Tucked in the the northwest corner of Tacoma, Washington, is the lovely Point Defiance Park, full of picnic areas, playgrounds, beaches, a zoo, an aquarium, and more. One of my favorites parts of it during the summer months is its rose garden. The colors and aromas are wonderful fun.
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For Travel Tacoma and Visit Rainier, five of us bloggers/instagrammers took part in an "instafam" tour of the greater Tacoma and Mt. Rainier areas in July 2016. Here is the first of several blog posts about the trip. One of the true must-sees when you're in Tacoma is the Five-Mile Drive through Point Defiance Park. You'll find hiking and biking trails through lush forest; you'll relax on serene Owen Beach with wonderful views of Pugent Sound and Mt. Rainier alike; you'll see thriving wildlife... particularly raccoons (one of my favorite animals).
Driving to Mount Rainier National Park, we stopped at former logging and railroad town, Elbe, Washington. The tiny town is full of old rail cars to commemorate the industries that built the area in the 19th and 20th centuries.
In June 2017 Travel Tacoma took me to Northwest Trek Wildlife Park outside of Eatonville, Washington. Northwest Trek is a different kind of zoo than I normally see, one that focuses on the Pacific Northwest and one where the animals have a good amount of room to roam, particularly in the 400+ acres of open area on the north side of the park...
One of the crown jewels of Tacoma, Washington, is its Museum of Glass (MOG) downtown behind the old Union Station…
The collections here include about 1,500 cars plus trucks, motorcycles, and other forms of transportation. Additionally, there are some really lovely neon signs on display. And did I mention a sculpture garden? And an antique doll collection? And antique radios and telephones? And antique farm equipment? And…
