Everyone has an off day. This was ours. After days of waking up at 5a or 6a every morning we needed to relax. Parts of the day were, but we also experienced a city that can defintely be skipped. We woke up in Enuclam and headed out first thing to the city of Tumwater. Sites had listed its park as a can't miss and we wanted to check it out. The neat thing about Tuwater Falls Park is twofold:
1) It has a fish hatchery in the middle of the park 2) Also in the middle of the park is a waterfall. Initial impressions, however, can be deceiving. From the parking lot the park looks very sketchy and from a distance the fish hatchery appears to be a power station. Also in the early morning it appears to be the place that drug deals go down in town. Once you overlook those features it is a quite lovely little walk around the falls.
Our next stop was Olympia. I had been wanting to explore this city for some time, so expectations were high. Our first adventure in town was trying to find a library for WiFi. The library was closed (such is our luck) but that didn't stop the homeless population from carrying large stacks of pipes around in the parking lot. We settled on McDonald's instead and divided the afternoon between that and a park along the water. In the evening we walked through the quaint but beautiful Japanese Gardens. It was right next to the youth correctional facility so unfortantely not quite as serene as one would hope. The later part of the evening had promise...for a while. We walked along the docks which held boats of all different shape and size. The dock is lined with a beautiful park and a boardwalk. Our plan had been to see the panaramic view of the city from the Olympia Port Tower. Unfortantely for us as we were walking up the gate was being closed and we were told gruffly to come back in the morning. The city was a bust but the day wasn't entirely. We decided to get the hell out of Olympia. For sleeping arrangements we tried and promptly left the town of Shelton. It was a small town along the highway that hosts such charcters as the grown man letting (encouraging?) his two young girls to run in the middle of the street at 11p. We settled for a Walmart further down. Much better. Have I mentioned that each Walmart we have been to in WA has provided excellent customer service? Unlike our experiences in OR Walmarts. -A
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