It’s embarrassing. Some of the places I haven’t been. Now that I’ve been to Kayak Point I want more of the same. Here’s a sampling of what we saw on this short trip. Not even a day trip; more like a short excursion and we’re back in Bothell by noon. Kayak Point is just north of Everett, Washington.

We enter a new and improved Kayak Point with fresh asphalt, roundabouts, and a new pier. It looks fresh and clean if you like that kind of stuff. I’m into the water and view of distant lands. Somewhere there is Whidbay Island and to the right should be Camano Island. I’ll have to check the map.

Wind down the road to the beach. Until you see the pier and boat launch. We found ourselves at the right-most parking area, behind the covered picnic area. We walked along the water to the pier. I went to the end of the pier and chatted with the locals. I asked dumb questions but they said no question was dumb. No one knew each other. For some it was their first time fishing from the pier. Most were crabbing and pulling up undersized ones by the cage full. These are not thrown back but placed in a bucket and lowered down. They do this because launching a crab from the pier to the water below, about 30 feet, will stun the little guys. But I kept seeing people fling them when they told me it was wrong to do that. Not sure what I was seeing.

We pass a man who I thought was homeless and living out of his van. He was onshore with a giant pot of steaming water. What I didn’t know was that his friends were out on a boat crabbing. Later in the day I saw them gather and cook up some crabs. He wasn’t homeless at all, he was the cook.

Michele and I connected by up and took inventory of the trees and plants. We stop at a row of Empress trees. When we look closely we notice larvae and ladybugs in various stages of maturity. The ladybug dazzles when they are fully formed.

We continue to observe various species of plants. None familiar like the Puget Sound gumweed, curly dock, asters, California poppys, Woods rose, and Strawberry clover.

Along the shore, amongst the rocks, is a large red translucent jelly fish. I photograph and video this creature amazed for the fact that I can see through it to the rocks underneath.

We finish out trip by a long walk along the water’s edge with driftwood logs the size of whales lining the shore. Water glistens as I watch the many seagulls and ducks doing their thing. They aren’t the only ones; boats of different sizes and speeds cross back and forth. Numerous crab boats close to shore raise and lower the pots. Everyone is in on the action. And then there are the kayakers. What would Kayak Point be without a school of Kayakers.