TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 05, 2021Tacoma, pacific northwest, Mount Rainier, travel, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, Washington, Sumner, hiking, trees, mountains, lake, national park, Puyallup

Tacoma-Mount Rainier "Trail of Trails" Tour 2021

Let’s explore around Tacoma, Mount Rainier, Sumner, Puyallup, and University Place in Washington’s Pierce County…

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 05, 2021Tacoma, pacific northwest, Mount Rainier, travel, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, Washington, Sumner, hiking, trees, mountains, lake, national park, Puyallup

Tacoma-Mount Rainier "Trail of Trails" Tour 2021

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 05, 2021travel, Mount Rainier, Paradise Washington, Washington, pacific northwest, hiking, trees, autumn, myrtle, mountains, waterfalls, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, Tacoma, Elaine Schimek

Trails Above Paradise

With a blast of autumnal colors…

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 05, 2021travel, Mount Rainier, Paradise Washington, Washington, pacific northwest, hiking, trees, autumn, myrtle, mountains, waterfalls, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, Tacoma, Elaine Schimek

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 04, 2021travel, Tacoma, pacific northwest, Washington, hiking, University Place, Elaine Schimek, Chambers Bay Loop Trail, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, golf, tunnel, Chambers Creek Regional Park

Chambers Bay Loop Trail

Quite surreal, and judging from the many other photographers there, quite photogenic…

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 04, 2021travel, Tacoma, pacific northwest, Washington, hiking, University Place, Elaine Schimek, Chambers Bay Loop Trail, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, golf, tunnel, Chambers Creek Regional Park

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 04, 2021travel, Mount Rainier, Tacoma, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, Grove of the Patriarchs, hiking, mountains, trees, Washington, national park, pacific northwest, Elaine Schimek

Grove of the Patriarchs

A tree-lover’s heaven! Good thing I am a tree lover…

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 04, 2021travel, Mount Rainier, Tacoma, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, Grove of the Patriarchs, hiking, mountains, trees, Washington, national park, pacific northwest, Elaine Schimek

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 04, 2021Narada Falls, waterfalls, pacific northwest, Mount Rainier, mountains, trees, travel, Washington, national park, Elaine Schimek, Tacoma, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021

Narada Falls

One of — if not the very —best waterfalls in Mount Rainier National Park…

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 04, 2021Narada Falls, waterfalls, pacific northwest, Mount Rainier, mountains, trees, travel, Washington, national park, Elaine Schimek, Tacoma, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 04, 2021travel, waterfalls, Washington, pacific northwest, Mount Rainier, Tacoma, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, national park, Christine Falls, slug, Elaine Schimek

Christine Falls

Is there anything more beautiful than a mountain waterfall?

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 04, 2021travel, waterfalls, Washington, pacific northwest, Mount Rainier, Tacoma, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, national park, Christine Falls, slug, Elaine Schimek

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 04, 2021Reflection Lake, Tacoma, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, lake, trees, mountains, Mount Rainier, chipmunk, travel, pacific northwest, Washington, national park

Reflection Lakes, Mount Rainier

Even on a windy day you are guaranteed a lovely spectacle…

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 04, 2021Reflection Lake, Tacoma, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, lake, trees, mountains, Mount Rainier, chipmunk, travel, pacific northwest, Washington, national park

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 04, 2021travel, Tacoma, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, Sumner, Washington, hiking, trees, river, Elaine Schimek

Sumner Link Trail

It’s incredible what a tree-lined path can do for the mind, to make you feel a million miles away from the city around you…

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Downtown Tacoma

Who doesn’t like nice museums, shops, bookstores, restaurants…

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TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 04, 2021Kite Park, Washington, Tacoma, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, pacific northwest, Mount Rainier, travel, Caffe D’Arte, Elaine Schimek

Kite Park, Washington

A park with a breathtaking view of the beauty that is Mount Rainier…

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 04, 2021Kite Park, Washington, Tacoma, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, pacific northwest, Mount Rainier, travel, Caffe D’Arte, Elaine Schimek

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 04, 2021Longmire, Mount Rainier, mountains, pacific northwest, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, Tacoma, Washington, travel, trees, hiking, Elaine Schimek

Trail of Shadows, Longmire

An easy walk past tall trees and beaver ponds in the shadow of Mount Rainier…

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 04, 2021Longmire, Mount Rainier, mountains, pacific northwest, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, Tacoma, Washington, travel, trees, hiking, Elaine Schimek

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 04, 2021travel, Mount Rainier, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, Tacoma, Wilkeson, pacific northwest, Washington

Wilkeson, Washington

Nestled among the forest-covered foothills of the great mountain, with the picturesque but strangely angled buildings of its small main street…

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 04, 2021travel, Mount Rainier, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021, Tacoma, Wilkeson, pacific northwest, Washington

TravelMorgan Stone GretherOctober 04, 2021Mount Rainier, travel, pacific northwest, Washington, lake, trees, autumn, tunnel, national park, Tacoma, Tacoma-Rainier Tour 2021

Driving Around Mount Rainier

Few things are more exciting, and yet relaxing, than driving around Mount Rainier National Park…

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TravelMorgan Stone GretherJuly 21, 2019Mount Rainier, Washington, pacific northwest, travel, Tacoma, waterfalls, forest, trees, mountains, lake, river, Narada Falls, hiking, Elaine Schimek

Mt. Rainier National Park, June 2019

Visiting Narada Falls, Longmire, Paradise, Alder Lake, and more…

TravelMorgan Stone GretherJuly 21, 2019Mount Rainier, Washington, pacific northwest, travel, Tacoma, waterfalls, forest, trees, mountains, lake, river, Narada Falls, hiking, Elaine Schimek

TravelMorgan Stone GretherJuly 14, 2019McMenamin's Elks Temple, Tacoma, Washington, travel

McMenamins Elks Temple, Tacoma

This hotel is a bright, colorful, boisterous temple to fun…

TravelMorgan Stone GretherJuly 14, 2019McMenamin's Elks Temple, Tacoma, Washington, travel

TravelMorgan Stone GretherJune 11, 2019tacoma art museum, Tacoma, pacific northwest, Washington, art, art museum, travel, Elaine Schimek

Tacoma Art Museum, June 2019

Checking out the museum’s new Benaroya Wing expansion, which has added exciting new gallery space…

TravelMorgan Stone GretherJune 11, 2019tacoma art museum, Tacoma, pacific northwest, Washington, art, art museum, travel, Elaine Schimek

TravelMorgan Stone GretherJune 09, 2019Tacoma, pacific northwest, Washington, rose, travel, point defiance

Point Defiance Rose Garden, Tacoma

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…

TravelMorgan Stone GretherJune 09, 2019Tacoma, pacific northwest, Washington, rose, travel, point defiance

TravelMorgan Stone GretherNovember 02, 2018LeMay Collections at Marymount, Tacoma, Washington, pacific northwest, cars, travel

LeMay Collections at Marymount Car Museum, Tacoma

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…

TravelMorgan Stone GretherNovember 02, 2018LeMay Collections at Marymount, Tacoma, Washington, pacific northwest, cars, travel

LeMay Collections at Marymount Car Museum, Tacoma

TravelMorgan Stone GretherJuly 06, 2018Tacoma, Washington, pacific northwest, Mount Rainier, pugent sound, Elaine Schimek, travel

Tacoma, May 2018

Where to spend my birthday? That’s easy: Tacoma!

TravelMorgan Stone GretherJuly 06, 2018Tacoma, Washington, pacific northwest, Mount Rainier, pugent sound, Elaine Schimek, travel

TravelMorgan Stone GretherMay 28, 2018museum, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington, pacific northwest, glassblowing, art, art museum, travel

Tacoma Museum of Glass (MoG)

One of the crown jewels of Tacoma, Washington, is its Museum of Glass (MOG) downtown behind the old Union Station…

TravelMorgan Stone GretherMay 28, 2018museum, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington, pacific northwest, glassblowing, art, art museum, travel

TravelMorgan Stone GretherMay 16, 2018Tacoma, tacoma art museum, Washington, art museum, art, Elaine Schimek, me, travel

Tacoma Art Museum (TAM)

In May 2018 Elaine and I visited the Tacoma Art Museum for Travel Tacoma. A great little museum, the TAM, as it's affectionately known, is about to get bigger with a new wing set to open next year…

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TravelMorgan Stone GretherMay 14, 2018Seymour Botanical Conservatory, Washington, Tacoma, Elaine Schimek, travel

W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory, May 2018

Anytime I find myself in Tacoma, Washington, I make a point of visiting the W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory in Wright Park. The building is filled with beautiful, interesting plants (many with dazzlingly flowers)…

TravelMorgan Stone GretherMay 14, 2018Seymour Botanical Conservatory, Washington, Tacoma, Elaine Schimek, travel

W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory, May 2018

TravelMorgan Stone GretherAugust 11, 2017museum of glassmuseum, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington, glassblowing, art, art museum, travel

Museum of Glass, Tacoma

I visited the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington, in June 2017. It not only has exhibits of gorgeous glass art, but it also has a very large glassblowing studio where you can watch world-class artists in residence...

TravelMorgan Stone GretherAugust 11, 2017museum of glassmuseum, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington, glassblowing, art, art museum, travel

Travel, ReviewMorgan Stone GretherJuly 26, 2017Hotel Murano, Tacoma, Washington, art, Mount Rainier, travel

Hotel Murano, Tacoma, June 2017

My home away from home whenever I find myself in Tacoma, Washington, on business seems to be the Hotel Murano; my June 2017 stay is the fifth or sixth time I've been there. It's a really nice place and right in the heart of Tacoma's great little downtown...

Travel, ReviewMorgan Stone GretherJuly 26, 2017Hotel Murano, Tacoma, Washington, art, Mount Rainier, travel