Anacortes is not a bad option. The Islands are not a bad option.you can take a ferry to Vancouver Island and Victoria from Friday Harbor. the candian dollar is weak right now so a side trip to Victoria is a nice day or two. if you travel light you dont need a car. I think the airporter shuttle goes from seatac to anacortes. Seattle traffic can be a nightmare.
there is a great book store in Mt Vernon and another one in Bellingham. personally i like the canadian gulf islands better than the American San Juans, but that may just be because it is a bigger change of scene for me. On Monday, February 15, 2016 at 10:57:38 AM UTC-9, franklyn wrote: > > Hi, Mike, > > I am not a Seattle resident but have vacationed yearly in the Pacific > Northwest for the last three years. I would recommend taking a drive up to > Anacortes and take the ferry to San Juan Islands. This time of the year, > the ferry traffic may be OK, but you should check out the online ferry > reservation for cars just to make sure you can get on the island. If you > can find rental and/or loaner bikes, you can park your car at the ferry > terminal in Anacortes and walk on the ferry without worrying about > reservation. You can also rent bikes on at least the main island. > > The great thing about the islands are that they are gorgeous and allow you > to do a whole host of activities--biking, hiking, kayaking. They are also > much dryer than the Olympic Peninsula and Seattle. I have read that the > islands have more than 260 dry days out of a year. The drive from Seattle > to Anacortes is just over an hour without traffic. And on the way back you > can drive on the west side of the peninsula from Anacortes back to Seattle. > > Here are some photos I took in the last three years. > > San Juan Islands trips > <https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=60508949%40N00&sort=interestingness-desc&view_all=1&text=San%20Juan%20Islands> > > Have fun! > Franklyn > > On Monday, February 15, 2016 at 9:18:19 AM UTC-8, M D Smith wrote: >> >> My SO is headed to Seattle in a few weeks for a work related training >> session. I plan on joining her afterwards for a short Pacific Northwestern >> holiday. >> >> I am not, unfortunately, going to be bringing a bike, but I hope to try >> out the bike share when we are in Seattle. >> >> We are considering renting a car for a few days and exploring farther >> afield. I have some questions for the Seattle folks on the list. >> >> Could anyone offer any route suggestions for a short road trip? We are >> tentatively thinking of heading around the Olympic peninsula. How would >> that be, weather-wise, in early March? Would heading somewhere inland >> (like Mt Rainier) be totally out of the question at that time of year? Any >> other suggestions? We are thinking we will have three days, two nights to >> work with. >> >> We are happy just driving around and exploring, maybe some short walks, >> brewpubs, diners, cheap motels. Any suggestions, tips, or warnings would >> be greatly appreciated! >> >> Please respond directly to bee...@gmail.com so as not to clutter up the >> list with OT responses. >> >> Thanks- Mike, thawing out in Bkln, NY >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
