A great urban park with ball fields and picnic areas, plus a gorgeous little lake to sit beside and let the pressures of the workaday world evaporate…

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

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…

An oasis at the base of the mountain…

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

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

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

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

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

Not the kind of overly manicured botanical garden that takes itself too seriously…