Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park (my rating B+)

Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park is undoubtedly Mountain Biker's paradise!  It has everything under the sun for bikers of all kinds of skill levels.

The park is very well planned and maintained.  The Central Picnic Area is my favourite place, for rest, for snack, and for more biking.

Because it is soooo popular, it is considered lucky to be able to find a spot during mid-day.  As we live in the area, we often come either by mid morning or after mid-afternoon so that we are more likely to find a spot.

The trails are quite busy with all these bikes, dogs must be on-leash.  Bikes often are nice, they slow down when they see a dog and when they overtake.

I'll take some photos and post here.

Paradise Valley Nature Park (my rating B+)

Paradise Valley Nature Park is about 28 miles north-east of Seattle, 40 mins drive from home.

The park itself is well known for mountain biking, but there are also a few trails that reserved for foot traffic only.

(Mountain bike structure)

And trail for foot traffic:

        

The park is pretty well loved and maintained, and this makes the park popular, therefore parking can be a problem..............

Fort Ebey State Park (my rating A)

Fort Ebey State Park is on the west side of Whidbey Island, about 78 miles north of Seattle,  2-hour drive from home.  It is one of my favourite spots during warm days or when I miss the ocean waves.


I love this park because:

It is a proper ocean beach, although the sand isn't really silky sandy, but hey, it's ocean beach regardless......

 

It's not overly crowded, dogs and their human can dip their hands and feet wet in the water in the warm days.  See how wet my baby boy is?

Considering teenagers don't know what "do nothing" is, we bring mountain bikes with us, so that the restless human children of mine can burn energy.  There are trails for hiking and trails for mountain biking.  The map below is from Washing State Park website.

Occasionally a resident Bald Eagle flies overhead.

    

One the way back, don't forget to make a visit to one of several GOOD CAFEs on the Island for coffee and treat.

p.s.: And don't forget to purchase State Park Pass.  We have an annual pass.