5000 people move to washington per month

the gorge, white salmon if you want to stay in wa. bellingham would be good too

having an extra day on either end would make that plan super solid. there might be delays with the ferries and/or tides. shi shi to rialto is amazing, you will have a blast

are you hiking the north coast route?

there's several public transit options (just look at google maps seatac<->forks transit). the dungeness line will get you from sea-tac to port angeles by itself. you could also go through olympia with a couple more transfers. the catch is timing with your flights.

olympic wilderness coast. its amazing

> which school district(s) has the best elementary schools?

bainbridge absolutely takes the cake on this one. blakely and wilkes have small class sizes and are absolutely gorgeous

anything in the high alpine in central washington. lake chelan sawtooths/enchantments/upper entiat. also, southern central washington along the eastern columbia gorge.... coyote wall, klickitat river trail, etc.

also, i very much enjoyed hiking the north coast route on the olympic coast. just so much different than most hikes in washington but still very wild and beautiful

don't even need chains or cables. in 2022 there's no excuse: https://www.wsp.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Alternative-Traction-devices-April-1024x626.png

white salmon

recently posted in a similar thread but thought i'd share here: you could potentially take the wenatchee valley shuttle from seatac or bellevue to the "big y/peshastin park and ride" and take a taxi/rideshare/link bus (free) from there.