Deception Pass State Park - Headlands / Rosario Head / Lighthouse Point — Sunday, Mar. 21, 2021

Arrived at the Rosario Beach Trailhead around 1 pm. Parking lot was about 80% full. The restrooms (flushing toilets) were open and clean. 

We first headed to Rosario Beach but there were several people in the tide pool area so we didn't stay long and left to hike the trail towards the Bowman Bay parking lot. Lots of nice views from way up high here on the trail. Our pup was very excited to be walking here! We ultimately didn't end up going all the way to Bowman Bay because we came upon a group of ~5 people (none of them masked, or appearing to put on masks as they stopped and saw us approaching). It was a narrower part of the trail with nowhere to really pull off to the side so we turned around instead of dealing with having to pass them so closely. In total on this part of the trail, we passed about 16 people and a majority were masked. 

We went back to Rosario Beach and explored the tide pools. We also saw two bald eagles swoop over and decide to take a rest together on a branch in one of the trees next to the beach. They were quite chatty!

Also hiked up and around Rosario Head. I would highly recommend this part if you are looking to distance from other people. We only came across one couple and one woman at the top and it is a large area where you can easily avoid being close to strangers. Even on a cloudy day, the views are amazing!

In total, our GPS clocked us in at 1.72 miles. We weren't sad/annoyed to cut our hike here shorter than originally planned since we had plans to stop at a few other state parks on Whidbey afterwards. 

This was my first time at this part of Deception Pass (all my past times have been south of the bridge) and it's definitely a different feeling and I loved it. The parking lot is small so I'd imagine going early would be key in summer (just as the other parts of Deception Pass!)