There's plenty to do all over the Puget Sound Region whether you've got a gaggle of kids or if you're adults without attachments.

For the Seattle area's premiere attractions such as the Museum of Flight, the Space Needle or Tillicum Village and money-saving offers, go to the Puget Sound Attractions Council web site.

For Eatonville's Visitor Information Center, call (360) 832-4000 on weekends from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

The Working Waterfront Maritime Museum is operated by the non-profit organization – Foss Waterway Seaport. The Museum, located at the foot of Tacoma's downtown core along the Thea Foss Waterway, offers visitors a variety of opportunities. Guests of the Museum can view maritime artifacts and historic small watercraft, watch boat restoration and new boat construction, participate in hands-on activities for all ages, enjoy lectures about local maritime history, take part in one of our many special events and return often to see visiting exhibits. The Museum welcomes group tours and school field trips by appointment. For more info, go to the web site: http://www.wwfrontmuseum.org

But there's even more! For the outdoor enthusiast, Ashford and Mount Rainier's Paradise entrance to the park offers hiking, scenic views and great food. For more information, go to the Mount Rainier Visitors Association Web site. There's also plenty to do all around Mount Rainier. You can find a comprehensive listing on the Visit Rainier Web site.

Or if you prefer your water in the liquid form, you can explore the wildlife UNDER the water with Bandito Charters, a diving group based in Tacoma. Whether your party is 2 or 40, find out more on Bandito's Web site.

If you want to stay around Tacoma and visit the great museums, the working waterfront or take in the night life, the Tacoma Convention and Visitors Bureau has some suggestions to keep you engaged.

 

The Center for Sustainable Forestry at Pack Forest is not far from Northwest Trek and offers a variety of trails and programs to learn more about Pacific Northwest ecology.

You can visit either Scatter Creek Wildlife Area or Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve. The Nature Conservancy protects these two enclaves of prarie and oak woodlands in partnership with the Washington Deparments of Fish and Wildlife and Natural Resources as well as Thurston County and Fort Lewis.

Escape to another century... Journey back to the 1880's with our tour guides to experience homesteading in Washington state and experience a seasonal Ohop Indian Village at the Pioneer Farm and Museum.

Developed and maintained by Emmott and Ione Chase since 1962, the Chase Garden is a fine example of the Northwest style of that era. The naturalistic woodland, primarily of second-growth Douglas fir trees, has an understory of native shrubs and carpets of trillium, erythronium, vanilla leaf, and other wildflowers with Mount Rainier as a centerpiece.