Edmonds, Washington

Check out the map. In the bottom left-hand corner, at the north end of Lake Washington, is Kenmore, the town we call home. To the west, on the brisk waters of Puget Sound, is Edmonds. Edmonds has about 40,000 residents and it is a fairly affluent little city.

The forecast for this past Saturday was sun, and more sun, so Mike and I decided to make the short drive to Edmonds to wander around. The waterfront is home to a couple of fresh seafood restaurants and there is a great view of the Olympic Mountains to the west.


Fish-art embedded into the rocks at the pier.

Edmonds is also a port to the Washington State Ferries system with a run to Kingston, the gateway to the Olympic Peninsula. Plus, there is a good-sized marina with all types of boats and a sandy beach for those brave souls who dare get into the water.


But the most activity on the water happens on the Edmonds pier. We were surprised to see all of the fishing poles dangling in the water. And we were even more surprised to see the numerous crab nets continuously tossed from the pier into the water by the crabbers looking for dinner. We didn’t see any fish hauled in, but we did see one guy with a good-size red crab – although one of its large claws was missing.


Here's Mike!

We strolled along the marina and watched crabs swiftly moving on the sea floor and I even caught a quick glimpse of an eel! There were small fish swimming in the kelp and lots of little translucent jellyfish floating by.

We relaxed on a park bench and took in the activities of the playful children splashing in the water and digging in the sand.



We stopped to say hello to some people and even spotted a small seal!

We searched and searched the marine vista for a whale sighting, but none was to be had. Eventually we ambled back to the truck and headed home to Kenmore.