Deception Island suddenly looked very far away...
And the beach was rockier than I had imagined from the other side...
But we were correct in saying that North Beach gets very little sun...
Then it was back into Coupeville, a quaint little town only about 10 minutes from Fort Casey.
The mountain even followed us there...
We wandered around a bit, bought some licorice (spicy, salty and sweet) from a little Dutch store and enjoyed a Sfogliatelle Ricce, an Italian pastry filled with strawberry ricotta. I'd never had one before and had to try it.
Not only was the pastry delightful but they recommended going to Fort Ebey State Park as the best place to watch the sunset.
It was a bit early, so we explored a bit first...
Battery 248 was built in 1942 and had two 6" guns installed to protect the entrance of Admiralty Inlet during WWII at the end of 1943. It was used for training after the war and became a state park in 1965.
There are miles of trails to explore in the park but we decided to wander through the big field to the lookout instead... ;)
When I realized you could climb down the ladder down into it, I just had to check out the view from inside...
Turns out the view is the same. It's just cooler from in there. LOL
Turned out the view of the sunset from up there was worth it, too...
This tree was so neat...
We wondered why we'd seen so many people on the beach the day before. Then we realized they were salmon fishing from the shore. We even watched a guy catch one while we were there!
If we were rich and had time to spare, we may have stayed for the tree climbing activity that afternoon in the beach parking lot. A local company was doing a canopy tree climbing trip. I'm sure the views were spectacular!
Thankfully, this wasn't one of the climbing trees... LOL
Then we broke camp and drove about 20 miles to Fort Casey. On the way I checked our reservations to figure out our site number and realized I had reserved a camp site with absolutely no hook ups. I knew, once again, I'd married a great guy when he didn't complain one bit. <3 :="" div="" had="" hand="" it="" left.="" nbsp="" on="" only="" other="" site="" the="" they="" was="">
Turns out it also had no shade or privacy...
But it did have a bit of a view of Mt Baker and the ferry. Until the neighbors moved in...
The mountain even followed us there...
We wandered around a bit, bought some licorice (spicy, salty and sweet) from a little Dutch store and enjoyed a Sfogliatelle Ricce, an Italian pastry filled with strawberry ricotta. I'd never had one before and had to try it.
Not only was the pastry delightful but they recommended going to Fort Ebey State Park as the best place to watch the sunset.
It was a bit early, so we explored a bit first...
Battery 248 was built in 1942 and had two 6" guns installed to protect the entrance of Admiralty Inlet during WWII at the end of 1943. It was used for training after the war and became a state park in 1965.
There are miles of trails to explore in the park but we decided to wander through the big field to the lookout instead... ;)
When I realized you could climb down the ladder down into it, I just had to check out the view from inside...
Turns out the view is the same. It's just cooler from in there. LOL
Once again, a steep trail up a hill to another trail called our names and we followed...
The trail got a little sketchy towards the top but the view of Mt Rainier was worth it!
Since we had some time to kill until it really got dark we followed the trail along the bluff for a bit...
Every once in a while, the trail would meander back into the woods before returning to the bluff...
This tree was so neat...
But was even more so when silhouetted by the setting sun looking back...
We weren't sure exactly what this sign meant or what it was referring to but it was silly so I took a picture of it anyway...
The couple at the Italian restaurant was right. Fort Ebey was the best sunset we saw all week!
It was also the warmest. So we found a bench and just sat and enjoyed the show... <3 nbsp="" p="">
It was so lovely but the impending dark hike back and hunger drove us to leave lovely Fort Ebey...
Since Coupeville shuts down pretty early, we drove back into Oak Harbor for gas for the truck and fish & chips for us. Turned out not all of Coupeville closed early, so we stopped by a local tap house for beers before returning to camp...
Unfortunately, we had been tricked by our warm sunset viewing and the trailer was COLD when we got back. But we had filled up the propane tanks before leaving, so heat was not a problem. That was until we learned that our almost dead battery was not enough to keep the valve open on the furnace. So we bundled up, put an extra blanket on the bed, snuggled together and turned in early...
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