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| STORY & PHOTOS BY PRISCILLA LISTER |
NATURAL WONDERS AND CULINARY STARS ALIGN ON WHIDBEY ISLAND
n a land of lots of scenic wonders, er-edge walkways, secured only inches blue shoreline, complete with sandy and
there is one I return to again and away from the 20,000 cars that travel rocky beaches. There are some 38 miles of
again, despite my sweaty palms, ac- across this engineering achievement ev- hiking trails in this park that invite explo-
I celerated heart rate and shaky limbs. ery day. Standing some 180 feet above the ration of gorgeous spots like North Beach,
swirling waters below, the experience is Goose Rock and Cranberry Lake.
It’s the Deception Pass Bridge, a national both scary and spectacular.
historic landmark at the northern end of Those swirling waters of Deception Pass
Washington’s Puget Sound that is a truly The bridge lies within the most visited really roil, since it is the second-largest
breathtaking span. state park in Washington, Deception Pass connection of the entire Puget Sound to
State Park, where old-growth forests of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific
I force myself to walk across this 1935 cedar, fir, hemlock, spruce, alder and ma- Ocean to the west, the largest being Ad-
bridge on its narrow 3-foot-wide out- ple trees stand tall along miles of bright- miralty Inlet.
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