Back in Tacoma, and it actually wasn't raining for once! So we decided to head out for a drive to Orting - a little town outside of Tacoma where they were having their annual Daffodil carnival/parade. We had lunch in a little diner and a walk along the river before driving further up the mountain to a little town with odd old brick/kilns on the outskirts of the forest and old, abandoned railways tracks heading deep into the forest. We then drove back to Orting t...

This was it, our last full day on the road, and the rain still falling. We stopped to look at the giant Redwoods along the coast and at several secluded bays on the roadside. All with piles of driftwood and jurassic rock formations. Many had large boulders you could climb on to that stretched past the waterline. We finally found a place that did fish and chips for lunch, and very nice it was too! That afternoon we followed signs to the Oregon sand dunes, which ...

My first day in Tacoma, and it's true what they say - Washington is wet, wet, wet. And cold. And wet some more. We headed down to the coast and Point Defiance for a walk on the beach whilst the rain held off, but not for long as we were soon very wet, again! Saw the Tacoma Narrows bridge across the sound. The next few days were spent preparing us and the car for our roadtrip. We contacted some people via Couch Surfing for some free places to stay, and looked at ...