Mukilteo Beach - II

There are all sort so weathered tree bits on the beach to see.

Mukilteo Beach

I like to visit the beach in Mukilteo to have a look about once in a while. There are always interesting bits of wood to see and the clouds can often be quite nice.

Pioneer Cemetery Continued

This grave makes it clear that Civil War officers were among the many that came west to find their fortunes.

Pioneer Cemetery, Mukilteo

While I was coming home from Mukilteo, I found this small cemetery on the cliff above the beach. Cemeteries are always interesting.

More Mukilteo Beach

Those if you who have followed this blog for a while know that I enjoy photographs that belie their era or location by hiding the clues or simply being sufficiently abstract. This image above is one of these. This could be a swirl in the mud, a aerial photograph of riparian habitat, or, as in this case, the crosscut view of the twisted growth of a tree.

Mukilteo Beach - 5

Of course, we weren't just visit the beach to take photos of rocks and trees. We also came to play. The children were suitably clothed for the weather and enjoyed digging such sand as there was. Not how we normally think of dressing for the beach, is it.

Mukilteo Beach - 4

I find the abstraction of the wood and stone appealing. These organic shapes always display figures unexpected.

Mukilteo Beach - 3

You can tell that this is a rocky beach, not one of those sissy beaches all covered in sand like you find in warm places. This one is for those stout folks among us. If you get far enough from the water's edge, there is some coarse sand, but not much.

Mukilteo Beach - 2

There is lots of tree parts on this beach. I can't tell if these washed up all on their own or were hauled to give it the "PNW beach look" since this is how most beaches here actually look. If just doesn't seem like this part of Puget Sound has this many trees in it sloshing around. I don't know.

Mukilteo Beach

On what appeared to be a bright sunny day, we decided to head out to the beach. Since it was Anna's Birthday and she wanted to get out of the house for a little while, we headed to Mukilteo where is a modest but nice beach/public park.

Japanese Gulch

In Mukilteo, between Everett and Lynnwood, is the parks called the Japanese Gulch. It seems to be a strip of land that no one could build on so the town converted it to a park with hiking trails. Lots of dead, moss-covered trees to explore if you can manage the climbing up and down the hills.