Ebey's Landing — Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2025

We had a great hike to Ebey’s Landing today, starting from the parking area of Ebey’s Landing Historical Reserve Office adjacent to Sunnyside Cemetery. No cars were in the lot when we pulled in at 10:00.  The vault toilet building was open, clean and stocked with supplies.  The 2 historical buildings on site were closed.  It was 58 degrees with partially cloudy skies. Our 5+ mile route followed the Ebey’s Prairie Ridge Trail,  R on the Bluff Trail, down to the beach and the Ebey’s Landing National Historic Reserve along the beach to Robert Pratt Reserve.  Spring is a great time to see spring wildflowers and lots of birds!  Red winged blacked birds and white crown sparrows loved the yellow mustard and mouse eared chickweed.  A highlight was 8 soaring bald eagles just above the bluff trail.  Many shore birds were floating along the surface - gulls, cormorants, Megnazers and more.  The real spring wildflower display is just starting.  We saw mustard, common stork’s bill, Oregon grape, lupine, vetch, camas, Oregon grape and more.  Trail traffic was super light, more folks were walking on the beach starting from the Ebey’s Landing drive up beach access. As the day progressed the clouds parted and mostly sunny, with alow tide and we had a leisurely beach lunch on the driftwood logs. The Olympics were mostly cloud covered but it was fun watching the different ships coming and going out in the shipping channel.  Another fantastic day out in nature with friends.