Lacey, Centralia or Kelso?

[manderson]

Thinking about a day round trip before the reroute of the Cascades and Coast Starlight in December. Is there anything of interest near any of these stations to while away a few hours? I'm starting from Seattle.

 

[CHamilton]

Centralia is your best bet. Its downtown is only a block from the train station, with restaurants, antique shops and so on. Lacey station is not near anything, and the neighborhood around Kelso station is sometimes sketchy.

 

[fairviewroad]

I second CHamilton's opinion. Definitely do not do Olympia/Lacey. Centralia is the easy winner here.

 

[manderson]

OK then, Centralia it is. Thanks!

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Centralia is your best bet. Its downtown is only a block from the train station, with restaurants, antique shops and so on. Lacey station is not near anything, and the neighborhood around Kelso station is sometimes sketchy.

Is this why our train went to Olympia/Lacey - too keep the foamers from downtown Centralia?