A Day’s Respite
Lots of talk-talk here lately and no photos, though I seem to always have my camera handy. The weekend before my Houston trip, my wife’s brother flew in from Tennessee, and on Sunday we drove up to Whidbey Island, a long strip of land that meanders from south of Everett to just southeast of the San Juan Islands.
There’s a place just west of Coupeville called Ebey’s Landing that is a combination national monument/Nature Conservancy acquisition, and offers a terrific little 3 - 4 mile hike that starts on a beach, climbs up to a bluff with great views south to Mt. Rainier, north to Mt. Baker and west to Vancouver Island. The trail descends to the beach at the half-way point, and you beachcomb your way back to the trailhead. It’s a great mini-vacation if you only have a day to burn.
After our hike, we retired to a corny little tavern in Coupeville with an eyepopping view of Penn Cove and Mt. Baker out the window and, if one reclined too rashly in his chair, a less stirring view of some former wildlife.
