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ESCAPEES

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May/June 2015

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boaters. You’ll need reservations to camp there, but it is

worth planning ahead to stay at this outstanding natural

setting.

www.stateparks.com/deception_pass.html

• Mt. Rainier

Practically the state’s logo, you must see Mt. Rainer

up close instead of in the distance on picture postcards.

It includes five areas developed for visitors, including

campgrounds, so check out the National Park Service’s

information and plan to visit this volcanic peak yourself.

www.nps.gov/mora/planyourvisit/index.htm

• Mt. St. Helens

Who doesn’t want to see the mountain that blew its top off

35 years ago? From I-5, head for the Mt. St. Helens Forest

Learning Center (a few miles from the mountain) for great

information, and then head for the Johnston Ridge Visitor

Center. There’re views all along the way of the changes

caused by this cataclysmic event, and, at the center, have a

look into the heart of the resulting crater.

www.mountsthelens.com/visitorcenters.html

• Forks Timber Museum

The logging town of Forks (the town used for Stephenie

Meyer’s

Twilight

sagas) has a Timber Museum built by the

town’s high school carpentry students in 1990. The muse-

um has displays of equipment and artifacts dating back to

the 1870s. However, we suggest you call and sign up for a

timber tour (summers only). You’ll have a great tour of the

surrounding forest, see logging activities in progress and

view old-growth trees you won’t see any other way. The

address is 1421 S. Forks Ave. Phone: 360-374-9663.

• Mora Campground and Rialto Beach

Great beach towns and campgrounds await RVers along

Washington’s entire Pacific Ocean coastline, but our fa-

vorite is Mora Campground surrounded by towering trees,

lush undergrowth and the music of the Pacific Ocean surf.

This national park has 94 campsites and is about three

miles from Rialto Beach where rocky beaches, giant drift

logs, pounding waves and views of offshore islands known

as “seastacks” are photographic wonders. It has the most

amazing surf-flattened rocks of all sizes. (Warning: you’ll

come back with a pocket full!) www.nps.gov/olym/plan- yourvisit/visiting-mora-and-rialto.htm

• Lake Ozette and Cape Flattery

Lake Ozette is another birder’s paradise, and it’s great for

easy canoeing. From there you’ll find both short and long

trails, like the hike to Cape Flattery, which sits high above

the Pacific Surf. It offers a stunning view at the farthest

northwest tip in the contiguous U.S. states.

www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/visiting-ozette.htm

Seattle waterfront.

Photo by Sandra Haven #103699.

Rialto Beach.

Photo by Sandra Haven #103699.

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