Tyler recently became a cub scout. One of his wolf requirements included a visit to a botanical garden, so I called up The Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden in Federal Way and asked them to let us in for free. Not that I'm against paying for botanical gardens, but usually Ty's scouting field trips are free. Plus, I had no idea if it would be a dud.It wasn't a dud. The park is run by Weyerhauser and is actually quite nice considering it is right next to I-5. Not many rhododendrons in bloom, but that wasn't why the kids were there anyway. They threw rocks in a pond, climbed some old growth logs (which they probably shouldn't have done), rolled down the hill in the meadow and posed for pictures.
What did they like the best? As we were leaving, a lady invited the kids to a private retirement party at the small pavilion for some cake. There was tons of it leftover and the kids were more than willing to help out a good cause like that.
Recap:
Distance to Federal Way: 15.4 miles
Hours spent exploring nature: 2
Entrance fee to Botanical Gardens: $0
Free cake: Awesome
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