The gentlest of the San Juans is made for a bicycle, and Spencer Spit is made for the night.
Does anyone else feel that vacation starts the moment you join the line for the ferry? Lopez is the first stop out of Anacortes, and the shortest crossing, which makes it the easiest island to say yes to on a Friday afternoon.
Lopez is the flattest of the San Juan Islands, which makes it the best one for a bicycle. The roads are quiet, the farms run down to the water, and drivers here wave to cyclists as a matter of local custom.
Spencer Spit
Ride to Spencer Spit State Park on the east shore. The campsites sit right on the beach, the spit runs out toward Frost Island, and in summer the water at dusk goes every shade of pink there is.
Words and photographs by Vendovi.
