Washington Park in Anacortes is one of our favorite places. It is on a peninsula on the west side of the town and looks out over the Straits of San Juan. The name" park" is misleading, since it is mostly wild, though there are a picnic area, a boat launch and a campground in the park. We go there often to walk the trails and the one-way road around the park and to see the wildflowers which include five species of native orchids. I've done one post featuring the Fairy Slippers and early wildflowers. These photos were taken on a subsequent trip when we were there to photograph the native orchids.
the trails
a few wildflowers including:
Death Camas
Common Camas
Sea Blush
Field Chickweed
Checker Lilies
Wildflowers everywhere
Mushrooms
Mica-caps
Lichens
probably the Waxpaper Lichen
Western Red Cedar foliage
and the orchids, including:
Western Fairy Slippers
Western Spotted Coralroots
Western or Merten's Coralroots
