Wednesday evening offered ideal conditions for a sailboat race on Fidalgo Bay. This photo was taken from a rocky beach on the northeast shore of Fidalgo.
Sunday afternoon sun drew many to the shoreline of Fidalgo Bay at Seafarers’ Memorial Park. Among those I saw were two scuba divers, small sailboat students, power boat owners and families. We saw river otters and seagulls. We watched one little boy skip rocks and another two riding their bikes. Many people were also visible […]
This has to be one of the first photos of Fidalgo Bay, as viewed from the former train trestle that has been incorporated into the miles-long Tommy Thompson Trail. I shot this photograph from the trestle on Saturday during a brief visit between Mayor Dean Maxwell and County Commissioner Don Munks. The trestle, which links […]
If you showed me the “big picture,” such as the size of Fidalgo Bay compared to a rowing launch, I think I would quickly conclude I didn’t want to be responsible for “powering” the boat from Point A to Point B. And yet many members of the Old Anacortes Rowing Society (OARS) choose that assignment […]
Expansion of the banquet facility at Fidalgo Bay Resort is near completion, offering a new community facility for events ranging from group meetings to wedding receptions.
An expanded conference center at Fidalgo Bay Resort is really starting to take shape, as seen here from Highway 20. The resort, owned by the Samish Indian Nation, will reportedly seat more than 400 in the new building.
Cold, clear winter days present beautiful opportunities for photography. This photo of Shell Puget Sound Refinery and Mt. Baker was taken last week from the shoreline of Fidalgo Bay.
This water wheel stands idle near a pond at Weaverling Spit, just a short walk from Fidalgo Bay Resort.
It was Wednesday night when I pulled over near Anacortes Marina to take this shot of sailboats crisscrossing Fidalgo Bay. Visible in the foreground are wrapped, tubular sections of wind tower columns being produced by T Bailey crews here in Anacortes. The wrapped units are being stored up and down Fidalgo Island’s eastern shoreline. Plans […]