Camano Island State Park — Tuesday, Jun. 8, 2021

After doing 3 days of trailwork on the SF Cascade, I was ready for a mellow little walk and the hiking grandmas picked this nice state park (Discover Pass). The tide was out far enough to walk from the north parking to the boat launch area all along the beach. We enjoyed watching the little crabs scurry under rocks and wondering when we were going to get a clam squirt next. Lots and lots of seaweed if you like to harvest it. Clamming on this beach is closed tho. A parent toddler group was hanging out on the beach by the boat launch building driftwood forts, climbing on driftwood and playing in the wet rocks. What a great place for kids!! We hiked up the loop trail, once we found it, don't trust the park map much, it wasn't very accurate. To get to the parameter loop, follow the road from the beach up and hit the trail where it takes off from the road. If you take the trail up the ravine, you will have to go back down the road a bit until you hit the trail. This is a nice trail thru the woods, beautifully green with the new growth of ferns and madrone. Once we finished the trail, now called the Howard Adams Forest loop trail, we took the ridge trail back to the north parking lot where we had parked. Yellow was the theme for the flowers, lots of bush lupine growing on the bluff and gumplant (named for the sticky flower bracts? )growing right on the beach, plus a few pink roses. 

Restroom closed at the north parking lot, sanican available or boat launch area has open restrooms. The campground is big, but the sites are separated nicely, should you like to spend a few days. Stopped at the IGA for some Camano Island coffee.