Category: Get Outdoors
A Barista’s Guide to Visiting Anacortes
Sea Excursions, Woodland Hikes, and History Walks – This is Winter in Anacortes
Rockin’ on the Rock: Rock climbing on Fidalgo Island’s Mt. Erie

Punctuating the western horizon across the Skagit Flats, a rocky dome stands sentinel above Fidalgo Island. For locals, it’s a coming-home beacon; for travelers, a sign they’re nearing Anacortes; for others, the mountain itself is the destination. “Climbing clubs come here from all over—Canada, Montana, California.” Don Caulfield is talking…
Celebrating Deception Pass Park

Deception Pass State Park—only nine scenic miles south of Anacortes—has justly earned its ranking as the most visited of Washington’s 117 state parks, with some several million visitors a year. But once there, it takes only a short stroll to find yourself alone with 600-year-old Douglas-fir trees or Mt. Rainer-to-Canada…