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BELLINGHAM - a happy blend of industry,
Victorian architecture and college-town liveliness - runs ten
miles along a broad curve of Bellingham Bay, 85 miles north of
Seattle and just eighteen miles south of the Canadian border.
Its notoriety is largely due to its being the southern terminus
of the Alaska Marine Highway . The ferries sail
from the Cruise Terminal on the edge of the brick-and-sandstone
Fairhaven district - three miles south of downtown
(I-5 exit 250) - which, with its hip bookstores, caf?s and clothing
stores, is easily Bellingham's most appealing area. In contrast,
downtown itself (I-5 exit 253) is fairly mundane,
but likeable enough and has a few good restaurants.
Bellingham's chief attraction, however, is its access
to a wide range of excellent parks - set among the bluffs and
forests surrounding the city, with myriad hiking trails - and,
further east, the foothills of Mount Baker ,
56 scenic miles along Hwy-542. Lummi tribal myths have the mountain
as a sort of Ararat, surviving the Great Flood to provide sanctuary
for a Native American Noah in his giant canoe, but it's better
known today for its skiing, with a seven-month season from early
November until late May (ski information on 360/734-6771, ; daily
lift tickets $34 on weekends, $25 midweek).
