Deception Pass

Towards the end of May I was along on a camping trip with a group of sixth through eighth grade students to Deception Pass State Park.  We camped in the park two nights, did some hiking in the area and the last day took the ferry from Anacortes to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island before returning home.  These are some of the pictures I took along the way.

WEST BEACH

After setting up camp we went to West Beach for a while.

We had intended to watch the sunset there, but the kids went in the water,

were cold and wanted to go back to camp to dry off and get warm.

Deception Pass bridge from West Beach

wild rose

NORTH BEACH

The next morning was foggy and a bit chilly.

We hiked around from West Beach to North Beach,

and then on to the Deception Pass Bridge and Goose Rock.

Cranberry Lake

wild roses

 Shore Pine new growth and male cones

seaweed

Aggregating Anemones

Limpets

Shores Pines and moss

 North Beach

Douglas Fir, Western Hemlock and Pacific Madrone

Deception Pass Bridge from North Beach

 Beach Pea

Douglas Fir new growth

Sword Fern

 Western Red Cedar

Sword Fern

GOOSE ROCK

After climbing the hill from North Beach, we climbed further to the top of Goose Rock,

and then hiked around the rock back to the bridge.

Cyanide Millipede

spider web

 Tapertip Onion

Salal

DECEPTION PASS BRIDGE

After returning to the bridge we hiked it as far as Pass Island

and then returned to camp for lunch.

views from the bridge

 Deception Pass Bridge

 Wild Carrot

boats in Deception Pass

 unidentified caterpillar

ROSARIO BEACH

The afternoon was spent at Rosario Beach exploring tide pools and hiking.

Rosario Beach to Bowman Bay trail

Madrone

Bald Eagle

 Oyster Catcher

Thimble Berry

WEST BEACH

It was back to West Beach in the evening for flying kites and watching the sunset.

Great Blue Heron

 Yellow Sand Verbena

 Shore Pine

waves

sunset

FERRY TO FRIDAY HARBOR

Most of the next day was spent going to San Juan Isalnd and the town of Friday Harbor

as walk-on passengers on the ferry.

While waiting for the ferry we explored the park near the docks.

ferry

ship

site of an old salmon cannery

American Searocket

Black Twinberry

 Cynipid wasp galls on wild roses

Pelagic Cormorant

Friday Harbor

ferry

Plumed Anemone

camp and campers

As always, my identifications are not guaranteed

and if anyone recognizes an error I'd be pleased to have my mis-identification corrected.