I was only woken by the train once overnight. I woke up and it immediately started to rain. I rushed to get my stuff packed down and on my bike before it got too wet. I threw on my rain jacket and pants and put the stove on for coffee. After breakfast I briefly questioned if I really wanted to ride in the rain, but decided with that attitude I might be sitting at the campsite all day, so I pushed off.

The day started with a few miles backtracking to make my way around the road closure, the rain eased up quickly in the end, and the rest of the morning was just patches of light drizzle and rain. By mid morning I was finally meeting the coast and for the rest of the day I would cycle down an island chain, with views of many bays, beaches, mud flats, and islands off in the distance.

The bridge crossing over Deception Pass was particularly pretty, and as I ate lunch the sound of fighter jets filled the skies, there’s multiple naval bases on the island. Over lunch the rain died down but the wind picked up, given the choice I would have preferred a few more hours of drizzle. I originally planned to stop at the park right next to the ferry terminal and catch it first thing, but when I got the campsite I quickly looked at the schedule I saw the first ferry wasn’t scheduled until well after my usual dawn start, and as I was sitting there a ferry pulled in so I quickly rushed over and took the ferry this evening, I’m camped just south of Port Townsend. The campsite here is significantly nicer also, nestled again underneath the tall firs, with a fern covered forest floor.