Our family spent the July 4th week at a house rental in Shelton, Washington. We knew we wanted a summer break and Google gives two days off for the holiday, so it was an easy choice to take three days of PTO and drive down to the “South Sound” area. If I’m honest, we really didn’t do a whole lot and spent as much time as possible decompressing from a rough start to our summer while experiencing the natural beauty of the area. We did manage to get out to visit some friends who have a home in the area and spend some time on their boat, but that was really it. We drank sangria, collected clams from the beach, and were in bed pretty much by 10 pm every night. Life could be worse.

The area feels very PNW, in a good way, and we’d recommend it as a good way to disconnect for awhile.