September: Nisqually Wildlife Refuge

The Nisqually Wildlife Refuge is a wonderful, quiet spot along Puget Sound between Tacoma and Olympia. It is one of the more important stops on the west coast migratory bird flyway. After a century of being used as a farm with a dike preventing the Sound from creating the kind of estuary that was historically present, a few years ago the government demolished the dike and restored the Nisqually River delta to its former state. There's a nice several mile walk into and on top of the delta.