Anacortes

I have been MIA (missing in action) from Blogland since the end of May. No blog sharing and no reading of my fav blogs.

The break has been nice, but I am woefully behind on what my blog friends have been up to.

The Hubster and I took a trip at the end of May/beginning of June to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary!

We drove over to the west side of our state and stayed the night at the Anacortes Ship Harbor Inn.

I stole the following photo from their website, but I don’t think they’d mind.

If ever opportunity comes around again, the Hubster and I would stay here again. We had a small cabin, and it was a very peaceful and serene stay.

The inn is less than a 15 minute walk to the Ferry Terminal. You can see the ferry terminal from the inn and enjoy watching the ferries come and go.

Washington Park is less than a 5 minute drive away, so after we checked in, we headed over to the park to explore.

The beautiful 220 acre park sits on a peninsula at the west end of Fidalgo Island. There are viewpoints to watch marine life, but we did not see any critters of the sea on our hike. We did not know to watch, for one thing. For another, we just wanted to stretch our legs and this is a great place to do just that! If you visit, bring binoculars!

*Clicking on a photo will give you a closer look!

While hiking, we came across a 15-ton granite monument to Tonjes Hinrich Havekost (1840-1911).

Turns out that Havekost owned over 400 acres of land. The German immigrant’s last wishes were “Make my tomb a park”, thus donating the land surrounding the monument that marks his grave specifically for a park.

God bless Tonjes Havekost!

In 1911, inspired by Havekost, the ladies Anacortes Improvement Club sold lemon pies for a quarter a piece in two days during the Inter-Island fair to come up with $315.50 of $1,000 they donated to the effort of preserving the northwest point overlooking Burrows Channels.

This land would eventually become Sunset Beach, a terrific addition to Washington Park (and a great testament to what saving your pennies can do)!

I know the skies are different in these photos, but this is a single day. That is Washington for ya!

The next morning promised to be a gorgeous day and we drove the short distance to the Anacortes Friday Harbor Ferry Terminal.

Have you ever seen a prettier terminal?

We boarded the Chelan ferry and had a very scenic ride.

Mount Baker is gorgeous!

On our way to Orcas Island!

See the world around you!