r/Tacoma • u/kingofthecastl3 Stadium District • 3d ago
Local Sights Proposing This Weekend, Need Help!
Hi all, i am proposing to my girlfriend on Sunday. I had planned a scenic flight around the Olympics. It’s looking like that might fall through with the weather changing.
I’m looking to find something else to do as a backup if the flight falls though.
Does anyone have ideas for another kind of romantic excursion that we can do around the tacoma area?
EDIT: Thank you all so much!!! Even if the plane ride falls through i now have a back log of things to make it a special day for her.
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u/Infradad 6th Ave 3d ago
Come to the tape loop workshop Saturday 1-4 at the Swasey branch of the Tacoma public library I’m putting on. We can pre hide the ring in a cassette tape and when your partner takes the tape apart she’ll find it.
Tbh this is probably not the most romantic but it’d be memorable.
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u/VanillaMowgli South Tacoma 3d ago
Hurricane Ridge. The view is just dumbfounding, the weather changes every fifteen minutes, the drive is lovely.
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u/LiveLaughLawyer South Tacoma 3d ago
This! Or Hoh Rainforest - bit of a trek but it’s gorgeous when raining
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u/Worried-Turn-6831 Downtown 3d ago
Hoh is not accessible rn
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u/ObviousSalamandar Federal Way 3d ago
Why not?
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u/Worried-Turn-6831 Downtown 3d ago
The access road is washed out, there is a plan in place to fix it but probably won’t be open for months
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u/Milky_Tiger Central 3d ago edited 3d ago
If you can get to the tulip farms this weekend
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u/NonniSpumoni Fircrest 3d ago
Not this. The traffic on the weekends up there is absolutely suicidal. If you want to do do the tulip fields go up during the week.
If you can't go up during the week plan on taking a tour bus from one of the many hub stations out to the major farms.
As a former Skagit County girl ...we fucking hate all of you. We hate tulips. I dug tulips every summer. It can take 4 hours to travel a couple miles on the main roads out near the farms on the weekends.
The weekend activities make it worse. Fun runs, downtown events ... it's hell.
They aren't that pretty.
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u/okobojicat North End 3d ago
You could do a tour of the trolls, but its not extremely Tacoma specific: https://www.nwtrolls.org/
The Vashon troll is a very short walk, but you could wander down and walk around the beach at the light house.
Bainbridge troll is an even shorter walk. Issaquah troll is a short walk. We haven't yet seen the others.
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u/Accio_Waffles 253 3d ago
Where was your first date? Something that shows you that you remember and care about her would be a home run, esp if you made it a little hop around to all your favorite spots. Excursion wise, the beach or hoh rainforest could work.
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u/kingofthecastl3 Stadium District 3d ago
It was at Owens Beach which is where i will be proposing!
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u/love_blue_ North End 3d ago
Have a friend (one she doesn't know preferably) or hire a photographer to meet you there and capture candids!
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u/someoneunderstand86 Summit 3d ago edited 3d ago
Yessss try WW Seymour Botanical Conservatory or Point Defiance is an oldie but a goodie.
Update to say: Inside the conservatory you need a permit for professional photography.
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u/Objective-Hope-540 Salish Land 3d ago
Not sure if their own yet or not. But the Hilda Klager (sp?) Lilac Gardens would be my choice over tulips.
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u/Superb_Jaguar6872 North End 3d ago
My husband took me to the wedding rocks. It was a beautiful hike, and he proposed on the beach in front of the ancient Wedding Rocks. It's truly a gorgeous place. Out on the Olympic peninsula, you can overnight at any little town along the way.
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u/donotstop_persevere North End 2d ago
Take the gondola at Crystal mountain and eat at the restaurant and do it up there.
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u/MomaWolf75 Lakewood 3d ago
I recommend Westport Winery as a great destination! Great food, great atmosphere and great Wine. Oh they have an amazing garden with sculptures! Great place with great wine, has a mermaid museum even! Oh! Did I mention the great wine? 😍
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