Ebey's Landing — Saturday, May. 30, 2009

Puget Sound and Islands > Whidbey Island

It probably took about an hour to get to the trail head from Mount Vernon. We arrived around 10:30 which I thought would be a little late but it worked out perfectly. It was alot cooler on Whidby than it was when we left our house because of the cool marine air. And the fog was just beginning to burn off of the sound. It we had arrived any earlier it would have been way too cold and we wouldn't have had a view. The trail starts by going up to the edge of a bluff. There were alot of different wild flowers and roses. There were also a variety of birds. I'm not really a bird watcher but the birds were really colorful and were singing. We also saw a bald eagle fly in front of us and go into the tree line that the trail follows. The only down side to this hike were the amount of mosquito's on the first part of the trail. Whidby Island seems to have alot of monster mosquito's this time of year, but they are male mosquito's and do not bite. I'm not sure when the females come out but luckily they were more of a nuisance than anything else. The hike follows the top of a bluff along a tree line and you get to see a bunch of knarled trees and you get a beautiful view of Mt.Baker, and the Olympics as you walk about two miles. You get to see a beautiful laggon and the beach below as you hike. Then the trail descends to the beach and you walk back to your car. My husband thinks he saw a seal. If you go on this trail wear lots of sun screen since you are exposed to the sun for the entire 4 miles.