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BELLINGHAM - a happy blend of industry, Victorian architecture and
college-town liveliness - runs ten miles along a broad curve of
Bellingham Bay, 85 miles north of Seattle and just eighteen miles south
of the Canadian border. Its notoriety is largely due to its being the
southern terminus of the Alaska Marine Highway . The ferries sail from
the Cruise Terminal on the edge of the brick-and-sandstone Fairhaven
district - three miles south of downtown (I-5 exit 250) - which, with
its hip bookstores, cafés and clothing stores, is easily Bellingham's
most appealing area. In contrast, downtown itself (I-5 exit 253) is
fairly mundane, but likeable enough and has a few good restaurants.
Bellingham's chief attraction, however, is its access to a wide range of
excellent parks - set among the bluffs and forests surrounding the city,
with myriad hiking trails - and, further east, the foothills of Mount
Baker , 56 scenic miles along Hwy-542. Lummi tribal myths have the
mountain as a sort of Ararat, surviving the Great Flood to provide
sanctuary for a Native American Noah in his giant canoe, but it's better
known today for its skiing, with a seven-month season from early
November until late May (ski information on 360/734-6771, ; daily lift
tickets $34 on weekends, $25 midweek).
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Vacation Rentals in Bellingham |
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from $122.40
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