Whidbey Island is not far from our RV\npark in La Conner and we took a spin over there today. Peggy’s\nsister, Tonie, and her husband, George, live on Whidbey and they\ngraciously agreed to meet us in the neutral corner of Coupeville.\nThey may have wanted to meet us halfway because they have been\ninundated with relatives for the recent past. Tonie and George are a\nbit older than us but they look a lot younger \u2013 the rats. From my\nview they also seem somewhat sharper, which is disconcerting.They\nhave just finished a trip to Norway, Scotland and the Orkney Islands\nbut show no signs of exhaustion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tWe wandered down WA-20, crossing\nFidalgo Island. We exited Fidalgo over the very high bridges at\nDeception Pass which is not a \u201cpass\u201d in the usual sense.\nDeception Pass is a turbulent waterway with a big rock at the center\nlocated in a steep ravine which allows boats to get from Possession\nSound, Port Susan and Skagit Bay into the Strait of Juan de Fuca and\nthe Pacific Ocean without having to make a 100 mile cruise to the\nsouth end of Whidbey Island. The Pass has a considerable amount of\nwater zinging through it every time the tide changes. One would be\nwise to avoid falling in the water anywhere near the Pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tAbout 25 miles after crossing the\nbridges cruising through the city of Oak Harbor and across verdant\nfarmland, we pulled off WA-20 and turned into the tiny town of\nCoupeville. Most of the metropolitan area of Coupeville is three very\nbusy blocks of tiny businesses nestled right up to Skagit Bay. We met\nthe relatives in a joint called Knead and Feed which is a bakery\nupstairs. Down the outdoors stairs is a tiny restaurant that,\nfortunately, has a fair selection of beer although the food was only\nnominal. Several beers and much hobnobbing later we finally\nrelinquished our seats at a table that offered a fabulous view of the\nwater but scant cushioning. Half of my butt went to sleep for a bit.\nI think Peg’s relatives thought I was trying out for a circus\ncontortionist spot because I was obliged to rely on only one cheek. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On our way back from Coupeville we took skinny back roads that allowed us to skirt the east coast of Whidbey Island almost all the way from Coupeville to Deception Pass. We made a short visit to Deception Pass State Park at the south end of the bridges. There is a magnificent stand of old-growth timber here. There were Douglas Fir trees here of a magnitude unseen by me since I quit working for Weyerhaeuser 35 years ago. There are also plenty of massive Spruce and Cedar trees that make up a canopy keeping the park’s roads is deep shade around the clock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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