Drove north from our campground to Greenbank Farms where we bought a delicious homemade cherry pie and specialty cheeses. Next weekend is their Loganberry Festival and medieval costumed horseback riders were practicing. Too bad we won't be here for that as it looks like fun.
We continued driving north to Coupeville, a small town that sits on Penn Cove, home of world-famous mussels. The mussels are pulled up on chains onto large platforms spread out across the cove. Unfortunately, I had a huge breakfast, so we didn't stop for one of my favorite meals - steamed mussels.
We did find a wonderful little byway that runs along the whole bay with a pullout where we could watch folks sunning themselves, walking dogs, strolling the beach, and fishermen putting in their boats while we had a light lunch and a nap.
A little further north, we went through the Island's major town, Oak Harbor and on to Deception Pass. We walked both sides of the bridge across the narrow passage between Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands, reminding us of the Thousand Lakes on the New York State/Canada border.
We continued north on Fidalgo Island to the town of Anacortes, the gateway to the San Juan Islands where ferries run to and from the islands as well as other parts of Washington and Canada. Our campsite is next to the marina, basically a parking lot, but with full hookups and convenient to the ferry terminal for our trip tomorrow through the San Juan Islands to Victoria, Canada.
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