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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. We were not planning to get a rental car, but hearing all these comments, maybe we should do one. I did not know that seattle is known for nature. I am not sure how much nature exploration we will do because I never see DH doing/joining us hiking or kayaking here in dmv. One kid is 4, and the most they could do is 2 hr hiking. Can we do kayaking for 4 people if there are 3 people are non-swimmers? DH wants to do vancouver for food and different culture. [b]He loves toronto, so he wants to go to vancouver[/b]. I thought it will be 4 hrs at most include custom clearance at the border if we take train.

We can't do 2 weeks. Traveling with kids are tiring, and 6 days are good for their ages. [/quote]

Why not just go to Vancouver then?  Plenty to see/do there in 6 days.  There is a daily nonstop flight now on Air Canada from Dulles to YVR, although it isn't super well-timed to maximize time there.  The outbound leaves at 5:30 PM and arrives at 8:30 PAcific time, so that day is gone. And the return leaves YVR at 8:45 AM, so you have to get going early on departure day (you have to leave more time to clear US passport control/customs at YVR).

You can definitely do kayaking with non-swimmers- just get them life jackets, which are probably required anyway for kids under 12.

Yes the train is 4 hours, but you also need to get to the train station, which takes probably 20 minutes from each cities downtown, and allow cushion to get on (probably 30 minutes?), and then the same on the return, so you are close to 6 hours in each direction door to door. The drive is around 2:45 with no traffic or border wait, but that of course can be highly variable.  We went last year and the wait into Canada around noon on a weekday was 5 minutes, but the wait back into the US 5 days later around the same time was over an hour if you didn't have Nexus or Global Entry.[/quote]

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