San Juan Island
View from Lime Kilm Park We traveled to the San Juan Islands a couple of times when we first moved to the Pacific Northwest way back in the seventies. We had a memorable camping trip to Orcas and took our … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Washington
Perry Creek – Autumn
I had Tuesday off after working a 6 day week and we wanted to do a fall hike. I wanted it to be somewhere close but with good color. I remembered the large groves of maple at Perry Creek when … Continue reading →
Rock Trail – Chuckanut Mountain
After touring the Skagit farms, we decided to skip visiting Taylor Shellfish. We really enjoyed it last year with the games, educational exhibits and samples but we decided to take advantage of the good warm weather and do a hike. … Continue reading →
Chuckanut Drive and Harvest in the Skagit
September has been a very wet month. Normally the weather slowly drops off after Labor Day but this year we have had several significant downpours. Heavy rains are unusual for this area but we have had about 5 days inwhich … Continue reading →
Wild Horse Windfarm
One of our favorite day trips in the spring is to go to Eastern Washington to view the wildflowers. I was searching on this blog to see my previous posts and I found that I haven’t blogged that often about … Continue reading →
Big Ditch – Skagit County
Annual Skagit Birding Trip
Every year we try to make one or two trips in the winter up to the Skagit Delta. It is an excellent area to bird in the winter. Fir Island is the prime spot for viewing Snow Geese while the … Continue reading →