Layover

 

Looking northeast from Anacortes towards the Cascade Mountains in Canada.  On our last trip to the San Juan Islands, we missed our scheduled ferry by three cars, so we enjoyed a few hours on the beach.

Docked

The Anacortes Ferry Terminal as seen from the beach.  This ferry had just arrived from Sidney, British Columbia.  As the cars unloaded, those of us waiting for our ferry to the San Juan Islands had to wait behind a locked gate as customs agents processed the cars and then swept through the ferry.

Skywatch Friday: Samish Bay

This past Valentine's day we celebrated by taking our girls for a cruise up Chuckanut Drive when we snapped this shot of the sun setting over Anacortes and Guemes Island. Although not visible in this picture, two refineries lie just beyond the low island to the left.

We awoke this morning to reports that an explosion has killed three workers and seriously injured four at one of the refineries.

Bellingham Daily Photo's thoughts are with the families, friends and co-workers of those whose loved ones were lost or injured this morning.

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Puget Sound

Last January we had an inversion that resulted in the temperatures in the mountains being being a lot warmer than in the lowlands. Lizziviggi took the girls on a hike up Blanchard Mountain to take advantage of the weather. A hang glider launch on the mountain offers fantastic views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Peninsula on the horizon.