After visiting all five national parks in Utah and all four in Colorado on previous trips, Washington felt like the natural next destination, with three more national parks to explore!

I spent three days exploring Olympic National Park, three days at Mount Rainier National Park, one day at North Cascades National Park, and one day in Seattle. While I had hoped to spend more time exploring North Cascades, a portion of State Route 20 was closed due to the Sourdough Fire, limiting how much of the park I could see beyond the Maple Pass Trail area. I'll just have to go back someday to see what I missed!