Deception Pass and more WOES!

Mt. Erie

Sunday morning. The sun is shining and it is warming up. My daughter is going to be our chauffeur today. We head northwest out of Stanwood. Sally makes a quick stop in Skagit Wildlife Management area hoping to see birds. Oh, did we! A beautiful female eagle keeping watch over an offspring that apparently has just learned to fly. My camera just couldn't get a good close up shot. What an enormous nest they build! We spent considerable time watching the birds.

Another surprise is in store! I haven't seen my grandson in two years and with the help of the cell phones we make connections. He has just passed the intersection where we are waiting for a light to turn on to the same highway, but in a different direction. Gregg, if you are reading this, Thanks so much for your lovely post meeting text message. I love you!

Sally decides we need to see the view from atop Mt. Erie. The above picture was taken from the road, looking up to the mountain. The picture below shows the road we traveled. It was kind of hazy on top so many of the pictures did not do the view justice,

Lake Campbell from atop Mt. Erie

Our next stop is Deception Pass. This is probably one of the most photographed places in Washington State. Due to four tides a day, this pass used by boaters to get out to the Straits is very dangerous and must be attempted at high tide. If one has a fear of heights, this is not the bridge to be standing on. We just happened to be there at high tide and got to see a lot of water traffic, from a tug boat, pleasure craft, and kayaks, that use the narrower, calmer channel through the pass. My son-in-law vouches for the danger of going through the pass at low tide!

Deception Pass and Bridge

On our way home we stopped at the Snow Goose Produce to have one of their homemade ice cream on homemade waffle cones. Way too much for a single cone! I should have taken a picture!

And now for the woe! Friends drove the "Road Runner" to a repair shop to have them pressurize the cooling system to see why I had to keep adding antifreeze. They found a hole in the upper hose assembly. We ordered the part through our trusted supplier in San Diego for overnight shipment. The service repair gave the wrong part number, so I again am waiting for the right part to arrive on Monday. I will have both hoses changed out while I am at it. Many more mountains to cross as we head east in the next day or two.