Itinerary Feedback - Family 5 day trip in July
My husband, 7 yo daughter and I will be spending 5 days in/around Olympic National Park the week of July 12. Our itinerary includes a lot of driving and 1 night stays to maximize location. It’s a highlights tour - built based on great feedback from here - to choose what we’d want to spend more time doing next trip.
I’d love feedback - anything unreasonable, anything you’d skip, tips for food in remote areas?
Jul 12:
Arrive in Seattle at 11:20, Quick Lunch
Drive to Anacortes (~2 hrs); ferry to San Juan Island (plan to leave car since passes are sold out)
Check in at Roche Resort
Dinner / Sightseeing
Jul 13:
Lime Kiln Park, Sightseeing, Lunch
Shuttle to Friday Harbor; ferry to Anacortes
Drive to Port Angeles (~2.5 hrs) via Port Townsend / Coupeville ferry
Check in at Olympic Lodge; Dinner
Jul 14:
Breakfast at hotel
Drive to Hurricane Ridge (Hike: Meadow Trail)
Drive to Lake Crescent; find lunch spot. Hike (Marymere Falls, Devils Punchbowl)
Dinner outside Lake Crescent
Drive to Forks (~1 hr); Check in at Woodland Inn
Jul 15:
Quick breakfast
Drive to Hoh Rainforest (arrive by 7 am; Hall of Mosses)
Quick Lunch at Hard Rain Cafe
Drive to beaches ~1 hr (would like to do tide pooling at Fourth Beach or Ruby Beach, but don’t know if we can do that and Hoh in same day and avoid rush / catch low tide unless we do this in the AM and Hoh after 4 pm)
Dinner on drive back to Olympic Lodge (~2 hrs)
Jul 16:
Breakfast at hotel
Drive to Paradise Inn / Mount Rainier (~4.5 hrs); lunch in Tacoma
Hike (Pick: Skyline Trail, Myrtle Falls, Nisqually Vista, Sunrise Trail), find a place to catch Sunset
Dinner at hotel
Jul 17: Head to airport early