Arrived at the North Beach parking lot of Camano Island SP just before 10 am. Only one other car in the lot at this time. The restrooms were open and clean.
Headed down the stairs to the beach with our pup, but because it was high tide, there wasn't much beach to walk safely on. Note that the stairs closest to the restrooms will take you down to the beach but upon the end of the stairs there are a bunch of logs (and a barrier to block waves) so it can be slippery when wet. We let her sniff around a bit at what little beach there was and then walked back to the lot and up the road to take the Cross Island Trail to Cama Beach SP.
The walk to Cama Beach is nice but be aware that a good portion of the "trail" is actually along the shoulder of the main road where cars zoom by very quickly. Once back in "actual trail" in Cama Beach SP, it's a nice wooded area. There were patches of muddy spots but totally manageable with my running trail shoes.
Cama Beach was easier to walk along even at high tide than North Beach at Camano Island SP. There were a handful of people around, it looked like folks who were staying at the cabins along the beach there. It was super windy at the beach and we unfortunately saw two large Mylar ballons fly by across the water ...
On our return hike back to Camano Island SP, we saw one deer along the side of the road starring across the street at our pup. Didn't see any others around but assumed the mom was nearby since this one looked quite small and young.
Returned to the car about 2 hours later and GPS said we hiked 4.8 miles (including the walking at both beaches). We went by about 8 people and 5 dogs in total on the trail.
It was overall a nice morning adventure with our pup on the island but the one disappointment was all the dog poop we saw along the trail ... more than we encounter walking in more heavily populated/crowded trails closer to/in Seattle. None the less, looking forward to returning to Camano to explore the other trails we didn't have time for today!
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