I took our almost-four-year-old on the Bluff Trail, starting at Ebey’s Landing Road. The mountain views across the way were hazy, but we both thought seeing a lake (lagoon) right next to the ocean was pretty neat!
Road: paved
Parking lot: both at noon and 4 PM on a hot, sunny Saturday, the lot was full, with 20-30 cars on the road.
Bathroom: clean and stocked, before and after, including hand sanitizer.
Trail condition:
- Almost 100% of the walk is in direct sunlight, with a few small trees providing momentary shade on the bluff. Bring that sunscreen if you burn easily!
- The upper part was all sandy dirt, mostly hard, easy to follow but slippery for kids in some of the steep downhill parts.
- The lower part was simply walking directly on the beach. That took us FOR-EV-ER. She was enjoying it so much that she had to stop every thirty seconds to admire yet another differently-colored-rock and toss it in the water. Forward motion on a beach is not her strong suit.
Views: the section above the lake/lagoon was definitely our favorite!
Navigation: lots of signs with reminders to stay on the trail, due to dangerous erosion. Side trails made it clear some folks hadn’t, but it wasn’t hard to tell which branch to use.
Ice cream: the trail description wasn’t kidding about the portions being generous at Kapaws Iskreme – a “single” is three scoops! Absolutely delicious, the line moves quickly, and two singles (so, six scoops) were only $15.
All in all, a successful adventure! Hopefully we can make it out that way again sometime.
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