Camping, beach, mountain.

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

We have been camping in my backpacking tents but as a family we had outgrown them. When REI had their summer sale and the Marmot Limestone 4 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 Fay Bainbridge.

We day-trip to the park frequently but only camped there once before and not as a family nor at the beach. Being the good Midwestern-raised rule-followers we are we chose one of the less-than-spectacular gravel sites for our tent because that’s what the signs say to do (though it was near an enormous thicket of salmonberries of which I ate my share – if this cold, wet spring is good for anything the salmonberries have been outstanding!). After our camp was set up we saw a whole city of tents appear on the lawn closer to the beach – we learned later the common sense school of camping now applies to Fay Bainbridge and though it’s not explicitly stated you can camp on the lawn. Next time!

Blue skies, sun, shell.

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

I spent a day traveling to the Skagit River to view the eagles when all I really had to do was go to Fay Bainbridge – the park hosts a pair overlooking the Sound from their nest.

americana

I know they’re hard to see on the tree to the far left but I wanted this shot.

eagle soaring

One of the eagles decided to stretch their wings and soared around for a minute or two before coming back to the nest.

Fay-Bainbridge on

Camping, beach, mountain.

Blue skies, sun, shell.