Now this post is a bit different from the last. I did take pictures, and additionally, some video that I think you will perhaps enjoy.
Recognize that bluff on the right? It's where we headed out the first time we came here!
The trail was pretty gnarly, straight away with a switchback that took you up about 50 feet and then dropped you back down. Not so bad, but tough for my father who had polio in one leg. Still, you got some nice views right away!
Looking back over the bay and the long dock.
The headlands from before!
You start the hike on the other side of this bluff, hike up it, and then down. That's my brother up there, being a goofball.
The trail then takes you on a narrow spit of land that's no more than a sand bar with a bit of marsh in between. The grasses were pretty.
The actual waters of the pass itself. We got a better view later in the hike.
The big bridge!
You can see the flow of water in this picture. The current has to be crazy!
A tree we all posed in! Once you cross the spit of land you are on another bluff and it'd be pretty hard to get lost on it. There are crisscrossing trails all over it so pick your own adventure and enjoy exploring!
My sister in law, E.
Me!
Looking down from one of the cliff points. I felt like I might see pirates hiding in the cove, smuggling illegal goods back and forth. But then, I also have an overactive imagination. ;D
Kelp!
A lonely island.
You can kinda sorta see the olympic peninsula below the clouds there. It's hard to tell because you can't see the tops of the mountains.
There was a rope that led up the rock face on this extra hump of land. But I didn't see anyway to get up it without getting into the water. I give props to the person who actually managed it. They must have had far more rock climbing experience than I....
The bridge.
I love the look of the cedar leaves.
The 'kids' met up with the parents and we gathered back at the parking lot for a last hurrah of adventure. My brother wanted to do a polar bear swim in the pacific ocean while he was here. Now, we weren't at the ocean specifically, but we were pretty close! The catch was he only wanted to do it if I would go with him. So I agreed on the condition that I got to wear my wetsuit. He agreed to the terms and thus... we prepared for a dunk!
We'll see which of those works better. I've never embedded video into blogger before and I'm curious as to whether or not the embed code is better or worse than the built in button.
Irregardless... we did it!
It was very cold.
We decided to drive down Whidbey Island and take the ferry back to town rather than get back on the freeway. The ferry ride was fun.
Especially when I found typos.
It was cold and windy!
Coming into Mukilteo!
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