The list nobody Instagrams. Where to grocery-shop on a Saturday afternoon. Which gas station's open at 11. Where the pharmacy is at six on a Sunday. The closest urgent care if the kid hits the dock the wrong way.
We list the boring stuff so the vacation works.
The Fred Meyer location closest to Lake Whatcom, on Lakeway Drive in Bellingham.
The main hospital serving Bellingham and Whatcom County, on Squalicum Parkway — a 24-hour emergency room.