Sutherland, Lake Crescent, and Government Hot
Springs.
Sol Duc Hot Springs, the "Karlsbad of America," 45
miles southwest, in the heart of the Olympics.
Hotel cost half a million.
Up the Elwha river into the mountains and on to
Mt. Olympus.
Hydro-Electric Power Plant, six miles east, built
at cost of $2,000,000.00 to furnish light and
power for entire Olympic Peninsula.
Sequim and Dungeness, by Olympic Highway, to see
largest irrigation tracts in Western Washington.
Mountains and Sound are continually in view. Trip
may be continued to Port Townsend or along the
Olympic Highway to Olympia and Grays Harbor.
=PORT TOWNSEND:= "Key city" to Puget Sound. Situated on Quimper
Peninsula with Port Townsend Bay and Admiralty Inlet, Discovery Bay, and
Straits of Juan de Fuca on three sides. From Mountain View Park a broad
outlook is obtained, which includes, besides the waters mentioned, the
Olympic and the Cascade Mountains and hundreds of minor details. Other
beautiful parks are Chetzemoka and Lucinda Hastings. Less rain falls
than elsewhere in Western Washington. Pretty driveways decorated with
rhododendrons, unusual boating possibilities and easy approach to the
Olympics, make the region ideal for summer outings. Adjoining the city
is Fort Worden, headquarters for the Puget Sound system of defenses,
where the 6th Artillery Band, one of the best in the service, renders
daily programs. Several of the fastest passenger steamers on the Sound
stop daily.
Suggested trips:
Fort Worden by auto and Fort Flagler by water.
Fort Casey, Coupeville, one of the oldest towns in
state, and other points on Whidbey Island.
Deception Pass by water, very pretty scenery.
Hood Canal and Discovery Bay, by water or auto.
South through the Chimacum Valley past Quilcene,
around Mt. Walker to Brinnon and Duckabush on Hood
Canal, returning via Discovery Bay and Saints
Rest: from Quilcene the Olympic Highway leads
clear through to Olympia.
=SEATTLE:= Metropolis of the Northwest, with an estimated population of
325,000. It is a city of hills, occupying the sightly eminences, valleys
and plateaus lying between Lake Washington and Puget Sound, but sloping
gradually to the water's edge in ei
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