A family emergency has deposited me back on Whidbey Island. I desperately needed to go for a run, and this park is near the house. I hadn't been in this park in a few decades, and I'd forgotten what a gem it is!
I've run it several times in the last few weeks. The Beach Trail is currently closed due to a washout. This closure is marked at the south end; at the north end, it's not marked as a closure, but there's a tree down over the trail. Just heed it & stay off the trail.
The Hobbit Trail is short & has some lovely trees on it. Beware that the decking on the bridge very near the turn-around point is missing.
There's a spot on the trail on the northern end of the loop -- I think it's part of the Fern Gully trail, but I'm not really sure -- where a runner should exercise caution. There's a boardwalk that ends at an up-turned root ball. The wire netting on the boardwalk is raised up & bunched up in a way that'd trip an inattentive runner. (Hikers are unlikely to trip over it, I imagine.)
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