Another Sunday, another day-trip in the area
Continuing in the "visiting cool stuff in the area" vein, Clodagh and I took a Sunday drive to check out Deception Pass on Sunday. Originally we had thought to go up and see the snow at one of the passes, but since Snoqualmie was closed due to rockslide (SeattleTimes article), we figured that something not likely to have heavy traffic would be better.
This is actually a pretty nice area to walk around and spend an afternoon walking along the beaches or in the path-way in the forest. Nothing too strenuous, but some nice fresh air. Random thoughts from being there:
- I-5 is a really boring drive
- Jason's "Good food and cocktails" cafe in Oak Harbor actually has reasonably decent food. Too late I realized that the ribs are smoked there each morning and likely would have been good :( Oh well. We chose it over Franks cafe which was right next door because Frank's was painted to look like an American flag. I have a theory that anyone who has to stoop to that to get customers is trying to cover for something in the way of the food...
- If there's a place that would give you height-induced vertigo, it'd be the bridge. Walking out onto the pedistrian sidewalk of the bridge and looking down is a bit freaky - something like 180 ft to the water.
- There's all sorts of random sea-weed looking things around the beaches. That look plastic. It was only after Clodagh noticed some weird growth on the end of one (unfortunately, I didn't think to take a picture of it) that we decided they were natural.
- It's important to notice when the tide seems to be coming in when you're walking along a beach. We almost got "trapped" (just meaning we would have gotten our shoes wet) during the walk from West Beach to North Beach.
- Ferry rides are cool. Probably they become far less cool when it's a regular part of your commute, but hey, it's still a novelty to me :)
My photos are online here.
Some Deception Pass related links: