Daydreaming beachgoers can again start booking summer visits to Jetty Island, near Everett, WA. The quick ferry ride’s season runs Wednesday, July 6 through Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5.

We hit up Jetty Island on a very low tide day so the beach stretched for miles and gave us so much beach to explore. This allowed for hours of sand castle creation, discovery of sea creatures and ...

The cafe serves breakfast all day, but our ferry reservation was at 11:30 a.m., so we opted for lunch. We ordered the Italian ($13.75), a grilled sandwich topped with ham, salami, provolone ...

One of the Jetty Island ferry captains waits for boarders as the ferry begins operations for the summer on Wednesday, Jul. 6, 2016 in Everett, Washington. (Andy Bronson / The Herald) Purchase Photo ...