The bulb fields of the Skagit Valley are a joy to behold. Here are a few
modest photos I took in late April 2002 during a day trip down from
Vancouver.
http://www.johnhudsonphoto.com/flowers03.html
John Hudson
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From: "Mike" <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "1 Olympus Digest" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, 27 March, 2006 12:26 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: OT - Seattle the end of April
>
> Bill,
>
> Weatherwise this is a real crap shoot as others have mentioned. Weather
> on Whidbey should be much better than in Seattle as it rains about 1/2
> as much there...at least on the northern half of the island. Ordinarily
> you could catch the tulip fields in the Skagit Valley on the way to
> Whidbey but this year everything is early and the bloom will be over by
> mid to end of April. <http://www.tulipfestival.org/> Might be worth
> pushing your dates up a few weeks if you can as the spring weather will
> be about the same from now til mid July :(. And the fields are quite a
> sight. Daffs are already about done. Don't plan on going to the Olympics
> unless you can squeeze in a few more days, It's a day just to get out
> there from Seattle. The mountains are still snowed in (until June) and
> the beaches are wet, wet, wet. 5x more rain than Seattle! Instead check
> out Deception Pass, Ebbey's Landing or Fort Casey State Parks on Whidbey
> Isl. and/or take a short ferry ride over to Port Townsend. This could be
> made into a loop trip back to Seattle via Hood Canal bridge and another
> ferry ride.
>
> http://www.parks.wa.gov/parks/
> http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/schedules/current/index.cfm?route=pt-key
>
> Mike
>
>
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