It was departure day at Birch Bay RV Preserve so we buttoned up our stuff, hooked Charlotte to the Barbarian Invader and pulled out of the park by 10:45 AM. We turned east to I-5 and merged onto the freeway southbound toward Bow, WA. About an hour later, we pulled off the freeway and into the Mount Vernon RV Preserve, another Thousand Trails facility. Strangely, the Mount Vernon Preserve is closer to the town of Bow than it is to the town of Mount Vernon. I can’t even speculate about why they named it as they did.
The campground has lots of nice RV spaces but only a very few have sewer hookups so we will be stopping by the dump station upon departure on the 23rd of August. There is a nice pool, playgrounds for the kiddies, big spaces and lots of vegetation between RV spots. It is quite shady for most of the day in our space, F-1. There are lots of birds here so we set up our feeder and the trough was soon lined with the little flying critters.
We had a short drive today so we were all set up in our space early in the day. We also noted on the literature provided by management that there is a Camping World where I could go to replace the wonky water pressure regulator in the Invader. We bought the wonky unit in South Dakota about a year ago but I took the receipt and the faulty regulator into the store and lined up for the service counter. The rep told me after I reached the counter that Camping World was uninterested in replacing the old unit because they figure they are off the hook after 90 days. I whined that the old regulator went screwball about 10 months ago and I merely had not had an opportunity to return it to Camping World due to logistical issues. The rep grinned at me and I trudged off to purchase a new unit.
We headed back to the trailer and I was able to get a lock on a satellite with our dish in spite of the trees and heavy brush around our campsite. The Olympics are on and we tuned in for the whole evening’s coverage. Go U.S.A!
Peggy shot some pix of our camping buddies. You can see them by clicking here