Building on what Orange recommended...

AND if you are really that into hiking...

Enchanted Valley ONP.

Permits are required.

It's an actual Rain Forest, so be prepared. And it is the most spectacular during the wet season. The trail follows the Hoh River up into the valley and it's a there and back unless you cross the pass (snowshoes) and have someone meet you on the other side.

Did this right before the pandemic... traveling west to east.

Stayed off 2/90.

Did the Okanagan Ghost Town/Old Skagit Mental Institution route. (HWY 20) Old Wauconda Museum is highly recommended.

Super enjoyed Republic and the Kettle Range.

Caught up to HWY 2 in Idaho. Do the Suspension Bridge.

Took 37 north from Libby MT. There's an Air Muesum out there that you have to make a reservation for. Worth it.

Caught GNP the second full week of June. Going to the Sun road had fully opened the week before. Absolutely marvelous. BUT! The trails were still snow-covered at the pass.

Then, I did the Montana ghost town (Garnet, but there are others) route, driving through Missoula and taking HWY 12 east to west.

The only hotel reservation that I made in advance was for Kalispell as hotels fill fast around GNP. Everywhere else was the day of.

My spouse and I did it as a road trip and enjoyed ourselves immensely.

Also, Washington Trails Association's website is FAR better than Reddit for trail reports.

Uh... (East) Lake Stevens/Granite???

I would say Monroe, et al. But HWY 2 and 522 aren't getting any better and there's no plan as of yet to fix that. (Everett to get Light Rail around 2035.)

Most days it's 35 minutes to Everett from Granite for me.

My kids have identified as LGBTQ+ or been active with Gay/Straight Alliance with one harassment issue and that was quickly and definitively handled by the school district.

Sure. There are alot of full sized trucks being used as commuter vehicles, but it's a pretty quiet town with a fair bit of community participation.