South Whidbey State Park — Thursday, May. 14, 2020

Beautiful trail close to the beach, but beach access is currently closed.  There were a lot of people on the west end of the trail, presumably looking for beach access but my daughter and I took the longer of the trails going to the east and it was great with very few people.  It was a little boggy and muddy near the north end of the trail, but there were wood planks to walk on and drier patches at the edges of the trail.  There was a beautiful old-growth cedar near the north end of the trail.  Beware the hobbit trail near the campsites!!  LOTS of nettle on this fairly steep 0.2 mile incline to a gorgeous view of the water in mid-May.