January is a funny month in the Pacific Northwest. We should be in the throngs of winter but the month has earned itself the portmanteau of “Juneuary” because the weather often feels like a typical day in early June. A fake spring. We almost hit 60 degrees last week! But next week we will dip…
Tag: Public Lands
Checking Out The US 2 Road Closure And A Visit To Heybrook Lookout
While on winter break last week, I decided to drive up US 2 to check on the closure and support a business in Skykomish which has been adversely affected by the severe lack of cross-state traffic since the middle of December. In case you missed it (not sure how you could have) but we had…
Three Days In The San Juan Islands: Wrapping It Up at Cattle Point And American Camp
You will find Day 1 of our San Juan Island trip here: Three Days In The San Juan Islands: Day 1 And Iceberg Point. As I mentioned on the Day 2 post, I realized while writing it that this was technically a 4 day, 3 night trip. My hubby so rarely takes more than a day…
Three Days In The San Juan Islands: Day 3 At Lime Kiln Point State Park, Roche Harbor and The Pig War
You will find Day 1 of our San Juan Island trip here: Three Days In The San Juan Islands: Day 1 And Iceberg Point. San Juan County Park Our goal for Saturday morning was to ride our bikes the less than 3 miles to Lime Kiln Point State Park and hike for first part of…
Three Days In The San Juan Islands: Day 2 With Spencer Spit And Shark Reef Sanctuary
You will find Day 1 of our San Juan Island trip here: Three Days In The San Juan Islands: Day 1 And Iceberg Point. I also realized while writing this post that this was technically a 4 day, 3 night trip. My hubby so rarely takes more than a day off to extend the weekend that…
Three Days In The San Juan Islands: Day 1 And Iceberg Point
Just like last year, the wildfire smoke has set upon the east side (and some of the west side) for my birthday weekend. Instead of our annual Cascade Loop adventure that year, we opted to head west to the San Juan Islands for some hiking and biking. This year for my birthday, we are opting…






