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San Juan Islands Day 1: Lopez Island Intro

10 November 2022 • 45 km / 28 mi (map)

  • Added to Eric Scouten :: Travel on 26 December 2022
  • Washington 75

Lisa showed me around some of her favorite places on Lopez Island today.

We started by hiking out to Watmough Bay …

A leaf-strewn dirt trail winding through a dense evergreen forest of tall firs and cedars, flanked by lush green sword ferns under a soft overcast sky.
Watmough Bay, Lopez Island, Washington
A wide panorama of a sheltered cove with calm dark water, framed by a rocky cliff on the left and a forested headland on the right, with driftwood logs scattered across the gravel beach in the foreground under an overcast gray sky.
Watmough Bay, Lopez Island, Washington
A dirt trail winds through green shrubs and grasses toward a calm bay, with a tall rocky bluff topped by trees rising on the left and distant hills visible across the water under an overcast sky.
Watmough Bay, Lopez Island, Washington

… and then explored Shark Reef Santuary, which gave us a nice view of the (very early) sunset.

A curving wooden boardwalk trail winds through a damp, mossy forest of thin deciduous trees, with fallen leaves scattered on the weathered planks and lush green grasses and undergrowth on either side.
Shark Reef Sanctuary, Lopez Island, Washington
A stand of tall evergreen conifers silhouetted against a bright, partly cloudy sky, with sunlight filtering through the trunks onto a mossy forest floor scattered with fallen logs and low green undergrowth.
Shark Reef Sanctuary, Lopez Island, Washington
A weathered, windswept evergreen tree and a broken snag stand on a rocky, grassy bluff overlooking calm gray-blue water, with a distant wooded shoreline and low hills under a pale blue sky streaked with wispy clouds.
Shark Reef Sanctuary, Lopez Island, Washington
A calm coastal seascape under a sky filled with rippled altocumulus clouds, with a hazy sun glowing low and casting a silvery reflection on the still water. Low rocky outcrops and forested islands sit along the horizon, with strands of kelp visible in the water and grass and rocks in the lower right foreground.
Shark Reef Sanctuary, Lopez Island, Washington
A windswept, gnarled conifer leaning over a rugged, lichen-covered rocky outcrop dotted with grass and evergreens, overlooking the calm sea under a wide blue sky streaked with soft clouds.
Shark Reef Sanctuary, Lopez Island, Washington
A narrow dirt trail with exposed tree roots winds along a rocky coastline through weathered pines and shrubs, overlooking calm gray water and distant forested shores under an overcast sky.
Shark Reef Sanctuary, Lopez Island, Washington
Dark gray rocky outcrops surrounded by calm, rippling seawater, with long strands of bull kelp draped over the rocks and floating on the surface at Shark Reef Sanctuary on Lopez Island.
Shark Reef Sanctuary, Lopez Island, Washington
around Lopez Island, Washington · 45 km / 28 mi
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