Visitors to Deception Pass State Park, viewed from trail above Little North Beach. Bridge visible in the distance.
Anacortes born “Valkyrie” moves to a new home in Poulsbo. Pictured here at Deception Pass on Friday, July 25. Built by Jay Smith.
I love this nod to days gone by. Dunlap Towing tug “Vulcan” pulling logs through Deception Pass in May 2006. In the background is Pass Island and the steep bluffs of Fidalgo Island.
I encountered this eagle Wednesday morning, perched on a tree just over the Deception Pass Bridge on the Fidalgo Island side. Another eagle was perched high on a snag on the other side of the highway.
Twenty years after taking a photo of kayakers from a Canoe Pass vantage point, I encountered these kayakers Sunday at the same spot. Another beautiful day in paradise! Deception Pass, kelp bed in foreground.
Both bridges are included in this Sunday afternoon view above North Beach at Deception Pass. The bridges have linked Fidalgo and Whidbey islands since 1935.
This was a good day. The sun was just right when a group of kayakers in training approached Canoe Pass. I managed to get the car parked in time to catch a number of photos of the kayakers practiced moves including rolling their kayaks. Ultimately they headed off to make the turn toward Bowman Bay. […]
Surf fishing for salmon in the shadows at Deception Pass, North Beach beneath the bridge.
Fishing Deception Pass. While many fished from the beaches Sunday afternoon, these guys opted to go mobile.
Tugboat “Red Bluff” pulls not just one, but two barges west through Deception Pass on a Sunday afternoon.
Jet boat “Island Whaler” passes under Deception Pass Bridge, early Sunday afternoon. Wind and waves made for an exciting excursion.
Gone, but not forgotten: The tugboat “Kokua,” which I photographed in September 2007 moving toward Deception Pass Bridge. According to tugboatinformation.com, the tug was: “Built in 1943 by the Puget Sound Boatbuilding Company of Tacoma, Washington as the TP-229 for the United States Army. In 1947, the tug was acquired by Young Brothers Limited of […]