Point Defiance

Ingrid's first visit to Point Defiance Zoo seems to be a big hit. How lucky we are to have such a wonderful zoo and aquarium so close to home.

The park includes a wonderful beach for all to enjoy plus, farther on down 5 mile drive is Fort Nisqually, where you can travel back in time and experience life in Washington Territory during the fur trade era. It is a living history museum where volunteers and staff, in period clothing, demonstrate the crafts of the 19th century and engage visitors in historic dialogue during the Living History Days and other events throughout the year.

A Hudson's Bay Company outpost built in 1833, Fort Nisqually was the first European settlement on Puget Sound. The original site was on the beach and plains above the Nisqually River delta in the present town of DuPont, Washington. With a diverse work force of American, English, French Canadian, Hawaiian, Irish, Native American, and Scottish laborers, Fort Nisqually was a bustling center of trade that expanded into a large scale agricultural enterprise.

It looks like Ingrid has lots to learn about our history and what a fun way to start.