Gray Line Sightseeing offers a guided day tour to the visitor center located at Paradise. North Cascades National Park, northeast of Seattle, boasts a necklace of turquoise glacier-fed lakes with a backdrop of jagged mountains and a scenic highway. Today, a visitor and interpretive center explain dramatic geologic and human stories and their legacies. Flight-seeing tours are available. Washington State Ferries-Discover Puget Sound with more than 80 islands and scenic peninsulas.
Travelers can drive, walk, or bike aboard the nation's largest ferry system.
Overnight Excursions Victoria-Visit Canada's most English city. Travel by the Victoria Clipper catamaran, seaplane, or car ferry through the San Juan Islands. Overnight packages are available through Victoria Clipper and Gray Line of Seattle. Washington Wine Country-The Yakima and Columbia Valleys, three hours east of Seattle, offer a growing number of internationally acclaimed wines from vineyards offering tours and tastings. Royal Caribbean also offers 3-4 day round trips between the Seattle Waterfront and Victoria and Vancouver.