Seeking cool temperatures, lower humidity, locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables, great seafood and landscape/seascape scenery at its best, we finally reach our summer destination: Washington's northwest coast. Ronnie and I first visited this area in July 2016, to look back on that time click Anacortes: 2016. We have found this part of the USA to be very inviting climate wise and with so many other activities to explore here, we told ourselves we would love to come back one day. Making our way from Coburg, Oregon, our 2 day trip on Interstate 5 took us through Seattle and on northward to the Skagit River Valley in Washington.
The clear view of downtown Seattle, from the new motorhome windshield.
Returning back to Anacortes has been a lot of fun, especially rediscovering some of those memorable places we experienced in 2016. Sunset Beach, located in Washington Park, was as cool and serene as we remembered.
Wow, the blueberries are in season and are they huge! We loaded up with ten pounds of those plump, sweet berries. We didn't take the time to enjoy this treat 5 years ago.
The Anacortes Saturday Farmers Market was a favorite memory. On our first visit back this trip, we rediscovered many of our favorite goodies. We plan to revisit the Farmers Market often.
Our lazy picnic lunch this day on Washington Park's Sunset Beach and a drive through the Park's old growth forest was as cool as we remembered too.
Reaching the high point of Washington Park's look out point, we get a southern view of Fidalgo Island and Anacortes' south-facing Flounder Bay.
A view of Borrows Pass, as the tide pours back to the Pacific Ocean.
I've taken these photographs before but it's still fun to make those pictures again and revisit places that made a special, happy impression in your memory.
This northern view from Fidalgo Island, across from a residential section of Anacortes, is Padilla Bay. The tall mountain way off into the background is Mt. Baker.
We never did make it to Mt. Vernon's Farmers Market back in 2016. Today's visit does not disappoint, we found many of the same farm vendors from Anacortes selling fresh picked goodies and tasty baked treats.
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