Aerial of Deception Pass from the east, Summer of 2015.
Mt. Baker as viewed Friday afternoon from the beach at Ship Harbor.
Mt. Baker as viewed from Dakota Creek Shipyard, Guemes Channel in foreground.
In recognition of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, I present this vintage salmon canning label from the Whitney-Fidalgo Seafoods, Inc. of Anacortes.
A pair of turkey vultures wait on a breakwater at Cap Sante Marina. They flew away when I approached, but likely returned soon after as there was a dead deer on the beach below.
One of my favorite Anacortes public art pieces is this amazing sculpture positioned at the center of the roundabout connecting Commercial Avenue and the Highway 20 spur. “Aerie” is a stainless steel sculpture by Merrilee Moore. Inspired by an eagle’s nest. This photo was taken in September 2017. Note: type “aerie” in homepage search window […]
Painstaking maintenance and restoration work is under way this week on the historic Platt Building in downtown Anacortes. This two-story building features intricate design including brick arches. Fourth Street and Commercial Avenue.
Two cruise ships are currently being worked on by Dakota Creek Industries crews: one in drydock and the other in the shipyard.
Great blue heron in the shadows, cove at Weaverling Spit off the Tommy Thompson Trail. Oil pain effect.
Anacortes once home to a marble factory!? Yup. In 1989 this article appeared in a Port of Anacortes newsletter, reporting that Puget Sound Rope owners Dick Ryan (pictured) and Tim Sullivan had purchased the Vitro Agate Company of West Virginia. I don’t know the fate of this unique operation. The rope company, located on Port […]
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.
This might have been my first excursion with pilot Spencer, who put me in the passenger seat for an air adventure that included a pass over the San Juan Islands. What an experience!