Today was a travel day. We disconnected all the utilities and hooked up the trailer for the short drive to the dump station at the La Conner Preserve exit. This campground does not have more than a few full hookups so almost everyone ends up making a stop at this facility before departure. We then turned onto Snee Oosh Road, east on WA-20 and north on I-5 headed for a Thousand Trails campground called Birch Bay.
Almost to the Canadian border, we turned west to the campground which is across a beautiful bay from the town of Blaine, WA. The campground has full hookups, satellite TV reception but only a wi-fi hotspot nowhere near where we pulled in to set up our beloved Barbarian Invader fifth wheel trailer. The drive to our new location only took a bit over an hour so we were all set up with little to do by 1:00 PM.
We had lunch, set up the satellite antenna, programmed the switch and were soon watching TV. We watched a bit of the Olympics and checked out the stories about Donald Trump’s political Tourette’s before deciding we really did not want to watch commercials on the tube.
We hopped back into the truck, this time with Peggy driving, and took a spin around the perimeter of the little peninsula where our RV park is lpocated. The peninsula sticks out into the Strait of Georgia. Views to the north are of of water with the Canadian city of White Rock across the water. To the west is Vancouver Island in B.C. and Birch Bay lies to the south. We started out going north to a strand of sand with a golf resort at the end called Semiahmoo Spit. I’m not sure I would want to live anywhere with the word “spit” in its name but this prong sticking out to divide Drayton Harbor from Semiahmoo Bay is just bristling with gorgeous scenery. The waters of the ocean here are beautiful and, surprisingly, quite tranquil.
We continued our counterclockwise circuit of the peninsula, passing by very nice, upscale homes, gated communities for the paranoid, pretty stands of timber and some flat agricultural land. At a tiny town (actually just an intersection with a water slide park) called Cottonwood Beach, we turned south along the coast, passing through the town of Birch Bay on our way to Birch Bay State Park. The park is a nice spot and many Washingtonians were taking advantage of the fabulous weather along the beach. Many dogs were spotted and they were very happy playing in the water. Other than boaters, not too many folks were in the water because it is freezing.
We turned around at the state park and headed back to our RV spot. We have never been to this part of the US but were suitably impressed with this impressive scenery here. The roads are adequate, the views are spectacular, the traffic is very light and the circuit today was great.