White Columbus Day

Even as the Fall colors are just getting started on the St. Anthony Main bridge to Nicollet Island.

Seattle, Anacortes and the Northern Cascades

As the first assault of winter arrived back in Minnesota, we were fortunate enough to be in Washington enjoying a spell of warm, sunny days and visiting two of my favorite people from New College, John and Kristi.

Although hastily conceived, the trip coincided with the Fall migration, so after sleeping off the over-indulgence that accompanies seeing old friends, we headed north to Fidalgo Island to do some birding and tramping. Our luck and the weather held on our hike up to Hidden Lake (video below), which at 6,600 feet and 48N latitude included a lot of up and a fair bit of tramping across ice and snow. The magnificent view was more than worth the effort.

Back down at sea level, we enjoyed a beautiful sunset over Rosario Beach, a great birding spot (you can visit our "Birds we've seen" blog for bird pics).
Just south of Rosario, Deception Pass is a mecca for kayakers. On the ebb tide, terrain and flowing water combine to form several dramatic whirlpools and boils.
Although we are nowhere near brave enough to try anything like that, John (a very skilled paddler) graciously took us on an urban kayak tour on Lake Union in downtown Seattle.

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