Anacortes WA

When we returned to Washington, we headed for Anacortes. What a magnificent find!!! This is a small town on the coast of Washington, but it is close to anything you could possibly want to do. We stayed in Washington Park, which is a state park that sits on a peninsula right on Puget Sound. Beautiful sunsets.




Boy, where to start with all the great things we enjoyed about this place. First, it is right next to the San Juan Islands. There is a ferry system that takes you to any of the many islands you may want to visit. However, Darren and I chose to explore several islands by kayak. We simply found a spot to launch our kayaks and started exploring. It was so much fun. We found beach access on one of the islands and decided to go ashore. We found a sign and map that described kayak camping on the islands. Each island has flat campgrounds sites, fire pits, and pit toilets. You simply kayak to the island of your choice, camp, and move on to the next island. What an awesome idea. Their was even a kayak camp on this little thing I hesitate to even call an island, it was smaller than a football field.

The other fun thing about this kayak outing is we were followed the whole time by a couple sea lions, Gladys and Rupert. They came pretty close to us at times. They were very curious, either that or we were being sized up for an afternoon snack!!! They followed us all along the islands and even as we went into shore. It was very cool.






Another thing we enjoyed a lot about Anacortes is you can hop ferry to another island. So if you want a change of scenery or something different to do you just hop in the ferry. Darren and I went to Lopez Island to bike ride for the day. We rode in forest areas, beautiful fields, country road sides, along waterways, and down town. It offered everything. It had a very small town feel and the people were incredibly nice and friendly. We stopped and talked to a man who was working in his huge garden. He simply fills bags with vegetables, leaves them on a table with a box to drop money in and people buy them as they go by. What a way of life, huh?

On our way back Darren and I stopped at a home where the people breed Portuguese water dogs. These are suppose to be non-allergenic dogs. Darren has been doing research on theses dogs as a possibility for our next dog. Any how, we were talking to the breeder and realized we were going to miss our ferry home. The breeder simply offered to throw our bikes in the back of her truck and took us to the ferry. Incredibly awesome people!!!Anacortes is the first place that has made our list as a place we would definitely like to live.

We also did some whale watching.




Lonnie you’ve got to go sailing up here someday. The water is cold but the area is beautiful, the sailing and life in general, easy.