Deception Pass State Park - Goose Rock, Deception Pass State Park - Headlands / Rosario Head / Lighthouse Point — Tuesday, May. 19, 2020

I wasn't going to write a report for his hike, as it is so common, but I have to share the treat that awaits you right now if you head up this way. There are lots of wildflowers all along the bluff and on the top of Goose Rock itself, but the real treat is on the back side of Goose, going up (or down) thru the forest from (or to) the Perameter trail. The woods are FULL of the big beautiful  pink blooms of our native bigleaf rhododendrons and the WA state flower!! The whole hillside is filled with them and they are pristine right now! I have hiked here quite a bit, but never caught this bloom at the right time and now is the right time! There are other wildflowers blooming also, blue camass, sea blush, yellow sedum,tapertip onion and paintbrush. After we were done at Goose, we headed over to Bowman Bay and hiked up to the bluff, where we found more little flowers, sea thrift and a very small lupine which I assume is miniature lupine.