Dugualla State Park, Washington

Dugualla State Park is our newest park on Whidbey Island.

The trail to the beach begins at the very end of Sleeper Road.  There is parking for about four cars.

The first part of the trail is very nice.

It is quit level and was relatively dry.  I even met hardy hikers with children.  If they could make it...

I decided to take a side trail to the Big Tree.

This trail had not been maintained.  There were logs to climb over.

And one needed to persevere to follow the trail.

I did manage to find the Big Tree.

I rejoined the main trail and continued to the beach.  The path was very muddy.  The "steps" were almost impossible to see, for the mud.  And, it was a bit steep.  Ah, so that was why they said I should have a walking stick!

The beach I found rather unremarkable.  Had it been worth the journey?  It was cloudy and I had no idea if Mt. Baker or some other awesome view might be seen on a clear day.

The area is moist.

I remained on the main trail all the way back to the parking lot.  One first has to get back up the the top of the ridge.

The rest of the trail was not too bad.  Until we have more sun, you may want to have your waterproof hiking boots and a hiking stick if you plan to go all the way to the beach.