Top 10 nearby places to escape

Published 6:00 pm Friday, August 14, 2009

Are the kids itching to get away? Are you itching to get away from the kids? The AAA auto club asked its Puget Sound-area travel counselors for advice and came up with these top 10 recommendations for not-too-far away road trips:

1. Mount Rainier

2. Leavenworth

3. Downtown Seattle

4. Mount St. Helens

5. Whidbey Island

6. Snoqualmie Falls

7. The San Juan Islands

8. The Olympic Peninsula and Olympic National Park

9. Olympia

10. La Conner

If you’re feeling more ambitious, AAA suggests an overnight trip to one of these nearby spots:

1. Portland, Ore.

2. Vancouver, B.C.

3. Victoria, B.C.

4. Northern Oregon Coast

Herald staff