A Photo Safari of Mukilteo

On Amber's first day at work she was too ill to go in. We had driven from the blueberry farm down to Mukilteo, and when we arrived two hours later, she knew she wouldn't be able to work, so we drove down to the water, hoping for a place to just be. We found ourselves in the little town of Mukilteo where the ferry travels back and forth to the south end of Whidby Island. The Coast Guard has a working lighthouse here - with a huge fog horn.....

The lighthouse is the town's main symbol.
You can enjoy watching the ferry arrive while at the light house.


Or you can sit at my favorite coffeeshop up the hill, see Puget Sound and
watch the ferries come and go every half hour.

Mukilteo just finished a park right at the water's edge, next to the light house. This is where we came that first day. We parked right almost in the same spot as our black car in this photo.

Many a person drives here on their lunch hour, early morning, or sunset, to watch the water, the seagulls, the boats, the ferries, Whidby Island, or just to soak in the peace-
fulness. Along along this area of Puget sound, the land rises steeply and there are few area built right on the water.

In the park, there are fire pits for families to come and grill hot dogs. Many people enjoy it. We certainly do. There's a public dock where people can launch boats.

Along the water there are all kinds of driftwood. It is my under-
standing that it is not lawful to remove it from the beach.

You never know what you might see here.









Boats, planes, trains. From Tacoma to Bellingham, the train runs along the water's edge. In Mukilteo, it's right behind the park.

In July, I travelled to Portland via Amtrak, and saw breath-
taking views from the train. This view of the Sound was taken from the train.


On the way home from Portland, I saw a magnificent place. Later I discovered it is only about four miles from where I live. Picnic Point is a little park that you get to by driving down a long ravine, climbing up over the tracks via pedestrian bridge to come out a place you can walk along the water. From the ravine comes a stream of water that makes its way out to the sound. That's Whidby Island in the distance.

After all the snow and ice of these last four weeks, it was quite wonderful to go down to the park and watch the sun go down.