Bay View St Pk. Dec. 19th - 22nd 5 to 11 deg. rain off and on, windy.

 We left the house at 9:00 and headed for the 10:50 ferry, it was 20 min. late. The traffic wasn't too bad and we got to Fort Langley 1:20. Got set up, hung around a bit, then went for an early supper at the Fort pub. 

On the 20th. we went to Abbotsford Costco for propane and coffee. Then out to Chilliwack RV parts places to look for a slam latch for the trailer, ours is misbehaving, still works but you have to watch that it closes tight. Of coarse, no one had one, good thing it still sort of works. Now we have something to shop for along the trail.

Met up with Ryan, Lam and Quinn for supper at Brodeurs Bistro, nice place, good food and a great visit with the kids.When we left the restaurant Lam led us down some streets with great Christmas lights. We thought we had seen them all and ended up in the wrong lane at a stop light but she said she was just getting to the good stuff! We couldn't get over so that was it but sure enjoyed what we saw.

Next, on to Bay View St. Park. Dec 21st




We stopped at Haggens groceries on our way through Burlington to get stocked up and headed to Bay View St. Pk. The camp host could only assure us of one night in the same spot, so we found a site, set up and headed back into Mount Vernon Costco. Now we have food for Xmas dinner  and then some. 

Dec 22nd

As we had our shopping done, we thought it would be nice to take a drive down Whidbey Is. Years ago our friend Leslie had a cabin there that we spent plenty of time at. Many good memories of this area. 

 Deception Pass


Entrance to Oak Harbour.
A very hurried shot, I was stopped at a red light, it was turning green.


 The cabin as it looks now.


 

It was very busy in the small towns, no parking for a truck. We ended up at China City for lunch, pretty good, lots of food.

Our campsite and view of the Marsh Point refinery.




Off to Grayland Beach State Park tomorrow.

Comments

  1. LeslieDecember 23, 2024 at 12:21 PM

    Wow! Thanks for the neat picture of the cabin. It's looking ok. All your other photos are also good.

    Cool.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Sheila and JoeDecember 23, 2024 at 5:06 PM

    I have great memories of that cabin!

    ReplyDelete

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