Taking a Yakima vacation is to fully enhance your well-being after the long-term work. The outstanding air and mild and dry climate of Yakima are those things that most people need to have an ideal rest. Camping, fishing, kayaking, hiking, mountain biking, skiing, snow boarding and boating are only a few activities to mention, and the Capitol Theatre, the Yakima Valley Museum, and the Central Washington State Fair are only several entertainment venues to visit.

Any city park can be chosen for the ultimate in rest, recreation and sports during your Yakima vacation. The Ahtanum Youth Park houses basketball courts, baseball fields, soccer fields, a play area for children, restrooms, covered areas with picnic tables, a dog training course, a bike (motocross) track, volleyball courts, BBQ areas, plenty of gravel parking and water fountains.

The Fairbrook Park boasts about twenty six lighted horseshoe pits, six little league ball diamonds, volleyball courts, two sets of playground equipment, restrooms, a concession stand open during baseball games, picnic tables placed throughout the park, and a parking lot. Totally, thirty one parks are located within the city's boarders, providing three hundred and nine acres, which are developed and in use. Four large out-door swimming pools, one large indoor pool, complete picnic facilities, one public and two private eighteen-hole golf courses, two nine-hole courses and thirty six public tennis courts also cater for recreational opportunities in Yakima.

Yakima attractions are diverse and numerous, but visiting the American Hop Museum is a necessity during your Yakima vacation. The Yakima Valley is one of the largest producers of hop in the world and the city's residents regard it important to preserve and display the photos and artifacts, historic equipment and species samples of perennial vine. There is a gift shop, displaying a variety of items, dedicated to the past, present and future of hub cultivation. Wine tasting in one of the Yakima Valley wineries will enhance your Yakima vacation with the best aromas and tastes of the blooming Yakima wine industry.

Dedicate a considerable part of your Yakima vacation to fun and easiness of shopping in Yakima specialty and antique shops, malls and local shops that you can find nowhere else. Some of most original specialty shops include Balloons By Design, House of Carpet, Inc., Vaux Shoes, and the Washington's Fruit Place and Barrett Orchards.

Washington also boasts of Walla Walla, one more ideal recreational area with many outdoor opportunities and sports programs. A Walla Walla vacation brings opportunities you could have never thought about before. Learning to be a youth sports coach or a better coach is available in Youth Sports Coaching Clinics, learning martial arts is no problem in the Calhoon's Black Belt Academy and playing Mother & Son Bowl-A-Rama in the Bowlaway Lanes is a good time of bowling, pizza and family fun. Walla Walla is proud of eighteen public parks and facilities, nestled throughout the city with a total of six hundred point five acres of the lush recreation area, meant for your eternal Walla Walla vacation.