Parents – your days of packing school lunches will soon go on hiatus. The first full weekend of June may bring soccer tournaments, dance recitals, and piano concerts, but this weekend it’s also bringing sun. Get outside and bask in all that Thurston County has to offer. I’m confident Mother Nature will shift her tune next weekend, back to sun but in the liquid form, once school is out. It’s a trick that seems to get played on parents in early June and then flip flopped with gorgeous sunshine in early September. Cheers!
- Step inside the Hands On Children’s Museum for Free Friday Night.
- Spot underwater creatures at Boston Harbor Marina during Pier Peer on Friday evening.
- Grab your fishing pole and head out for the weekend. No fishing license required on Saturday and Sunday.
- Travel the Thurston County Bountiful Byway. You never know what adventure you will find.
- Walk a nature trail. Washington State Parks are free to enter this weekend – no Discover Pass required.
- Learn to row at Olympia Area Rowing on Saturday.
- Drop rubber duckies into the Deschutes River for the annual Duck Dash on Saturday, beginning at 11:00 am.
- Take your Capital or Olympia High School student to a free sports physical on Saturday. Information on TOPS can be found here.
- Pull out your pocketbook to support United Way of Thurston County. Power of the Purse is slated for Saturday evening.
- Celebrate National Trails Day with these running routes in Olympia and Lacey.
- Plan your summer with our list of 25 free things to do with kids around Olympia.
- Find a complete list of summer camps around Olympia here.
- Visit an open house event this weekend. Click here to see the list of Van Dorm Realty’s open houses.
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