Because they are so plentiful (sometime obnoxious), I have a habit of “discounting” seagulls when I am in search of bird photos. This pair, however, caught my eye on a walk along the trestle between Weaverling and March’s Point. A beautiful couple.
A number of fellow walkers passed me Sunday on the paved path above the North Basin of Cap Sante Marina. Lying at the end of the Rotary Park path is a gazebo with picnic tables. Accessible beach below.
There are days when I am not happy to see a deer in my backyard … but this isn’t one of them. This scene reminded me that Spring is on the way! Only then, when the deer begin nibbling on our flowers and apples, will I be more inclined to “walk my guest to the […]
Friday, February 14 marks 42 years since the tragic loss of Anacortes-based crab fishing boats “Altair” and “Americus” and their 14 crewmembers in a Bering Sea storm. A tribute plaque to those who died in the 1983 accident was dedicated in 1991. It stands near the W.T. Preston sternwheeler and Cap Sante Marina. Those memoralized […]
Pathway on Rosario Head looking back toward Bowman Bay.
American fiction writer Tom Robbins of LaConner died at home Sunday, February 9, 2025 at age 92. Robbins, who had called LaConner home since the late Sixties, wrote best selling books including “Another Roadside Attraction” and “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.” Attached here are two photos I took of Robbins: one at a 1998 book […]
Snow-capped passenger car in a Fidalgo Island field.
Every once in awhile I play with the effects in Photoshop. This trumpeter swan at Heart Lake inspired the “artsy” look.
The state ferry Elwha, familiar to many Anacortes travelers, is going to a new home. Everett Ship Repair, a maintenance partner of Washington State Ferries, has purchased Elwha for $100,000. According to Washington State Ferries (WSF), Western Towboat Co. tug Mariner, supplied by the new owner, was scheduled to move the Elwha from Bainbridge. You […]
Now this is what I call a good afternoon. A man, his dog, pristine water, Mt. Baker and a beach all to themselves. Ship Harbor, Anacortes.
Power boat motors toward the Swinomish Channel, Mt. Baker in the background.
Work continues on the Rotary Viewpoint on top of Cap Sante. Partners include Rotary of Anacortes, City of Anacortes, Strandberg Construction and Pacific Landscape Architecture.