Tacoma Narrows bridge...hopefully a bit more stable today!
Yep, seems just fine
Crossing over to the Olympic peninsula
My home-away-from home!
My beautiful campsite! Tent w/o fly
(Now with fly, and a beginning to my wood gathering)
Old Man's Beard
Me and my first night dinner: beer
My campsite bathed in morning light
My first view from Hurricane Ridge - gorgeous!
Ready to hit the trail
I'll take the Cirque Rim Trail to Klahhane Ridge
An old ski lodge?
Cool dilapidated chair lift
The start of the Klahhane Ridge trail
More trail
Can you see the trail down below? A thin light-brown ribbon
I believe this is a castilleja (?)
Can't get enough of dem damn views
Me, rock, my bag, and maybe mountains in the background?
The final push to the summit of the Klahhane Ridge
The bear went over the mountain! And saw Canada! Mt. Baker in distance.
Me at the summit - I rawk!
Chipmunk!
Funny how these switchbacks look so much easier on the way down...
Creeepy weirdo branch (on my rainforest hike)
Happiest day of my weekend - boiling water over my miracle roaring fire
Boarding the Kingston-Edmonds ferry! Sooo thrilling!
Ferry
Ready to push off...
...and we're under way! Edmonds lies ahead
Edmonds approacheth
Crystal clear day permits a beautiful view of Mt. Baker
Skipping forward to the next Friday (10/3). Guemes ferry dock, with view of Guemes beyond
Now on Guemes Island, looking back at the ferry I just disembarked
Map of Guemes
On the beach at the far north end of Guemes. Rainy and grey day, but still amazing
Ah, inventive angle
Deb and Dave's home (and mine too for Friday night), a re-purposed horse barn and arena
Deb and Dave have a lot of rock on their upper lot...and a Snort to move it!
It's a little foggy, but it's a sweet view (from the upper lot)
Are you my mommy? Hahah...no one will get that! (Addendum: Jeff corrected me. It's "Are you my mother?")
Wow, that's a lotta wood! Deb and Dave have a wood-burning stove to heat the house
The only store on the island, and my breakfast muffin hook-up
From the Guemes ferry
Looking down on Anacortes from Cap Sante Park
Starting the walk across the bridge at Deception Pass
Deception Pass
Bridge underside
Awesome
AB at Deception Pass
AB got an owie
Views from Fort Ebey State Park on Whidbey Island
Bluff Trail in Fort Ebay SP
Beach at Fort Ebey SP
Interesting windswept vegetation at Fort Ebey
Tasting room at Whidbey Island Winery
Vines at Whidbey Island Winery
Getting onto the Clinton-Mukilteo ferry
The weather isn't quite as good as it was on the Kingston-Edmonds ferry! But it's still lovely. Back to Seattle...and home.
