Dry lease a 1975 Cessna 150 (N714LP), then fly it home. After your checkout you can base the airplane at Yakima Air Terminal or any field within 150 nm — and build every hour from your own ramp.
Yakima's field is Yakima Air Terminal–McAllister Field (KYKM) east of the Cascades. Here's the part most Yakima pilots don't expect: you don't commute to Yelm for every flight. You come to Western Airpark 06WN once for a one-hour CFI checkout, then — as Pilot-in-Command — you fly the Cessna 150 home and base it there for the lease (it returns to 06WN at the end of the term). Base it at Yakima Air Terminal (about 87 nm from 06WN, well inside the 150 nm limit) and it's yours on your own ramp for the entire lease term. No club board, no $150-plus wet rate, no fighting for a weekend slot.
One checkout at 06WN, then reposition the airplane to your home field — and those repositioning hours count toward your total. Keep it within 150 nm of 06WN for the lease.
With the airplane based near Yakima you're not driving anywhere to fly. Preflight at your home field, launch on your schedule, day or night — until your block hours are flown.
Pilots chasing instrument or commercial minimums need cheap, repeatable time. Lock a block rate as low as $65/hr — you buy fuel, we cover oil, insurance and maintenance.