This is a very secluded quiet area. Though very close to Seattle it is not a good location to travel to Seattle by car, since the main bridge is out and the only way to downtown and it's surrounding area by car has a lot of heavy truck traffic from the nearby adjacent port where they ship cargo is unloaded. If you want to save yourself a very long and aggravating traffic jam and you are just going downtown, then take the water taxi which is a breeze. Unfortunately, we had to cut our trip short due to being overwhelmed with laundry/soap/bounce scents. Supriya was very accommodating and communicative with this issue and resolved it in the end.