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JOURNEY 2004
ANIL MITRA PHD, COPYRIGHT © February 2013
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Towns, Institutes, Companies
and Hikes off I-5
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Town
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Miles
from Oregon border, route
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Point
of interest
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Route
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Vancouver
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Columbia
Gorge
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Woodland
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Lewis
River Valley, Mt. Adams
Mt.
St. Helens south side
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Longview
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Centralia
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Mt.
Rainier
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Rt.
12, 10 mi. S of Centralia
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Olympia
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State
Capitol
Evergreen
State College
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Signs
for 101 from I-5
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Olympia
Bellingham and North
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Puget
Sound Access
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Tacoma
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Tacoma
Community College
Tacoma
Narrows
Mt.
Rainier
Kitsap
Peninsula, Bremerton, Eastern Olympic Peninsula
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Rt.
410 day hikes in White River Region, N. of Rainier Park
Rt.
101
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Seattle
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Seattle
University
of Washington
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NE
45 Ave. Exit from I-5
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Seattle
vicinity
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Bellevue
Redmond
Microsoft
Issaquah,
Issaquah Alps
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I-90
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South
Whidbey Island
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South
Whidbey Island: South of Everett, take 526 to Mukilteo for Washington State
Ferry
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Bicycle
riding
The
town of Langley is touristy
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Everett
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Boeing
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Mount
Vernon
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Skagit
County Vegetable source and, in April, the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
Skagit
Valley Food Coop
Mt.
Vernon-Skagit Valley Farmers Market, Saturdays, 9-1, June-Sept
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La
Conner
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North
Whidbey Island
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North
Whidbey Island: Hwy 20 W. from I-5 to Fidalgo Island, take Deception Pass
Bridge
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Whidbey
Island Naval Air Station
Deception
Pass State Park
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Anacortes
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Hwy
20 W. from I-5
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San
Juan Islands
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Ferry
from Anacortes at the North end of Fidalgo Island
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(Bayview,
30 m. S of Bellingham)
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North
Cascades Highway 20
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Bellingham
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Western
Washington University
Fairhaven
Alaska
Marine Highway Ferry System
Mount
Baker
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Rt.
11 West From I-5
Bellingham
Cruise Terminal, 3 blocks from downtown Fairhaven
Rt.
542 East from I-5
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Hikes and
other natural attractions in the Olympic Peninsula North Access from
Keystone Ferry Landing on Whidby Island to Port Townsend
The following
are on 101 taken from Port Townsend going east at first
Port Angeles
access to the center of Olympic National Park via Hurricane Ridge Road;
access to Hurricane Ridge trails
Elwha Hot
Springs actually Olympic Hot Springs and not concession operated: take
Elwha River Road, just west of Port Angeles, then take Boulder Creek Road to
the end
Sol Duc Hot
Springs, closes third Sunday in October: signs 30 mi. west of Port Angeles.
Admission, $10, massage, $60/hr. Day hikes
Numerous beach
accesses from 101 from just S. of Hoh Reservation to just N. of Quinault
Reservation at Queets River this is the Southern 11.5 mi. stretch of the
coastal section of Olympic National Park and the more accessible section
Hoh, Quinault,
and Queets Rain Forests: day hikes
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