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Family Vacation in Seattle tips?
Hi all, we will be in Seattle for 4 days with our 5 year old boy. any
tips on fun things to do? my husband had suggested going to Mount Rainier for a few days, renting a cabin and have fun exploring. i am concerned the hikes will be too long for my son to hold his attention. he loves "exploring" but not if he has to walk 5 miles! is this a good park for kids? if not, do you have any fun suggestions for the area? he loves to look for treasure, explore, find bugs, feed animals, etc. i'd like something outdoors since it's nice this time of year over there. we were in Victoria last year and LOVED it but we'd like to do something different. Any tips on a fun vacation near seattle that a 5 year old boy would enjoy? thanks for any tips, Carla |
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"calberto22" wrote in message oups.com... Hi all, we will be in Seattle for 4 days with our 5 year old boy. any tips on fun things to do? my husband had suggested going to Mount Rainier for a few days, renting a cabin and have fun exploring. i am concerned the hikes will be too long for my son to hold his attention. he loves "exploring" but not if he has to walk 5 miles! is this a good park for kids? FANTASTIC, there are lots of short hikes and amazing countryside. if not, do you have any fun suggestions for the area? he loves to look for treasure, explore, find bugs, feed animals, etc. i'd like something outdoors since it's nice this time of year over there. Then a cabin sounds ideal. We stayed at one of the Jasmer's cabins 2 years ago and it was magical. Judging by the comments in the vistors book we werent alone. The deer came right up to the cabin to feed and there was lots of exploring and bug hunting to be done http://www.jasmers.com/ Keith |
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calberto22 wrote: Hi all, we will be in Seattle for 4 days with our 5 year old boy. any tips on fun things to do? my husband had suggested going to Mount Rainier for a few days, renting a cabin and have fun exploring. i am concerned the hikes will be too long for my son to hold his attention. he loves "exploring" but not if he has to walk 5 miles! is this a good park for kids? if not, do you have any fun suggestions for the area? he loves to look for treasure, explore, find bugs, feed animals, etc. i'd like something outdoors since it's nice this time of year over there. we were in Victoria last year and LOVED it but we'd like to do something different. Any tips on a fun vacation near seattle that a 5 year old boy would enjoy? thanks for any tips, Carla If you are going to be Seattle for 4 days how many days are you going to visit Mt. Rainier. Yes it can be streneous for a 5 year old. There are lots of exploration options in Seattle. Take ferries to a couple of the islands. The ferry ride will be great fun for a 5 year old. |
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"calberto22" wrote in message oups.com... Hi all, we will be in Seattle for 4 days with our 5 year old boy. any tips on fun things to do? my husband had suggested going to Mount Rainier for a few days, renting a cabin and have fun exploring. i am concerned the hikes will be too long for my son to hold his attention. he loves "exploring" but not if he has to walk 5 miles! is this a good park for kids? if not, do you have any fun suggestions for the area? he loves to look for treasure, explore, find bugs, feed animals, etc. i'd like something outdoors since it's nice this time of year over there. we were in Victoria last year and LOVED it but we'd like to do something different. Any tips on a fun vacation near seattle that a 5 year old boy would enjoy? thanks for any tips, Carla What time of the year will you be going to Mt. Rainier? It can start snowing in September, and there is still lots of snow on the ground in early July. Within that window of time, early August is my favorite time for the mountain wildflowers. A day or two at a cabin would be enough for the 5-year-old, I think. In the southeast corner of the park there are 2 kid-friendly locations, (1) the Grove of the Patriarchs, big old trees a short walk off the road, and (2) a nature walk to Silver Falls. Back in Seattle, there's the zoo (activities: http://www.zoo.org/educate/vstr_prgrms/pprograms.htm), the aquarium, the Children's Museum and the Science Center at Seattle Center, the public market, the beaches, the locks and the salmon ladder, the park at Camp Long (see http://www.cityofseattle.net/parks/E...t/camplong.htm). Somebody else mentioned the ferries. If you want to be outside Seattle, you might like to take a ferry to the San Juan Islands. The biggest, San Juan Island, has 2 historic sites from the Great Pig War between the US and Britain, kinda fun: http://experiencewashington.com/Regi...106600_R7.html Well, that's enough to get you started. Marianne |
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I think Mt. Rainier would be fantastic. There is great hiking and wildflowers just behind Paradise Inn at the Paradise vistors center. We hiked there for two full days with a 3 year old. We stayed at Three Bears Lodge which is a family friendly cabin rental near Mt. Rainier. Their website is www.threebearslodge.net. They have a very kid friendly vacation lodge with toys, XBox, videos and even cribs etc. The hiking was the best though. We loved eating at the Wild Berry Restaraunt in Ashford.
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calberto22 wrote:
we will be in Seattle for 4 days with our 5 year old boy. any tips on fun things to do? my husband had suggested going to Mount Rainier for a few days, renting a cabin and have fun exploring. Consider also going to the Olympic Peninsula. Your boy would probably enjoy the beaches and rainforests. It could also be combined with a ferry ride to get across the Sound. George |
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