Deception Pass State Park - Headlands / Rosario Head / Lighthouse Point, John Tursi Trail & Deception Pass State Park - Pass Lake — Sunday, Mar. 30, 2025

My son was curious about the abandoned mine and cabin ruins off the Tursi Trail after I told him about running past it on a trail run so we went searching for the cave. We started at the Pass Lake loop to the Tursi Trail, which was lovely and shaded, although a bit muddy once pas the lake. Skunk cabbage is blooming as are fairy slippers and giant fawn lilies. The kids played with rolly poly bugs, aka potato bugs, aka wood louses, aka pill bugs while we ate lunch near the balds at the top of the trail there were also plenty of ladybugs to play with. The kids liked playing hide and seek behind some of the larger trees on the trail but were unimpressed by the old mining tunnel. After our walk we went to Rosario head and learned about Elsie May the elephant seal from a NOAA biologist and played on the beach. Finally we soaked our feet and played on the new play structure at Bowman Bay. The kids had a great time and my 7 year old was excited to learn the elephant seal was also 7.