An evening at Tacoma- 3



Thea's Park



 
 








Our next stop was at the Thea’s park. It is one of the Metro Parks of Tacoma. Thea’s Park (3.4 acres/established in 1997) is located at the entrance to the Foss Waterway in Tacoma’s downtown waterfront. It’s a wonderful place for a stroll or to spend an evening with family and friends. The scenery is beautiful. You can watch ships and boats coming and going. I liked the huge globe at the park.
















 

Point Defiance Park

 
 
 
The last destination for our trip was the Point Defiance Park. On our way to it we saw many Metro Parks of Tacoma. They all looked clean and beautiful. The Point Defiance Park has an area of 702 acre. The park is huge! Beautiful landscape grounds, with tons of space for various activities. There is no fee which makes it even more fantastic. There is a beautiful rose garden, fuchsia garden, dahlia garden, rhododendron garden as well as a Japanese garden. Since we reached there around 8pm the Zoo and Aquarium was closed. We went to the Owen beach to get some good views and then took the Five mile drive. It's really awesome. I can't say enough about it. We spotted lots of wildlife like deer and raccoons. The Five Mile Drive has numerous pull-offs where you can enjoy the sights. The park is truly a marvel and I highly recommend this to all nature lovers.

Sunset from an overlook point










 
 
To know more about the parks visit:
http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/parks_facilities/

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