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'''Washington''' (''WA'' for short) state is the North Western state of the [[United States of America|United States]]. Be aware that unlike in [[Oregon]] it's ''not'' legal to walk on the [[freeway]]. It's probably not even legal on the [[on-ramp]] - some on-ramps even have ''no thumb'' signs.

It's pretty much a mean thick urban corridor from the north dregs of [[Seattle]] down 'allaway through to at least the south end of [[Olympia]], a good 200 miles of city. That (may) mean buses. But the good news is that there's a funky little bus service called the CAP that runs two or three times daily from Tumwater outside Oly to [[Vancouver (WA)]], and it's only $1. Although, according to information on [http://www.digihitch.com Digihitch], there are a lot of good [[rest stoparea|rest stops]]s in WA, especially heading North from [[Portland (Oregon)|Portland]], [[Oregon]], on I-5.

The Olympic Penninsula is exquisite and glorious, with the only certified rain forest in the contiguous states. If you take a ferry across the Puget Sound (a kind of mystical fjord that hosts the worlds biggest octopuses) hitching the Penninsula's a blast: bring hiking gear and head into the mountains for a few days. Bring a poncho. 220 inches of [[weather#Rain|rain]] per year here.