Sarah & Foster
Things To Do
Bellingham
Good craft beer, at least one craft distillery, fun shopping in Fairhaven, and great views.
Whatcom Falls Park
Lovely and easily accessible hidden gem, a product of Works Progress Administration funding in the 1930s. About 10 minutes from downtown Bellingham.
Birch Bay
We live here! Birch Bay State Park is beautiful, and the surrounding town is a great place for a day trip. Seafood, sushi (Skai Sushi) and beer (Beach Cat Brewing) are all available.
Blaine
Eat oysters and down some pints at the Drayton Harbor Oyster Company (a must -- they grow their oysters less than a mile away), then pull a Homer Simpson and dance back and forth over the US-Canadian border at Peace Arch State Park.
Mount Baker
Play on a volcano: go for a hike on Mt. Baker. Located about an hour east of Bellingham, Mt. Baker has ample trails, and August is wildflower season. Be smart, be safe, go prepared. If you prefer to keep your distance, there are fabulous views of Mt. Baker to be had from Birch Bay and Blaine.
Oh, Canada
Put on your thinking touque and check border restrictions related to COVID-19, but if you haven't visited our friends north of the border in a minute, consider a jaunt to Stanley Park or Granville Island in Vancouver, or you can do Sarah's favorite thing and go pig out on Indian food and sweets, starting at Main Street and E. 49th Avenue in south Vancouver. When you get to the border, tell them Foster sent you.