We took advantage of the minus tide to hike at Bowman Bay and the headlands. We began at the boat launch and stayed on the beach and skirted around the first rock headland until Reservation Head. Lottie Bay to the west was nearly completely empty, pretty much a mud flat over an hour before the lowest point of the tide. We did a counter clockwise loop on the headland. Looking across to Lighthouse Point I could see a group light colored forms clinging to the rock wall just above the water line, through my lens I discovered anemones losing the fight against gravity until the tide rose once again.

  My third hike of the day. It was quite foggy at the Deception Pass Bridge today but there was some letting up of the fog so I could get a few pictures along the trail. The Lighthouse Point Trail is on the Fidalgo Island side of Deception Pass State Park and that was where I was hiking. I started from up on the hill near the bridge on Highway 20 and hiked down hill hooking up with Lighthouse Point Trail. You then have to cross a sand bar that runs between Lottie Bay and Bowman Bay. I have a favorite spot which is a grassy knoll along the water that gives you a fantastic view of both spans of the bridge. I had to wait awhile to try and see if there was some opening in the fog to get some decent pictures. My VIMEO Website is down so I could not load my video. I will load as soon as possible but you can still checkout hundreds of other videos of trails I have hiked in Washington State at https://vimeo.com/mikemorrison when it comes back up. 

As always get out and see this beautiful state and enjoy your hiking!

Take Care,

Mike

Only have a couple notes because there isn't much to say that hasn't already been said:

1. There is no lighthouse at Lighthouse Point. I had to break the news to several groups that asked how far it was to the lighthouse. There is a nice little viewpoint at Lighthouse Point though and it is worth walking out there.

2. Consider bringing/renting a kayak. I was rather jealous of all the people out on the water and wished that I was able to join them. However, I'm on a college budget and there isn't space for impulsive kayak rentals. If you can though, then I say go for it and take the time to explore the land and the water.

We started this hike at the Pass Lake parking lot/trailhead.  Got there around 8:30am on a Saturday and there were only 3-4 other cars.  The trail to Lottie and Lighthouse Point was a little hard to find, it is right across the street from the trailhead behind the large Deception Pass State Park sign right by the road (there is a small sign that gives a distance to Lottie Point).  It was foggy that morning and chillier than expected.  A prior trip report had mentioned the trail to Lottie Point being overgrown, but it seems to be fine now.  There was so much fog that the Deception Pass bridge was often almost impossible to see; eerie and beautiful.  After doing the loop on Lottie Point, we headed over to Lighthouse Point.  On the small causeway of land between the mainland and Lighthouse Point, we saw two seals out in the water!  They were quite far away even for our long camera lens, but still neat to see.  Did the loop on Lighthouse Point and then headed through the busier part of the park towards Rosario Head.  By around 10:30am in the morning the fog had lifted and the views of the surrounding islands and the bridge were better.  By the time we headed back to the car the Olympics were even starting to be visible.  Back to the Pass Lake trailhead around noon, maybe 10-12 cars there and still space for a few more.

The day couldn't have been more beautiful for these hikes! We started off at the trail to Lottie Bay/Point. That was a mistake! What happened to this trail? I've done this one before, but it's a mess now. We stayed on the main trail until we reached a downed tree. We decided to climb over it with our dog, but got into a sketchy mess of a trail. We got out of that one, then went up a couple of the side trails. We gave up on those also. 

All was good though! We then went to Lighthouse Point, which is a trail I've always loved. We even saw one batch of wildflowers. We did a loop on this one. We had our dog, and I'm a hovering dog mom. I made sure she was on a short leash and away from the cliffs. 

Next was the Rosario trail on the other side of Bowman Bay. Just walk down the grass, by the campground and you'll eventually see the trail entrance on the left. We explored a bit of Rosario Beach, then did trails right there which are beyond the cool totem pole.

There are a lot of drop offs on all these trails. We kept our leashed dog very close to us. The views on these trails are beautiful! We couldn't have picked a better day and only saw a handful of other hikers. We had every viewpoint to ourselves. It was another great day and we hiked 5.6 miles. An additional note-the bathrooms in the parking lot are open.