The Port Ludlow Marina is well situated for fun exploring of the shorelines north of Hood Canal by the Olympic Peninsula. You can have rentals of small skiff power boats, stand up paddle boards, and kayaks to suit your fancy, and top it off with food at a good local […]
Cranberry Lake is a serene and protected lake in Washington state’s most visited state park, Deception Pass. The fresh water lake is extremely convenient to many non-lake activities that are all within a stone’s throw: campground, saltwater beach, and easy pull-up road access.
There are no gas-motorized boats allowed on […]
The Whidbey Island coast is beautiful on the southeast side of Coupeville in Saratoga Passage. It is heavily forested with few homes visible, especially when hugging close to shore. Views span up and down the passage, over to Camano Island, and out to Mt Baker. Wandering further […]
There is some fun gunkholing to be done at Horseshoe Bay of West Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. Speed boats are available for easy rental at Sewell’s Marina, and from there you can travel up and down all the nooks and crannies of Horseshoe Bay. The views include […]
Cape Disappointment State Park is a treasure of a park in the southwest corner of Washington state, bordered on the south by the Columbia River, to the west by the Pacific Ocean, and to the east by a shallow bay. It is all about water, waves, views, forested trails, […]
Salmon fishing is great up and down the breezy western shores of Whidbey Island. We fished from the shores of Whidbey Island on Admiralty Bay in the town of Coupeville. Salmon migrate along there on the way back to their home rivers, swimming through the eel grass beds […]
Cape Disappointment State Park has many things to offer and is a great getaway on the Washington coast. It is located at the mouth of the huge Columbia River that spills into the Pacific Ocean, bounded by a protected inland bay on one side and the crashing waves of […]