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They show all the charges online (state and local taxes, fees,,etc) at any of the major car rental companies.
It typically more expensive to rent out of the airport location - even if booking online. Take Light Rail to a neighborhood with car rental company within walking distance. Ravenna station has two (Budget, Enterprise). I don’t know if there are any to avoid… I would probably stick to one of the major companies - just since they have good networks if you have issues with your rental.

Prices online are accurate unless you need insurance or a GPS or similar extras. You can get an exact price on the companies’ sites directly rather than through a travel aggregator. Really all the major ones are fine. The cheaper ones like Rent-a-wreck usually are not in the main rental car center. You may need to wait longer for a shuttle. Cheaper options like Fox are in the rental car center but you may wait in line longer or have worse service. Reality is rental cars are a commodity though.

At least make it a full day, don't try to squeeze in more. Victoria is enough for a day.

Nisqually Animal Refuge is pretty awesome and easy to get to.

Very ambitious. Very very ambitious.

Doesn't say where you're staying most of the time. Local place, or going back to 'home base' in Tacoma almost every day?

You have multiple long hikes on some days...along with potential hours of driving. You don't have many breaks to rest.

It's a good wishlist, but I don't know about seeing all of that in one trip.

I've spent most of my life in Spokane & have fond memories of it as well as bad ones. Still have dreams of it too.

I would call or go one the website for the rental company.

San Juan Islands

Swing into Sol Duc hotsprings for a soak

shame the Bureau of Land Management is going to put a giant diesel pump barge on the lake so they can drain the f out of it every summer.

https://savelakekachess.org/

Seconding this. It would be an absolute shame to miss it

I always refer to it as the fairly large wheel because it's just not that big. 🙄 Have only gone on it once; it's pretty cool.

You have so much fun planned! There will be a wait to get up to Hurricane Ridge. Make sure you check the hood canal bridge for closures if you plan to drive through Kitsap county to get over to the Olympic peninsula or for getting back to the Seattle ferry. Even just spending the day at Lake Cesent is an amazing summer day!!

Upstate, SC has changed a lot since Covid and you can take it from that if you think it’s for the better or worse. We aren’t there anymore so you can figure out my opinion. Clemson University has changed a lot too and become more of a business school.

What trail is this?

It dose, it’s a fun hike. Part of the loop is on the pct. My family hikes to sourdough gap which is a really pretty during high summer

thank you

If I were to guess, I would say this was taken from the tower of the county courthouse.

I can see the GN clock tower to the left above the falls. If you go across the bridge toward the center you run into the building with the conical spire that used to house the Spokesman-Review. And of course off to the right is Kendall yards with some boxcars.

Thanks for the input! Will definitely look into that and reevaluate

I would maybe think about taking more rest or relax time in between each national park, that’s a lot of hiking (we have a lot of steep hikes around here) and driving (we also have a lot of summer traffic). Also, in my opinion, N Cascades and Bham are an easier drive from the peninsula than doing Rainier first. Since Rainier is closer to SeaTac than N Cascades, I would think about switching those two.

We actually already want to move to the west coast. Washington and Oregon were high on our list (like # 1&2 spots) we really enjoy nature and hiking. She’s been in South Carolina her whole life and I’ve been here 20 ish years. That’s actually why we’re kinda dedicated to make a full loop around Washington, I know we’re hitting touristy spots and national parks and it will probably be like a honeymooning phase. But we’re feeling it out to move as well haha. We went to Arizona, Utah and Colorado last year and was a huge eye opener for us!

Sweet. We lived there for many years before relocating here. Just heads up - you might want to move here after your visit. Lol

Add 10 minutes per hour for commute times.

And you do you guys, but it’s a lot of driving around and going from place to place. Personally, I might pace it a little differently. Spend a little more time in some places, and maybe skip some others.

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