On January 20, 2019 my boyfriend and I decided to take a mini road trip up to Birch Bay, WA. Below are some photos I took while there, along with a little memo on our excursion.
Birch Bay is about 30 minutes northwest of Bellingham. After studying all afternoon with a friend from my marketing class, I had Alex pick me up from the library. Instead of heading straight back to the apartment, we decided to get on the freeway and head towards Birch Bay.
When we got there, there was a little public beach to walk on. It was fairly small, as it was gated off on both sides by private beach access, but still beautiful! It was really cold while we were there. I was able to snap a few pictures while standing outside before running back to the car to thaw out.
I apologize for the quality of the photos, as they are not my best work… I hope to start getting back to photography in my free time. It seems like I don’t have much free time to keep up with this part of my blog with trying to manage my classes and workout sessions. As the weather starts to get nicer I hope to start exploring places in and around Bellingham more as well as posting more of my adventures on here. For now, Birch Bay will suffice!
Overall, this little outing was a lot of fun. It was able to get out of Bellingham for a couple hours and not having to travel very far to do it. As the weather starts getting warmer in the spring, I really want to try and take a trip out to Mt. Baker and the Tulip Festival in Mt. Vernon.
One last note about this trip: all the public bathrooms on the beaches and in the state park are closed during the winter… so make sure you take care of this somewhere outside of Birch Bay. Also, none of the shops were open because it was a Sunday. I would take this into consideration if planning on going here anytime soon!!
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