When I say the “last trail,” I am saying with this hike, I have completed every official trail in Deception Pass State Park. This one opened last fall and doesn’t even have a name or appear on the park’s
trail map. Park staff just refer to it as the Goose Rock-Cornet Bay Road trail. It branches south from the trail that connects the park administration building with the Goose Rock Perimeter Trail. For this hike, I parked at the admin building and headed down the trail toward Cornet Bay. Find a map of the trail on page 6 of the
October, 2015 issue of The Current.
The weather was atypical for July. I set off under an overcast sky in occasional light drizzle. The temperature was a comfortable 57° F, 14° C. The forest would be my umbrella. I remained dry the entire hike.