January Blues

I have a dead-of-winter birthday awkwardly lodged between the excitement of the holidays and what is typically a long, lonely stretch of cold-as-hell, gloomy weather. January blues. So I haven’t historically been big on celebrating my birthday - it’s tough to muster up the mood (or the guest list).

But this year, we took our new truck, loaded up our bikes, and went to Whidbey Island for some Puget Sound views and seafood. Pictured here, a few favorite views from that weekend.

Discovery Park

At the base of a substantial hill in west central Seattle and right on Puget Sound across from Bainbridge Island is a beach park that feels surprisingly remote for a place just 6 miles from downtown. The other week, we took a masked, distanced park walk with old friends and their beautiful, well-trained border collie.