Anacortes, Washington

 Our time in the PNW is really winding down now!  Uneventful ferry reservation for the trip from San Juan Island back to the mainland in the morning.

View from the top deck of the ferry of Friday Harbour.

The ferry was at capacity for cars, but the passenger area is almost empty.

Not sure why they have so much capacity for people and so little for cars....

Heading mostly eastbound, the view in between islands with (I believe) snowy Mt. Baker in the distance.

There were several private boats out sailing.  Beautiful big boat - I only saw one couple on it.

Approaching the destination of Anacortes.

We couldn't check in to the next AirBnB until 3pm so we, of course, took a nice hike.  

Just a few miles out of Anacortes was Whisper Lake with a nice 3.7 mile trail around it.  Perfect for our last hike in the PNW.  Really nicely maintained trails.

Lots of elevation changes....I didn't read the details of this one ahead of time.  I assumed it was a pleasant walk just around the lake at the low lakeside level.

 

But it actually climbed up and down the rolling hills surrounding the lake.  Good for the heart rate!

 

A lovely day and a lovely hike.  So happy we had such wonderful weather for almost all of the 35 days we were here.

 Tomorrow will be a travel day - we'll have to get back to Seattle, turn in the rental car and make our way back via the light rail to the airport.  Our flight back to Raleigh will be overnight tomorrow night so we'll likely be pretty wiped when we get home the next day.