I have a confession. I…am…a…cat lover. There. I said it. No offense to dogs, which I also love (even a certain sweet, hyperactive Cairn terrier that would rather chase a ball for an hour than spend five minutes on my lap), but if I had to make the pet version of Sophie’s Choice, I’d be …
Category Archives: Recreation
Navigating the Trails at Joseph Whidbey State Park
Recently, I took two trips in as many days to Joseph Whidbey State Park, which, although not far from where I live, I hadn’t spent much time in the past. My husband warned: it’s wet. That turned out to be the understatement of the year. The first time, I parked in a large gravel parking …
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The Perfect Walk (Hike or Trail Run) at Goose Rock from the Parking Lot
Now that I’ve finally figured out the trail system around Goose Rock, I have decided that these are the two most ideal hikes in terms of time, effort and scenery that begin from the parking lot north of Deception Pass Bridge. Either way, you’ll need to park, display your Discover Pass, and head towards the …
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Local Robotics Teams Compete at FIRST Tech Challenge Pasteur Interleague Championships
Last Sunday, January 11, the First Tech Challenge Pasteur Interleague Championship was held at Everett High School. Twenty-nine of the thirty-two teams between Bellevue and British Columbia that qualified to participate showed up for a battle of the robots. As it was my first time attending a robotics competition, I had a lot to learn, …
Horseback Riding at Ocean Shores
Even before our trip, my sister JoDee, who participated in horse 4-H in high school and best remembers the year that our parents gave her a saddle for Christmas in order for her to ride the horses that the people across the street owned–she’d sit on the fence that surrounded them and wish she could be riding, mentioned that …
Run Ragnar Northwest Passage
Four Septembers ago, just after I started trail running weekly with a group of gals, I asked if any of them might be interested in running Ragnar Northwest Passage, a nearly two-hundred mile relay race that begins in Blaine, Washington, near the Canadian border and ends in Langley on the south end of Whidbey Island. It …
Hiking at Sharpe Park
Always on the lookout for a new place to trail run, I headed out to Sharpe Park, “Together, Montgomery-Duban Headlands Park and Sharpe Park comprise a forest of over 110 acres and almost a mile of natural area shoreline,” to hike on a recent sunny afternoon, thinking that it would be a great opportunity to check …
Birding (and Anemone-ing) at Ala Spit
Only days remain in the winter crabbing season, so I decided to take my crabbing net along on a dog-walk with my family at Ala Spit. In the past couple of years, restoration work has been done at the spit. The first thing we noticed was was a wide log-less sandy section at the entrance to the …
Crabbing at Cornet Bay
If you want to be guaranteed to harvest legal-sized Dungeness or Red Rock crab around Whidbey Island: buy a boat. If that’s not an option, you should try crabbing from the dock at Cornet Bay. With boaters, fishermen and crabbers all sharing the same dock space, it can get a little crowded in the summer; …
Whidbey Half Marathon
As the new year approaches, it’s a great time for runners to consider signing up for something new. And if you haven’t tried the Whidbey Island Half Marathon, you should. The date for the 2015 race is set for Sunday, April 19, 2015 which is about the time of year that the weather begins to …
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