<p>We have been camping in my backpacking tents but as a family we had outgrown them. When REI had their summer sale and the <a href="http://marmot.com/products/limestone_4p">Marmot Limestone 4</a> family tent went on deep discount we bought it. So with sunny skies and nothing on the agenda we decided to put it to the test at no-longer-a-State-Park <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Bainbridge_State_Park">Fay Bainbridge</a>.</p>

<p>Dad, daughter, sunrise with the lucky find of a low tide – taken the same morning as the <a href="/2009/09/15/touch/">sea star</a>.</p>

<p>I’ve been busy, extremely busy, of late so I’m seriously behind in posting some photos. Let’s play catch-up.</p>

<p>I spent a day traveling to the Skagit River to view the <a href="/2009/02/14/river-mountains-eagles/">eagles</a> when all I really had to do was go to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Bainbridge_State_Park">Fay Bainbridge</a> – the park hosts a pair overlooking the Sound from their nest.</p>

<p>After weeks of snow, rain and colds we needed some outside time and turned to one of our favorite and frequent destinations, <a href="/2008/10/18/water-marsh-foulweather-bluff-preserve/">Foulweather Bluff Preserve</a>. We haven’t been there in winter nor in stormy weather so we weren’t sure what to expect.</p>

<p>We love the sunset and have been seeing plenty of really striking ones recently. Yesterday we viewed the show at <a href="http://www.parks.wa.gov/parkpage.asp?selectedpark=Fort%20Ward">Fort Ward State Park</a> and while the sky was decent I think the next set of photos work because of the bird flying through the frame – scroll quickly to make it all movie-like.</p>

<p>We always enjoy our time in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Townsend">Port Townsend</a> and so we decided to spend another perfect Saturday in November in our “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin">Madison</a> of the Pacific Northwest”.</p>

<p>In need of some sun, sky and water, we traveled to one of our favorite places off Island – <a href="http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/washington/preserves/art6363.html">Foulweather Bluff Preserve</a>.</p>

<p>Hours and hours of yard work have kept us close to home this weekend and last but I wanted to get in a short hike, no matter how short. At my reading group I was told about a beach access trail I hadn’t traveled so my daughter and I set out on Saturday morning to check it out.</p>