Camano Island State Park — Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020

What a great day to be playing around on the beach and in the woods! The trails in this park are a mix of beach walk, ridge and forest. We parked at the north parking lot, hiked along the ridge, then down to the beach and along the beach. This is the first time hiking along the beach going north, as the tide has always been in too far before. Here we were lucky to see two jellies, see and hear loons, a heron and an eagle. We met a couple of guys who had notebooks and said they were having a meeting, way better than zoom! We walked back along the beach, took the Loop trail thru the woods  around the perimeter of the of the park and back to the beach. The bigleaf maples are in color and Pacific Madrone are all nicely berried up. Look for the pickleweed near the brackish water by the picnic tables at the beach, an interesting low growing little plant that looks like a pickle. More people than we normally see here in the off season, but hardly a crowd, most people just hanging out on the beach enjoying the sun. Restrooms are open at the north beach, and on bunch or restrooms open at the boat launch. Vault toilets closed.                                                                                                     We then stopped  on the Cama beach road and walked to Cranberry lake for a bit more walking (1.4 miles RT). Turn left coming out of the park and look for a kiosk and parking for 2 cars just down the road.