Spectators lined up quickly when this kiteboarder stepped into the water off of the beach at Bay View State Park.
Sailboat bound for Padilla Bay, as viewed from shoreline at Cap Sante in downtown Anacortes. Waves in foreground from passing power boat.
Incredible natural assets at Breazeale Interpretive Center are meadows and forests. Public trails feature views of Padilla Bay and Mt. Baker. Click here for details about the intrepretive center and surrounding properties.
If we experienced a bit of snow here on the island, you can be sure the snowpack has begun to build on Mt. Baker (viewed here from Anacortes across Fidalgo and Padilla bays).
Rare sighting of American White Pelicans, Padilla Bay, Mt. Baker in background.
Dozens of Canada geese gathered Thursday afternoon on beach and shoreline, northeast Fidalgo Island, Padilla Bay.
A bald eagle perches in the branches of a tree growing on a Fidalgo Island bluff above Padilla Bay.
Curling dike furrow in a field adjacent to Padilla Bay.
Snow geese gathered near a dike in the Bayview area at the edge of Padilla Bay.
Aerial shot of Padilla Bay, dredged channel for boat traffic at top of image. Swinomish Channel leads to bay from LaConner.
I love tugboats. I love Mt. Baker. On a Tuesday afternoon drive I found them together.
Beach walkers at Bay View State Park on Padilla Bay, across the Fidalgo Bay shore on the mainland of Skagit County.