Friday, January 22, 2010

Washington

WASHINGTON

Bainbridge Island
Big Star Diner (cornmeal pancakes, meatloaf sandwich, salmon hash)

Bellingham
Whatcom Museum of History and Art
Fairhaven National Historic District
Roeder House

Conconcully
Outhouse Race (Jan)
Downhill Blow-up Boat Race (Feb)

Everett (outside Seattle)
Bobby’s Hawaiian-Style Barbecue (Kalua pork,

Langley
Mystery Weekend (cheap, length of town)

Olympia
Capital Campus (Tivoli fountain replica)
Makah Cultural Museum (NA, archaeolgy)

Omak
Stampede Suicide Race (horserace down steep hill and across river, rodeo)

Rockport
Ross Lake Resort (romote cabins)

San Juan Islands
(kayaking, 1860s camps, South Beach Park- camping sites #1-6, Shaw Island)

Seattle
Green Lake
Naval Undersea Museum
Old Man House
Pioneer Farm Museum
Fort Easton
Connells Prairie Battlefield
Daybreak Indian Cult Center
Rothschild House
Mecker Museum
Yakima Valley
Sehome Hill Arboretum
1962 World’s Fair Site (food circus)
Underground Tour (Victorian Age archaeology)
Pioneer Square Historic District
Museum of Flight
Thomas Burke Memorial/ W. St Museum
Klondike Gold Rush NHP
Nordic Heritage Museum
Pacific Science Center
Frye Art Museum
Houseboat Tour (Lake Union, by appointment)
Challenger tugboat (Lake Union B&B)
REI (222 Yale Ave, huge, sporting goods)
Ponti Seafood Grill (bistro fries, canal view)
Space Needle (restaurant, view)
Hattie’s Hat (diner, late-night comfort food)
Mike’s Chili (chili everything: burger split by chili, chili pasta)
Voula’s Offshore Cafe (Greek sausage, ham & egg pancake, smoked salmon, blueberry pie)3
Bizzaro (elk in ravioli sauce, pumpkin ravioli, lamb shank, bolognese, lazagna,
linguine and clams, puttanesca w/ linguine--spicy, polenta, white truffle ribbons?; handmade pasta)3
Beth's Cafe (12-egg omelette; art on the walls, eclectic crowd, since 1960s)
Mike's Chili Parlor
Slim's Last Chance (many chili varieties and on everything: fries, hot dog; smoked pork chile verde, Southwestern Green tortilla strips, chili cheese fries, cheddar grits)3
Georgia's Greek Restaurant (gyro, lamb, keftethes, fried shish kebab)3
Red Mill Burgers (onion rings, burgers)3
The Crab Pot (shell fish and seafood actually dumped on your table; Alaskan Seafood--fried halibut, crab, corn, mussels, potatoes and sausage, Crab Pot Seafood)3
Beth's Cafe (since 1954; hash browns, omelettes; customers given crayons to put their art on wall)3

Sequim
3 Crabs (Dungeness)

Snoqualmie
Salish Lodge and Spa (country-style breakfast)

Tacoma
Camp 6 Logging Museum
Fort Nisqually
Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (tram tour)
Southern Kitchen (biscuits and gravy, fried green tomatoes, fried chicken, hush puppies, sweet tea, strawberry lemonade, battered catfish, chicken fried steak, bread stuffing)3

Washougal
Pendleton Woolen Mills (tour)

Westport
Chainsaw Carving Championship


Mt Baker (hiking, Milano’s Rest)

Olympic National Park
Second Beach; Shi Shi Beach (sea stacks)

North Cascades National Park
Lakeshore Trail, Lake Chelan, Stehekin Lodge

Mount Saint Helens
Forest Learning Center

Disappointment State Park
?
Sol Duc Falls
Paradise Inn
Deception Pass State Park
Dog Mountain

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