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Our family is planning a short stay in the Seattle area. We're flying through the Seattle in the first part of July. We would like to get off the beaten path and stay somewhere that it's easy to get into the mountains and coast, do light hiking and see a lot of scenery. We've never been in this area before and the options are proving overwhelming.

Does anyone have suggestions for what part of the area to stay and things to do? We're interested in both Mt. Rainier and Olympic National Park, but it seems like we would do one or the other in a four day trip. The only requirement is that we have to fly through the airport. Other than that, we're wide open.