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Iliana's Glamping Village at Mike's Beach Resort hosts 10 unique units.
One of the best thing about "camping" is relaxing with a roasted marshmallow and a steaming mug of hot chocolate. Wrapped in a cozy blanket, the tall trees keep you close in the inky darkness beyond the glow of the fire. Far from the buzz and clatter of the city, the sky displays a myriad of unrealistically bright stars. Good conversation and the people you love surrounding you. Imagine all the good parts of camping with all the comforts of home. Enter glamping. To many of us it sounds a little over the top. Even the word roots – glamor camping – are decadent. But, if you can enhance the joy of spending time outdoors by increasing the comfort level – there is no shame in that! There are plenty of definitions of glamping. Some feel that cooking on anything beyond an open campfire is glamping.
Perhaps it's sleeping in a bed off the ground, in a cabin or RV. Whatever your definition, glamping it is bringing a whole new level of interest to the camping scene. And with the pandemic, the idea of sleeping in a "tent" over a hotel has brought a certain attraction. "Our tents are a great option for those who are interested in getting back out into the world but maybe not wanting to be in a building like a hotel, "remarked Sara Macias, from Iliana's Glamping Village, regarding their tents, "Everybody is able to get to their own private facility and there's plenty of moving air." Sara and her family recently opened their tent glamping village at their resort on Hood Canal. The traditional Mike's Beach Resort included guest rooms and cabins. "During Covid some guests expressed hesitancy with coming even to a cabin even though we're not a traditional hotel with a lobby or elevator." Sara's family converted their 70 year old campground area to accommodate the ten platform tents complete with fire-pits, showers and flushing
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toilets, and affectionately coined it Iliana's Glamping Village after her mother who is the inspiration behind the project. Further down the Canal the Sund family has found a way to share the experience of their property to more people. Most of the year The Sund Rock Marine Preserve is clamoring with scuba divers hoping to catch an encounter with the famous GPO's – Giant Pacific Octopus and wolf eels.
Sund Rock glamping tent (full story page 24) FJORD
