The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
and Karen Duquette's sister, Ilse Blahak
at
Point Defiance Park and the Botanical Gardens
Tacoma, Washington
June 30, 2015

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Below: Riding around Point Defiance Park in their toad, the two RV Gypsies got a glimpse of wildlife.

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deer

The Botanical Garden has eight unique venues and each one offers vivid hues, fragrant scents and tranquil setting. Below are a couple of the areas.

Below: The view entering and leaving the Rose Gardens.

entry to the Rose Gardens

exiting the the Rose Gardens

Rose Gardens sign

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sign: Plant patent pending

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Dahlia Triral Garden sign

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Point Defiance Park Hardy Fuchsia Garden sign

Please check the main menu below for the state of Washington to view other areas the two RV Gypsies visited in Washington in 2015. There is also a link to their adventures in Canada plus the main navigational choices below.

Travel to Washington

Segway tour of Seattle

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Art at the Seattle Center

Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle

Space Needle in Seattle

Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Seattle - July 1

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Deception Pass Boat Tour

Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge

Forks (as in the Twilight movie)

Mount Baker

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Mount Rainier National Park

Mount Vernon and the Skagit Riverwalk

North Cascades National Park

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Olympic National Park

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Marymere Falls near Olympic NP

Pillar Point County Park - Clallam County

Port Angeles

Port Angeles Whale tour

Port Townsend, bay and some deer

Chetzemoka Park in Port Townsend

Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend

Point Defiance Park & Garden in Tacoma (this page)

Rainbow Falls State Park

Sandy Cove Park - a great picnic spot

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