Harbor, and stay on for 3.2 miles.  Turn right(West) onto the ramp heading towards 6th Ave., then turn left onto 6th Ave.  Turn right (North) onto North Pearl Street, and stay on for about 3 miles, North Pearl Street becomes SR-163 and ends at the ferry terminal.  You will arrive at the terminal which is located at 5810 N. Pearl St.)

10:30 a.m.

Arrive:

Point Defiance

11:00 a.m.

Do:

Point Defiance/Tahlequah Ferry $17.00/$4.00 passenger

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11:15 a.m.

Arrive:

Vashon Island

(Go north on Vashon Hwy for 5.7 miles to Quartermaster Dr/225th St.  Turn right/east and drive east 1.4 miles where the road will fork.  Take the right fork, Dockton Rd.  Drive .4 miles and turn left on Pt. Robinson Rd.  Go 1.7 miles where the road will connect with 240th.  After these roads meet, continue east 1.7 miles to the light.)

12:00 p.m.

See:

              
                      Point Robinson Lighthouse (12-4)  
                                       (206) 463-672

Do:

Lunch-Picnic or DQ at Vashon
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1:00 p.m.

Depart:

Lighthouse

See:

The Country Store and Gardens-20211 Vashon Hwy.

Owen’s Antiques & Decorative Arts-27415 94th Ave, SW -is an 11 room Victorian house filled to the brim with quality antiques, not collectibles. Specialties include 19th C. furniture, 19th C. pottery and porcelain, Oriental rugs, Indian baskets, antique quilts, Orientalia, paintings and prints. Open Thurs.-Sat. 11-5, Sun. 2-4:30. Est. 1981.

2:05 p.m.
 

Do:

Vashon-Southworth Ferry (Free)

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2:15 p.m.
 

Arrive:

Southworth

2:20 p.m.
 

Depart:

Southworth

(Go straight, then turn south on Sedgewick Rd/Hwy 160.  Turn right/north on Hwy 16.  At the next junction go right/east on Hwy 3.  Exit on Hwy 305  going east, then north/left on Hwy 307/Bond Rd.  It will become Hwy 104.  Turn left/north on Miller Bay Rd/Hansville Rd.  Go 7 miles.)

3:30 p.m.

See:

                 Point No Point Lighthouse (Sat & Sun 12-4)

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4:00 p.m.

Depart:

Hansville

(Go south on Hansville Rd.  Turn left/east on Hwy 104.  Tally slips are used on Sunday afternoons and are distributed by WSP at Lindvog Rd. in Kingston.  )

4:30 p.m.

Arrive:

Kingston

10

5:10 p.m.
5:50 p.m.
6:30 p.m.

Do:

Kingston-Edmonds Ferry $13.30/Passenger Free

Dinner-Picnic on Ferry
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5:40 p.m.
6:20 p.m.
7:00 p.m.

Arrive:

Edmonds

(Go north on I-5.  Proceed to Exit 230 at Burlington and continue west on SR 20 onto Whidbey Island across Deception Pass Bridge. Once over the bridge it is about 9 miles to the intersection of Goldie Road, Midway Blvd., and SR 20. The Coachman Inn will be on your right.)

Arrive:

Oak Harbor

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Lodge:

Coachman Inn
32959 SR 20
Oak Harbor, WA 98277
Telephone: (360) 675-0727
Toll-Free Reservations: 1-800-635-0043
Confirmation:  Mary Ann  Cancelled by Tim for July 5th on 5/19/05
Changed by Tim on 5/19/05
CM, 2D, Hair Dryer, Small Refrigerator, Outdoor Pool & Hot Tub  $76
 (Great place and nice hot tub, too.)

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Day 3

Monday

July 25th

Do:

Breakfast in Motel-Hard boiled eggs, juice, coffee, cereal, biscuits & gravy

9:30 a.m.

Depart:

Oak Harbor

(Continue south on Hwy 20.)

9:45 a.m.

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11:00 a.m.

Depart:

11:15 a.m.

Arrive:

Keystone

8

See:

Fort Casey $5-The park is the site of Admiralty Head Lighthouse. A coast artillery post features four historic guns on display. The park offers spectacular views of Admiralty Inlet and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

11:30 a.m.

                    Admiralty Head Light
Free (11-5) Today the lighthouse is home to a gift shop and a museum, which contains a multi-bull's-eyed, fourth-order Fresnel lens used at both Patos Island Lighthouse and Alki Point Lighthouse. A fixed, fourth-order Fresnel lens, thought to have been used in the Admiralty Head Lighthouse is also on display. The old oil house still stands just east of the lighthouse.

12:45 p.m.
or
1:30 p.m.

Do:

Port Townsend/Keystone Ferry $10.30/$2.35 Passenger

Lunch-Picnic on the Ferry
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1:15 p.m. or 2:00 p.m.

Arrive:

Port Townsend

(Go straight ahead on Quincy.  Turn left/west on Jefferson.  Look for house on Jefferson & Tyler.)

     
Rothschild House $4  Open May 1 through Sept 30 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

(Continue north on Tyler which becomes F St.  Turn right/north on Cherry Street.   Follow Cherry Street 1.6 miles to Fort Worden where the road changes to Fort Worden Way. Enter Fort Worden and turn right on Eisenhower Avenue. When Eisenhower Avenue ends, turn left on Harbor Defense Way and follow it 0.8 miles to the lighthouse.)

Do:

Lunch-Blackberries Restaurant (200 Battery Way, Bldg 210) overlooking Ft. Worden parade ground

See:

                                     Fort Worden

Passport to Adventure $11- includes Coast Artillery Museum, Commander's Officer's Quarters, Rothschild House, Port Townsend Natural History Museum and Port Townsend Marine Science Center plus discounts. (10% Guardhouse Gifts, 10% food & beverage-Hot Java Cafe, free chips w/sandwich and pop at Cablehouse Canteen)

Coast Artillery Museum (11-4 Daily) $2/$1 (6-12)
The museum comes alive with film footage of the big guns being fired at Fort Worden, along with large scale models of a 12-inch mortar and a disappearing carriage gun, and many other fascinating depictions of life at the fort.

Commander's Officer's Quarters- (10-5 Daily) $2
Overlooks Admiralty Inlet with the Cascades in the background. Completed in 1904, thirty-three different families called this place home during the days of the fort. The building has been restored and furnished in keeping with the late Victorian period (1890 - 1910), providing a glimpse into the life of an officer and his family in the first decade of this century.
Admission $2 for adults: free for children under 12. (10-5)

         
                         Point Wilson Light (grounds only)

See:

Port Townsend

Port Townsend Marine Science Center (11-5 Wed-Mon) $2/$1
  Beach Walk 12:30 p.m. on Friday

Do:

Dinner-Eat Out

The Bayview Restaurant-1539 Water Street (near ferry), Classic American fare in a stellar Northwest waterfront setting

Cellar's Market (940 Water St. in basement)  Soups and Sandwiches, lasagna, quiche

Elevated Ice Cream Company -627 Water St. (10-10) including chocolate from around the world

Nifty Fiftys (817 Water Street) Step back in time and enjoy all your favorites from sundaes, shakes, malts and sodas to phosphates, lime rickeys and cherry cokes at Nifty Fiftys. Their authentic 1950's soda fountain and 1952 juke box will certainly put you in the mood for some Happy Days. They also have great burgers.

Silverwater Fish and Chips Shack -end of Quincy St-good view of Mt. Baker, Mt. Rainier, and Cascades

Sweet Laurette & Cyndee's Cafe & Patisserie-1029 Lawrence (7-5) Tarts, galettes, truffles, cheesecakes, and eclairs

(12 miles south on Hwy 20 on the left side just before Hwy 101)

8:57 Sunset

Lodge: 

Valley View Motel  (very beat up looking place with a great view of the valley and large rooms-we were the only ones there)
162 Highway 20
Port Townsend, WA 98368
360 385-1666 / 800 280-1666
$70 1 Dbl, 1 T, Rollaway,  Kitchen, All cabins
$67 for 2 adults or 3 adults
Reserved 04-01-05 Steven or Vicki  5187-5  Cancelled 07/06 on 5/19/05 Steven 
5206-5 Reserved on 5/19/05 by Steven
24 hour cancellation

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Day 4

Tuesday

July 26th

Do:

Breakfast-Cereal

10:00 a.m.

Depart:

Port Townsend

(Go west on Hwy 20.  Turn left on Airport Cutoff Rd.  Past the airport go left/east on Irondale Rd.  Turn left/southeast on Oak Bay Rd in Port Hadlock.  Go left/east on Flagler Rd/Hwy 116.  Continue onto Indian Island, then Marrowstone Island to Ft. Flagler.) 

10:30 a.m.

Arrive:

            
                             Marrowstone Point Light

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11:00 a.m.

See:

Fort Flagler $5
Visitors may explore the military museum, which includes an interactive display, open daily 11 a.m.-4 p.m. June 1- Sept.; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Do:

Lunch-Beachcomber Cafe-A drive over to Marrowstone Island to enjoy beautiful and peaceful Fort Flagler always includes a stop at CJ's Beachcomber. Not only do they have burgers, hot dogs and ice cream, but you'll also find a great selection of kites, windwheels and groceries for your days on the beach.

1:00 p.m.

Depart:

Fort Flagler

(Continue south then west on Flagler Rd.  Turn right/north on Oak Bay Rd.  At Port Hadlock it will become Ness Corner Rd/Hwy 116 going west.  Turn right/north on Rhody Dr.  Then go left/west on 4 Corners Rd.  Turn left/south on Hwy 20.  At Hwy 101 go right/north.)         

2:30 p.m.

Arrive:

Sequim

50

(Exit Hwy 101 right/north on Sequim/Dungeness Way.  Go left/west on Marine Drive to restaurant viewpoint.)

See:

         
                   New Dungeness Lighthouse (from a distance)

4

3:00 p.m.

Depart:

Sequim

3:30 p.m.

Arrive:

Port Angeles

16

(Turn left/south on Race St.)

See:

Olympic National Park $10   

4:00 p.m.

                     
                            Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center

17

Big Meadow Loop (.3 miles) Great view of Victoria, Canada and Puget Sound.

Do:

Dinner-Hurricane Ridge Picnic Area
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Arrive:

Port Angeles

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Bonny's Bakery (215 S. Lincoln) Recycled historic firehouse OR Safeway

Depart:

Port Angeles

(Go west on Hwy 101.  Turn left/south on Elwah River Rd/Olympic Hot Springs Rd.  Look for nature trail on left.)

Do:

Madison Falls Trail wanders through meadow and forest grove, then follows Madison Creek through a cleft in the mountainside to splendid falls that cascade a hundred feet down basalt cliffs. The trail wanders through a century of pioneer history, commencing near Smith's timber claim and Sweet's Cedarvale Resort, ending at Matteson's mining claim by the falls. 0.1 mile one way. (easy)

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(Go back to Hwy 101 going west.  Turn on right on Spruce Trail Rd.)

Lodge:

Log Cabin Resort
Rustic Sleeping Cabin $82/2 $12 each addt'l,
7 days cancellation, tub or shower, 2 Dbl  Holds 4
(360) 928-3325
logcabin@tenforward.com
$122.49 includes tax, 2 Doubles and a double futon in the other room
7 day cancellation with $10 fee

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July 27th

Do:

Breakfast at Log Cabin Lodge
 

10:00 a.m.

Depart:

Lake Crescent

See:

Lake Crescent Lodge

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                                       Marymere Falls
Is a spectacular 90' waterfall just one mile from Lake Crescent.

Do:

Lunch-Picnic
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Arrive:

Sol Duc Valley Hot Springs Resort

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See:

Sol Duc Hot Springs

Do:

Pioneers Path Nature Trail (.3 mile) (Begins adajacent to Klahowya Campground)

Ancient Groves Nature Trail (.5 miles loop)

See:

Sol Duc Falls (1.6 miles loop-minimal gain)   Departs south end of parking lot for Sol Duc River Rd.
                                            

Do:

Dinner-Picnic or Restaurant
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Swimming  $10.25 (9-9) or free with lodging          

Lodge:

Sol Duc
Kitchen Cabin:  2 D, Stove, Refrigerator $132-2, $152-3, $172-4
Studio Cabin:  2 D $112-2, $132-3, $152-4  $177.06 w/tax
Includes swimming in hot springs
Deposit of one night's lodging, 48 hour cancellation with $8 fee
All non-smoking, 2 night minimum on holidays
Reservation # 250 576-July 7th-cancelled 5/19/05
 #251411-new with 2 queen beds
(360) 327-3583

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Depart:

Sol Duc

Arrive:

75

See:

Day 6

Thursday

July 28th

Do:

Breakfast-In Lodge or Cereal

10:00 a.m.

Depart:

Sol Duc

(Follow Hwy 101.)

11:30 a.m.

Arrive:

Forks

55.7

12:00 p.m.

Arrive:

Hoh 

13.2

(At milepost 178.5 turn east on Hoh River Rd. 

See:

Hoh Visitor Center

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Do:

Hall of Mosses Nature Trail (.75 miles-60 ft gain) 30-60 minutes-Visit a stand of ghostly big leaf maples. 

  (Begin at Visitor Center)

Spruce Nature Trail (1.25 miles roundtrip-level 45-90 minutes) Interpretive trail of old growth Sitka spruce. (Begins near the Hoh Trail Visitor Center)

Lunch-Picnic
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3:00 p.m.

Depart:

Hoh

3:30 p.m.

Arrive:

Kalaloch

20

See:

Ruby Beach- (at milepost 164.7-180 ft. loss) seastacks and garnet colored sand

Beach 6- .1 mile to Whale Watching Bluff & Viewing Destruction Island Lighthouse from a distance also bulwarks of ships, grounded between 1850-80, at the mouth of Steamboat Creek.

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Large cedar tree

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                           Beach 4- .1 mile to tidepools

1.6

Beach 3- .1 mile to secluded sandy beach

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Kalaloch Lodge

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Beach 2- wide trail covered in driftwood (North side of Beach 2 sign)

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Beach 1- .1 mile trail through spruce trees, toilet near parking area

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Do:

Dinner-Picnic or Kalaloch Lodge
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Arrive:

Queets

10.7

Lake Quinault

24.1

Lodge:

Quinault River Inn (Great place with a wonderful view of the river and a beautiful new long porch.  Elk were feeding across the river from us.)
8 River Dr
Amanda Park WA 98526
(800) 410 - 2237
360-288-2237
$109.07 with tax-4 people reserved - Room 4 -2 Queens Reserved 5/19/05 (Mike)
$91.27-2 people, $100.17-3 people
2 Q Marty  Reserved 04-01-05 cancelled July 8th on 5/19/05 Mike
(Go by high school and post office then at Milepost 127-Left turn at the Amanda Park Mercantile, then go 100 yds go right to the river.)

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Day 7

July 29th

Do:

Breakfast- Cereal

9:00 a.m.

(Drive north on Hwy 101.  Turn right/east on the North Shore Rd.around Lake Quinault.)

9:30 a.m.

Quinault Big Cedar Trail (.2 miles) World's Largest Western Red Cedars (1st road on left side of lake.)  See the enormous Cedar Tree some have called the “Hobbit Tree”. 

Maple Glade Rainforest Trail   (.5 mile loop-minimal gain) Huge, Big Leaf Maples are found throughout the area and are draped with streamers of moss and ferns. In the early morning or late evening the low angle of the sun back lights the huge leaves and the forest displays every color of green one can imagine. This is an easy trail with no hills and is maintained by the Park Service.

29.9

Kestner Homestead Trail (1.3 mile loop) Take a journey back in
time to the daily life of a pioneer family in the early 1900’s in the rain forest wilderness.

(Turn right on Upper Quinault River Bridge.  Turn left on South Shore Rd/left.   At Graves Creek Campground west end.)

Graves Creek Nature Trail (1 mile loop)  Go counterclockwise.  (Begins and ends at campground's west end.)

16.5

(Continue on South Shore Rd. going southwest.  Look left just past Upper Quinault River Bridge.)

See:

Bunch Falls (Left side of road.)

Merriman Falls (Left side of road.)