The Hiker Mama

Category: Beach

  • SEA Discovery Center and Point No Point – Trip Report 3/9/18

    SEA Discovery Center and Point No Point – Trip Report 3/9/18

    Yesterday I took Annika and two of her friends on a fun outing over to the Kitsap Peninsula. We took the ferry over from Edmonds to Kingston, and from there it was a quick 20-minute drive to Poulsbo. Our destination was a small aquarium, the SEA Discovery Center, right on the water of Liberty Bay. […]

  • Book Review: Day Hiking Olympic Peninsula, 2nd Edition, by Craig Romano

    Book Review: Day Hiking Olympic Peninsula, 2nd Edition, by Craig Romano

    Mysterious, deep, ancient forests. Coastal beaches and headlands. Alpine meadows with far-reaching views. Lakes and rivers, wetlands and surf. The Olympic Peninsula has a diverse range of habitats and areas to explore. You can research your next adventure to this wild corner of the country by using Craig Romano’s book, Day Hiking: Olympic Peninsula. This […]

  • Tolmie State Park, TR 3/17/17

    Tolmie State Park, TR 3/17/17

    I recently had the chance to drop my kids off with Grandma in the South Sound, and I had the afternoon free to do a hike by myself. Since I was already down there, I thought I should check out a new trail for the website. I picked Tolmie State Park, northwest of Olympia on […]

  • Semiahmoo Park – Trip Report, 3/10/17

    Semiahmoo Park – Trip Report, 3/10/17

    We recently took an afternoon and drove up to Semiahmoo Spit near Blaine to do some birding and check out a new-to-us trail. Semiahmoo Spit is a long sand spit that protects Drayton Harbor. Historically this area was used by Native Americans for harvesting natural resources, and it became an abundant salmon canning area after […]

  • Larrabee SP and Whatcom Falls Park – Trip Report

    Larrabee SP and Whatcom Falls Park – Trip Report

    On Friday we made a quick afternoon trip up to Bellingham to visit Larrabee State Park and Whatcom Falls Park. We tried real hard to miss the rain showers, but ended up getting caught in a few. It was worth it anyway! We didn’t get started until a little after noon. I should know better […]

  • Winter Camping – Salt Creek Recreation Area and Dungeness Spit

    Winter Camping – Salt Creek Recreation Area and Dungeness Spit

    Camping in February? This was a first for my family. I don’t think I’ve ever braved late winter/early spring camping before, but the weather was looking so nice, and we had two bonus days off from classes, so I thought we’d give it a try. We had heard good things about the camping at the […]

  • Guemes Channel and Ship Harbor Trail, Anacortes

    Guemes Channel and Ship Harbor Trail, Anacortes

    A couple of weeks ago we took advantage of a warm afternoon to hike a new trail to us: Guemes Channel and Ship Harbor Trails up in Anacortes. We found these little gems in Craig Romano’s newest hiking guide for the San Juans and Gulf Islands. Leaving from a cul-de-sac, the trails go off in […]

  • Cranberry Lake/Cama Beach State Park

    Cranberry Lake/Cama Beach State Park

    Last Friday we were able to squeeze a quick trip in between morning and evening commitments.  We’ve had many Fridays like this lately – seems we haven’t had the time we are used to having!  We took a little drive up to Cama Beach State Park on Camano Island.  I had never been there before, […]

  • Washington Park, Anacortes – Trip Report

    Washington Park, Anacortes – Trip Report

    Sometimes we don’t really feel like hiking on a particular day.  Sometimes we’re tired, we’ve been running from one thing to the next and the next with no room to breathe.  We face a choice – continue to be busy and go hiking (with all the preparation and energy exertion that requires) or stay home, […]

  • Stalking Snowy Owls

    Stalking Snowy Owls

    OK, well, maybe we didn’t really need to do any stalking, but we had a neat trip last weekend to go see some visiting snowy owls.  Some of you might remember last year when we had a record number of snowy owls visiting the lower 48.  Last year was an irruption year, when conditions are […]