Summer Diaries | Saturday, September 9
Yesterday, in honor of it being the last day of my summer break, I went to Deception Pass.
To be fair, yesterday was also the last day of my second-born's long, luxurious summer stay in the Pacific Northwest before heading back to Ohio, and the trip was as much her idea as it was mine.
But off we both went, with my husband playing chauffeur, to this particular patch of heaven.
Deception Pass, if you haven't been, is many things.
^ It's a ferry ride across the deep blue waters of Puget Sound, a short skip from our little town on mainland to Whidbey Island.
It's a wink and a smile to the Mukilteo Lighthouse, tiny against the huge blue sky and sea, holding fast to her sandy edge of the continent.
^ It's my dog, Gracie, full of enthusiasm and ready for high adventure, who knows that any day that starts with a face full of wind on the open deck of the ferry is going to be a good one.
^ It's a bridge. Tucked into rocky cliffs, overlooking turbulent turquoise waters and glistening green in the late summer sun, she's an engineering marvel and a straight stunner.
^ It's a viewpoint, sharing vistas of headlands, bluffs, islands, promontories, and endless water rolling all the way out the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the open Pacific.
^ It's boats and bridges and docks and people, people, people, all enjoying the rugged beauty of the Pacific Northwest and the singular delight of this incomparable corner of the world.
^ And in the end, a trip to Deception Pass is a return back across the sunlit waves to our hometown native-styled ferry landing, feeling fresh and free and ready for whatever the new season may offer.
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