Checking state park number SEVEN and EIGHT off our list of sixteen! I am on a quest this spring to visit all of the Washington State Parks in the three-county region around our home in south Puget Sound with my eight-year-old son Malachi. There are, indeed, SIXTEEN total parks spread across King, Thurston, and Pierce counties in Washington State. March 1st was actually a DOUBLE park day for us! We hit both Joemma Beach State Park and Penrose Point State Park on a sunny,

I am on an adventure this spring with my eight-year-old son Malachi to visit every state park in the three-county region around our home in Puget Sound. That is a total of SIXTEEN state parks across King, Pierce and Thurston counties. Today, we checked our SIXTH state park off the list: Kanaskat-Palmer State Park in Ravensdale, Washington (King County). Kanaskat-Palmer State Park is a lovely, forested wilderness area surrounding the Green River . The views of the river are