South of the Tacoma Narrows lie approximately 200 square miles of pure boating pleasure.  Twenty percent of the state’s marine parks are in these rarely visited waterways.  Deane Hislop takes us on a tour of some his favorite state marine parks during a long weekend close to home. 

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