See spectacular scenery, horse riding, Bighorn Sheep, rugged mountains, major rodeo each summer night, and Buffalo Bill and Winchester Museums.
Crowds of people visit Yellowstone National Parks and Grand Teton each summer. If you plan to be one of them, you might appreciate getting out of the groups for a day or two during your visit. The succeeding 3 drives will take you through some of the most spectacular scenery anywhere in the United States. All 3 are 200 miles apart. For the most part, the best things about these little day trips are the absence of masses and the beautiful scenery. Read more . . .
This is a great drive in itself rounding Olympic National Park, but you must take some side trips into the park. Drive U.S. 101 all the way from Port Angeles to Quinault. There are several suggested excursions into the park that include Port Angeles up to the Hoh Rain Forest and the Hurricane Ridge.
This 4-hour trip, without breaks for eating and shopping, is from Sedro Woolley to Winthrop, and takes you through the truly breathtaking North Cascades National Park and surrounding national forest lands.
This route is a mountain-lovers dream with scenic overlooks, parks, roadside picnic areas, and even a car ferry. Make sure to pack your hiking boots, plenty of film, and some rain gear as it rains a lot! Your trip begins in Olympia and leads north on U.S. 101 for about 85 miles before heading east on Route 104 to Port Gamble. Here you will drive south to Route 305 to Bainbridge Island and ride the ferry across Puget Sound to Seattle. Olympia is the gateway to the Olympic National Forest and the Olympic Mountains. While in town, check out some of the many antique dealers or stroll around the State Capitol buildings. 
There are two routes to get down to Moab, Utah, from I-70 or U.S. 191. The latter way is the quickest especially if you are coming from the west, and it’s a fast half-hour blast through the desert. However, others not in a hurry and eastbounders should take Route 128 instead. Better yet, take one off ramp east of that, Exit 212, for the extra pleasure of Cisco. Not technically a tourist attraction, Cisco is a gloomy ghost town out on a windswept desert plain. It’s unclear whether there are any remaining residents of this eerie location, so stop and take a look, but don’t linger too long.