> to meet some friends for a 4 day backpack starting at Shi Shi Beach. We're all meeting in Forks

How are the other 4 getting to Forks? Are they locals?

None of them can give you a ride?

1. Land at Seatac
2. Take the Light rail to the Pioneer Street Station ($3.00)
3. Walk .5 mils to the Seattle Bremerton Ferry terminal
4. Take the Ferry to Bremerton $9.45
5. Have one of the friends that will be driving to Forks pick you up from there,
6. It is 10 minutes off of SR 3 which is a likely way that they will be heading to get to Forks.
7. 2.75 hour drive to Forks

OR

From step 5 take the a bus to Forks, would need more info and times to get pricing this way. nasty amount of time.

OR

Rent a car, might be wasteful if you were vacation to a city with transportation options, But you are going out in the wilderness and renting a car to do that is an entirely reasonable and in this case sane situation.

Ford Focus, From KAYAK for ~$175 for 5 days

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No matter what you think about who/whom attacked the four power stations what point are you trying to make here?

I don’t see any vampires sparkling in those trees

Motorcycles are no charge departing from Vashon.

Bainbridge you have to pay both ways for motorcycles though.

On Vashon everyone pays only when going to the island, no one pays leaving the island. Passengers are a bit less than motorcycles.

Do I infer correctly pedestrians are free eastbound? Note I see a lot of motorcycle traffic on I90, I5 and around the east side (Kirkland, Redmond, Bellevue, Bothell etc) so this does not surprise me.

I've learned to just disregard the "not safe" thing. Most of the time it just means POC live in the area, and the white people who fill up these kinds of subreddits consider that "dangerous". Otherwise, thanks for the recommendations, being able to take the ferry to Seattle would be awesome!

Double rainbow!!

Flowers at different elevations will bloom at different times, so it's likely you'll catch it on either date.

That said, I would pick July so you get a 2nd chance if it doesn't work out.

Motorcycles are $7.45, each way. Passengers are $9.45, westbound. So bikes are not cheaper than passengers, for commuters.

Housing is a bit on the expensive side for apartment rentals

There’s plenty of places that aren’t, it’s rude to gatekeep this beautiful place

Try the kitsap peninsula! It’s just a ferry ride away from Seattle. Highly recommend Indianola, v small town vibes, great tight nit community, def progressive from what I’ve seen. Bainbridge too but you gotta be rich rich or know someone personally to luck out with an affordable spot. Indianola and Bainbridge can be pricey so Poulsbo is another great option.

Maybe not bremerton def not port orchard, not progressive towns in my opinion.

I never would have considered kitsap if I hadn’t met my navy fiancé and moved here with him.

Silverdale can be ok but it’s gonna be a nightmare here soon, just overpopulated.

Kingston is also great! Maybe not super progressive in comparison but def more progressive than a lot of the country. And port gamble! Home to the second largest sea shell museum in the world.

Further out, whidbey island (can’t speak to progressiveness personally but my gut says they’d be on that spectrum,) San Juan islands. And Bellingham (not small, though.)

If you’d prefer to stay closer to Seattle DEFINITELY look into white center!!! I loved living there. Very diverse, don’t believe the “it’s not safe” hype, Georgetown in Seattle is way more dangerous (but oh, so adorable.) Living just south of the city made it way easier to get into the city, living north (shoreline) it gets impossible to fight through I-5 traffic. Also South Park is an awesome spot closer to the city.

Totally! In general the snow doesn’t cause too many issues on the coast. Stay low elevation and you should be fine in the winter in the PNW.

I wish you the best! Props for your bravery, there’s a lot of pretentious washingtonians who like to shit on people who want to move here

Depending on your schedule you could take the light rail to Seattle, catch the ferry to Bainbridge Island. Walk around downtown Bainbridge, catch the bus to the Poulsbo transfer station. Poulsbo has 8+ breweries if you are into beer. If not the Clallam County bus runs from the Bainbridge Ferry or Poulsbo transfer station twice a day. It will get you to Port Angeles station in about 2+ hours.

Go with the car, it seems like a lot of connections you'd have to make, especially if you went through olympia.

I’ve used white out several times with no issues

Late July is your best bet. That’s around peak on the Sunrise side. Paradise and Mazama Ridge tend to peak in august sometime depending on how long the snowfall melt takes.

Doesn't change what I said any.

Totally forgot about wta thanks!

That depends what elevation you are at and snow pack

Thank you!!! That’s super helpful 🙏🏻

Cool, thanks! Was mainly worried about snow/ice but wasn’t sure how much the peninsula typically gets over the winter