Mill Creek, WA Road Trips

At Paine Field, you can tour Boeing's huge assembly plant where many of their airplanes are built, as well as a few adjacent independent museums. However, if you only have time for one aviation museum on your trip, also consider the Museum of Flight in Seattle's Georgetown, which has more exhibits and is more engaging than the Boeing tour. 1 Boeing Future of Flight & Boeing Tour, 8415 Paine Field Blvd., Mukilteo (I-5 Exit 189, WA Hwy 526 west 4 miles (6.4 km), past the huge Boeing building on your right, then at the 4-way stoplight turn Left onto Paine Field Blvd and follow signs for the museum), ☏ +1 425-438-8100, toll-free: +1-888-467-4777, fax: +1 425-265-9808, [email protected]. Th-M 8:30AM-5:30PM. Boeing's Everett factory is the world's largest building by interior volume. It is where the Boeing 747, 767, and 777 airliners are made. On the observation deck of the museum, you can watch planes land and take off from the runway, with air traffic control audible on speakers; aircraft are often being tested before delivery to Boeing's customers. $38 for museum and tour ($28 for 15 years and under); $12 for museum only. Reservations recommended for tours. Must be 4 feet (122 cm) or taller. Lockers $1 (for storing items not allowed on the tour). (updated Jul 2021) 2 Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, 3407 109th Street SW, toll-free: +1-877-FHC-3404 (342-3404). Th-Sa 10AM-4PM. Microsoft founder Paul Allen's collection of (mostly) military airplanes and tanks.

1 Village Theater (Everett Performing Arts Center), 2710 Wetmore Ave, ☏ +1 425-257-8600. The Village Theatre non-profit professional producing musical theatre company. Theatre programs including Kidstage, Mainstage, Village Originals and Pied Piper. 2 The Historic Everett Theatre (The New Everett Theatre), 2911 Colby Ave, ☏ +1 425-258-6766. 3 Everett Silvertips, 2000 Hewitt Ave, ☏ +1 425-252-5100. WHL US Division junior hockey team plays at Angel of the Winds Arena from September till March. 4 Everett AquaSox, 3900 Broadway, ☏ +1 425-258-3673. A minor league baseball team that plays from mid-June to early September. They play home games at Everett Memorial Stadium. 5 Jetty Island (10th St. and W. Marine View Dr., then take ferry), ☏ +1 425-257-8304. Early July to early Sept: M-Th 10AM-6PM, F Sa 10AM-9PM, Su 10AM-7PM. Parking: $3. There is a free ferry (last return trip 5:30PM most days) –suggested donation of $2 per adult and $1 per child help offset maintenance and other expenses. Call the Jetty Island reservation line: +1 425-257-8304.

Teriyaki Burger Stop, 3517 Rucker Ave East, ☏ +1 425-259-4291. Another great, but ugly dive in Everett. Spicy chicken is known locally as "crack chicken" because once you try it you need it on a regular basis. The menu includes burgers, teriyaki, & yakisoba. $8. 1 Bhu-Ping (previously Taste of Thai), 6600 Evergreen Way (just NW of the Madison St intersection, look for the dark green sign), ☏ +1 425-405-3783. M–Th 11AM-9PM, F 11AM-10PM, Sa noon-10PM, Su noon-9PM. Everett is loaded with Thai restaurants, and Taste of Thai, the predecessor here, was one of the best. Phu Ping carries that on. Great food at reasonable prices. A local favorite for the lunch specials. The custard and sticky rice dessert is a treat found at few Thai restaurants. In the back is a wonderfully well-stocked wine tasting room and store. Entrees about $12. (updated Sep 2017) Lanna Thai, 7825 Evergreen Way, Suite B, ☏ +1 425-438-3888. Lanna Thai is upscale Thai food. The restaurant, including a full bar is beautifully appointed, and the service is uniformly good. The lunch specials are a good value, but the Pad Thai is cooked ahead and inconsistent. Good, but not great. $10-20. Terezia's European Deli & Bistro, 12926 Mukilteo Speedway, ☏ +1 425-513-9846. Terezia's serves meals at four tables along with running a deli counter. Lunch is a rotating menu of three or four Central European dishes - all excellent. The paprika chicken and potato soup are particularly good. $10. The Totem, 4410 Rucker Ave, ☏ +1 425-252-3277. Perhaps the only real diner in Everett.

Scuttlebutt Brewing Co, 1524 West Marine View Dr, ☏ +1 425-257-9316. 11AM-9PM. A family-friendly brewpub on the waterfront within walking distance of Naval Station Everett and the marina. Happy Hour 2-6PM Monday through Thursday.

Best Western Cambridge Inn, 10210 Evergreen Way, ☏ +1 425-347-2555, toll-free: +1-877-488-0510, fax: +1 425-347-2554. Best Western Cascadia Inn, 2800 Pacific Ave, ☏ +1 425-258-4141, toll-free: +1-800-822-5876, fax: +1 425-258-4755. Holiday Inn, 3105 Pine St, ☏ +1 425-339-2000. Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, 131 128th St Sw, ☏ +1 425-609-4000. Motel 6 Everett North, 10006 Evergreen Way, ☏ +1 425-347-2060, fax: +1 425-347-1529. Motel 6 Everett South, 224 128th Street Sw, ☏ +1 425-353-8120, fax: +1 425-347-2269.

Interstate 5 (I-5) passes through Everett from exits #186 (128th St SW) through #198 (WA-529 West Broadway). To get to downtown from the northbound lanes, exit at Exit #193 (WA-529 Pacific Ave City Center). From the southbound lanes, exit at Exit #194 (US-2 Wenatchee/Everett Ave) and follow signs towards Everett Ave. Interstate 405 (I-405) merges into I-5 a few miles south of the city, at Exit 182. Follow signs towards I-5 North towards Everett or continue on the freeway which becomes WA-525 towards the Mukilteo Ferry. US Highway 2 (US-2) merges into I-5 in Everett at Exit 194, just east of downtown. It continues east through Snohomish and Monroe, then across Stevens Pass to Leavenworth, Wenatchee, Ephrata and Spokane in Eastern Washington. 1 Everett Station, 3201 Smith Ave. 6AM-10PM. The Sound Transit Sounder and Amtrak operate from Everett Station at 3201 Smith Ave. The waiting area and ticketing desk for Amtrak are in the lobby of the building, while the ticket machines and the Orca Card transponders for the Sound Transit Sounder trains are inside the building and out at the loading platform. (updated Jul 2018) Sound Transit, Everett Station (first platform behind and south of the building; loading platform can also be accessed directly from the bus transit center (south of the building) without going through the building), toll-free: +1-888-889-6368. Sound Transit operates Sounder commuter trains down to Seattle in the morning and up to Everett via Edmonds and Mukilteo in the afternoons.

Everett Transit, (Bus Transit Center) 3201 S Smith (Bus stops are at Bus Bays E, F & I closest to the street.), ☏ +1 425-257-7777. Operates buses within the city of Everett, to downtown from Everett Station (all routes ask driver), to Mulkiteo (Rt#18), South Everett P&R (#29) and Mariner P&R (#2). (updated Aug 2015) Community Transit, ☏ +1 425-353-7433, toll-free: +1-800-562-1375. Operates local and regional public transit bus routes in Snohomish County, except only local routes in Everett. Communities within the county served by this operator's routes include Arlington, Edmonds, Everett, Lynnwood, Marysville, Mill Creek, Monroe, Mountlake Terrace, Mukilteo, Snohomish, and Stanwood. (updated Jun 2023) Bus routes 201 and 202 travel between Arlington and Lynnwood via Marysville, Everett Station, and Ash Way Park & Ride. Limited stops south of Marysville. Transfer Link Line 1 to continue towards Northgate in Lynnwood.