Name: Tommy Thompson Trail in Anacortes - 6+ miles - flat
Start: 2024-11-16T09:00:00-08:00
End: 2024-11-16T11:00:00-08:00

A flat 3.3 miles each way on blacktop trail that starts at The Port of Anacortes and ends at March Point near the Refineries.
We walk over a long bridge to cross Fidalgo Bay, then turn around

Views of Mount Baker, Guemes Island, and blue herons, especially when tides are low. Be ready for bicycles and walkers on a Saturday.
Can be windy too!
Restrooms at the start point.
Dogs allowed.

Carpoolers meet at Starbucks parking lot off I-5 at Fairhaven Parkway at 8:15

Who was Tommy Thompson? Actually, there were two, father and son. The father was a distinguished oceanographer, and the son was a railroad buff and local mechanical engineer. This [article from Anacortes Now](https://www.anacortesnow.com/news/community-news/2834-two-tommy-thompsons) (June 3, 2014) offers an account of their lives.

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Tommy Thompson Trail in Anacortes - 6+ miles - flat

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