Mountain Passes

I have been thinking about what Western Washington has to offer during the winter months besides rain. It is a good place to visit during the winter months for vacation if you are someone that enjoys snow and skiing.

White Pass and Snoqualmie Pass are the two places where skiing is very popular for the locals to ski. Also Mt. Rainier is where many visitors come each year to see. Paradise is the main spot on Rainier to spend time at. Most years when I was a kid our family would go up to Paradise for the day. In fact once we went up there and my older brother Dick was injured while on a toboggan. He actually slid into a tree and had to go to the hospital. My parents who didn’t want either me or my younger brother Jack to be disappointed had my sister Barb escort him to the hospital; we asked him later why he didn’t roll off the toboggan before hitting the tree. He had lost his glasses before hitting the tree and couldn’t see.  Actually Paradise is very safe though an accident can happen once in a while. Barb had been at Paradise for a few days before we came out skiing so she was a young adult with responsibility to be sure Dick was OK.  In our twenties Dick, Jack, his wife Anne and I went up to Paradise and went snow shoeing that was quite a nice adventure as well. A lot that can be done at Paradise besides skiing especially for kids; of course we liked throwing snow balls as well.

In Western Washington we have the Olympic Mountains as well like Hurricane Ridge near Port Angeles; another great place to visit along with the Olympic Rain Forest.

Of course Seattle is still a good place to visit during the winter if you aren’t interested in the snow. All the sites that are enjoyable in the summer can be visited in the winter as well you just have to step between the rain drops. LOL

Come see us sometime if you have never been here before whether it is summer, fall, winter or spring. It is a beautiful place that has the joy of all four seasons.

 

 Gig Harbor Washington with Mt. Rainier in the background