Looking North
Last Sunday I did a WTA Trail Ambassador tabling event at the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe, WA. My table partner was Richard Mellon. Richard is a great guy. He lives north and west of us in Anacortes, WA. Anacortes is in the NW corner of the state, on the water, served by various ferries.
Richard’s descriptions of the town and a park near the town called Sharpe Park caught my interest and today Jan and I headed there to check it out. We loved it.
Sharpe Park has a nice network of trails. I am sure you could stitch together a longish route but Jan is not a big hiker so we just took the Sares Head Trail to the Overlook, about 1.8 miles round-trip. The trail goes through very beautiful second growth forest with quite a number of sights along the way – a pond, huge boulders, etc.
The view from the overlook is spectacular, if you like views from high cliffs overlooking islands and a large body of water. It didn’t hurt that the weather today was perfect, about 75 degrees and quite sunny.
The city of Anacortes is much bigger than we thought it would be. We walked around, had lunch, browsed in some shops. There is a Saturday Farmer’s Market but it closes at two, and that’s about the time we finished lunch. We will be back and will make sure we have more time to explore this great waterfront city.
Here is the view looking south:
South