For my dad’s birthday, my parents visited me in Seattle. We went to Mt. Rainier National Park, which is a 2 hour drive away from Seattle. I’ve always seen Mt. Rainier in the distance from Seattle, and I really wanted to visit this park :)
In the national park, there are both meadows and steep mountains, with waterfalls and lots of wildflowers. If you’re trained and have the right gear, I think you can try to hike up Mt. Rainier itself, or maybe just part of it since the top is covered with glaciers. Also, for most of the year, the park is pretty snowy, so you need snow navigation skills to hike along the trails. Now, since it’s summer, a lot of the snow has melted and wildflowers have sprung up. You can still see snow in some parts though!