Sunday, 18 March 2018

Pacific Northwest 5

On our way home from Whidbey Island we took the road north, avoiding the ferry and crossing to the mainland via some spectacular bridges. En route, we passed through some pleasant rural scenery and visited the Cranberry Lake area with its lovely beach scenery that we explored.

But before I start on those themes, I'd like to observe that one object loomed large over the scenery, albeit some way off. It's Mount Baker, yet another snow, ice and glacier encrusted volcano some 3286 m (10781 ft) high. I think you'll agree with me that it's a lovely spectacle taken from two different angles in these pictures.



We spent quite a while exploring the beach in Deception Pass State Park near lake Cranberry. A lot of timber had washed up on the shore-line and we clambered over both the logs and rocky promontories.







And round the corner we spotted the Deception Pass bridge that would carry us home.


On reaching the bridge a little later, we disembarked the car and set off to explore both it and its surrounding scenery, like a large number of other visitors. Once again, Mount Baker appeared on the horizon, but it was the structure that created excitement:








On top of that we witnessed a variety of great views: coastal and wildlife:


A pod (or heard) of seals.







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